Debbie Strange – The Abstractaphy Initiative

morphing

Debbie Strange
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Prune Juice, Issue 41, December 2023

covid nightmare

Debbie Strange
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

World Haiku, Number 17, 2021

cropdusters

Debbie Strange
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Haigaonline, Volume 21, Issue 2, August 2020

plastic soup

By Debbie Strange
Canada

Failed Haiku Journal of Senryū, Volume 3, Issue 28, April 2018

child abuse

By Debbie Strange
Canada

Failed Haiku Journal of Senryū, Volume 6, Issue 62, February 2021

a cloud atlas

By Debbie Strange
Canada

Sonic Boom, Issue 11, April 2018

reconciliation

By Debbie Strange
Canada

Halibut, October 2018

eco-tourism

By Debbie Strange
Canada

Failed Haiku Journal of English Senryū, Volume 4, Issue 39, March 2019

derecho

By Debbie Strange
Canada

Prune Juice (cover), Issue 38, December 2022

unmarked graves

By Debbie Strange
Canada

The Bamboo Hut, Number 2, September 2023

firewhirl

By Debbie Strange
Canada

Frameless Sky, Issue 17, December 2022

Treaty 1

By Debbie Strange
Canada

Shortlisted Vispo, 2023 Sonic Boom Annual Vispo Contest

Artist’s Statement:
A word-weaving of culled Wikipedia details regarding Treaty 1 (in my home province of Manitoba) affixed to stained watercolour paper, referencing the boil-water advisories on many First Nations in Canada.

Depression Era

By Debbie Strange
Canada

Honourable Mention, 2024 Sonic Boom Annual Vispo Contest

Artist’s Statement:
A paper collage embellished with frayed burlap and fabric symbolizing how women learned to “make do” during the Depression Era. The grains of wheat and ration ticket represent food insecurity and the lack of the most basic items after countless farmers lost their land. The staple stitching works to bring these two themes together.