FEATURED ARTIST • Terri Trickett

Terri Trickett • Photographer • Canada

I have always loved photography. Growing up I desperately needed to have a version of every new camera. Polaroids, discs, compacts & 35mm. They all uniquely allowed me to create the images I saw in my world. All around me I see such beauty & passion. I see the magic in a moment in nature, in the drama of living and the experience of being.

It has been said that copper is an energy conductor. A conduit to the very soul of a thing. I believe copper is not only a colour but also a feeling, a shimmering warmth that we are naturally drawn to. It highlights, it attracts and it emphasizes emotion and thought.

As a photographer, I see sacred moments. I see unique images of expression and vibration. Through my lens there exists magic, light and dark. Beings and spirits connecting on multiple levels. Be it a plant, animal, place, person or thought – they all exist. My goal and desire are to capture that connection. To snap that expression of beingness.

Wait, capture is too strong a word. To possessive a word. I do not want to own a moment. I want to share my vision of a moment. I want to witness it. I want to represent and recreate the soul of what I see through my lens.

To me the colour of copper seems to represent the heart center and the shimmering core of life. Copper draws us into its warmth, its vibrational frequency that connects spirit and physical. I feel a deeper connection and attraction to Mother Earth in the Fall. She surrounds and covers us with rich coppers, deep ochers, and lush reds. They ground and connect me to the earth. I feel embraced by her. As if a soft, warm shawl of leaves wraps around my shoulders and comforts me.

I know this warm embrace is fleeting and signals change. It signals a letting go. A falling away of outer camouflage. As the leaves explode with colour and drop away, I see the true inner beauty of trees revealed. Their roots and trunk connecting to the earth itself, on display.

Fall is such a beautiful embrace of change. A blaze of colour, warmth and energy made physical. The coppery colours and vibration seem to lift the veil between worlds. We can see the mystical, poetic side of nature. I am drawn to the forest, to bask in the glow and immerse myself in the crisp warmth.

Copper also activates and opens our root and sacral chakras. Two of the energy vortexes in our bodies. Our desires, vitality and intuition are heightened. We feel the urge to create, to become and to connect.