Maxine Farkas

Having trained as a geographer, the work is about the landscape, always. It might at times appear to be unrelated, but the inspiration is there.

I live in a place that owes its existence to the industrial revolution and even now, just short of 200 years since the Pawtucket Falls were first seen as a source of industrial power, the hand of those early industrialists lies heavy on my city.

My windows are 22 stories above the foundations of a mill complex. From these windows I can see the river in all of its moods, track the movement of the sun and see the form of the land upon which this city was built.

There is never a time when I am not aware of the power of nature and the hand of man.