In Holding Stillness, Canadian artist Lindsey McTavish invites us into a world woven from wool, silk, and memory — a place where texture becomes language and the quiet strength of nature is made visible. Each of her works begins not as a depiction of landscape but as a meditation on feeling: the hush that follows wind through the trees, the shifting warmth of evening light, or the sense of calm found in the act of simply being still. McTavish’s practice merges the ancient craft of felting with the sensibility of contemporary abstraction. Through a slow, tactile process of layering, stitching, and shaping, she transforms raw fibre into luminous surfaces that seem to breathe with color and depth. The resulting works hover between realism and dreamscape — simultaneously grounded and ethereal. Rooted in her deep connection to the natural world, McTavish’s art reflects a search for balance in an increasingly chaotic world. Each composition is an act of attention: a reminder that beauty and healing are found not in grand gestures but in small, quiet moments of noticing. Her guiding philosophy, “to focus on the good,” runs through every fibre — a gentle insistence on hope, softness, and resilience.

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From the mountains and forests surrounding her home in Nelson, British Columbia, to the universal terrain of inner reflection, Holding Stillness traces the spaces where landscape, emotion, and memory converge. McTavish’s fibre landscapes are not only seen but felt — inviting viewers to pause, breathe, and rediscover the grounding presence of the natural world.