Hailey Weber’s solo exhibition, “My Bones,” tells a story with no beginning, middle, or end, but one that takes her viewers to abstract yet uncannily familiar places that provide an unspeakable sense of “home.” Hailey’s works are deliberate, thought provoking, and reflect her intimate connection to nature. Inspired by Georgia O’Keefe’s abstract tendencies, Hailey’s works harbour a sense of belonging while reminding us of the passing of time and one’s relationship to physical places.

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As people, each of our lived experiences ultimately fade into flickered and hazy memories that contribute to the foundation of the person we grow into. For example, the memories we recall from childhood are often lacklustre and mundane; but to our individual selves, these memories are uniquely formative, dreamlike, and unexplainably ours. Although we all experience life differently and through our own lens, we are all similarly made from collections of moments and memories that construct our bones overtime.

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After working closely with Hailey on this exhibition, I think of “My Bones” as a self portrait of the artist, but also as a self portrait of anyone who’s coming into the collection to experience it for themselves. Hailey’s treatment of subject on each of her canvases is unique; she takes her own lived experiences and memories, and transforms them into ambiguous and abstract, yet stunningly familiar depictions of what could be pulled anyone’s own memory. The artworks that make up “My Bones” are time capsules of her memories, dreams, and cherished places that have come together to create Hailey’s “bones.”