Canadian artist Clive Holden was born on Vancouver Island, has lived in Winnipeg and Montreal, and now lives in Toronto with his wife, novelist Alissa York. His compositions explore concepts of scale, the relationships suggested by the implied permanence and impermanence of our world, the delivery of information, and the transformative effects of time on memory and geography. As such, Holden's work invites viewers to engage with his art in an instinctual way: