"As a visual artist, I am a witness and a creator.  I explore the legacies of life, imprints left behind.  I look for the icons of our existence, feeling a sense of the sacred, moved by the struggles and the joys exposed before me.  Through my work, I reconsider and redefine my perspectives, constantly altering my imagery." Joanne Teasdale

“Life cracks us into unrecognizable shards of former incarnations. Slivers of our hurt and our pain and our shame nestles next to fragments of our truth, our divinity, our fierce reclamation of power. It is this very brokenness that allows us to knit together, kaleidoscope style. And we spin and shift and turn to the light until we appear brilliant, lit from within. Suddenly we are revealed; unexpected beauty born directly from brokenness..." Jeanette LeBlanc