Edward Peck

Edward Peck studied photography, fine arts, conceptual art, historical techniques, film, and literature at the University of British Columbia. He then collaborated with other artists to hone his technical drawing, etching, watercolour, performance art, and photography skills. He is currently working with experimental digital imagery and historical photography techniques. He has taught the art of photography at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby for several years. Peck exhibits locally and internationally; private, corporate, and public collections have acquired his work. He also edited and produced anthologies of Canadian literature and was the Assistant Editor of the Canadian Fiction Magazine. He continues to edit and produce artist publications and exhibition catalogues. Recently Edward Peck and Phyllis Schwartz were artists in residence at Wallace Stegner House in Eastend, Saskatchewan. He is currently a member of Agora's Experimental Photography, an international collective that will participate in the Barcelona Experimental Photography Festival.

For a moment in the crisp winter air, I pause, gazing at the smooth curve of bare rock merging seamlessly into patches of lichen, then moss. The natural progression leads to a row of Garry oaks, their forms gracefully bending along the path that peeks through a lattice of leafless branches. The stillness is profound as warm light filters through, illuminating the arcs of the branches. Light and shadow play across the undulating landscape beyond the path, inviting me to breathe deeply and absorb the serene beauty of the scene.