Memorials and Monuments

Around the Human Rights Museum which I posted earlier, there are several memorial and monuments imbued with meaning. These crossing paths represent the Indigenous and First Nations people crossing paths with the Colonial people who came in and out of their lives, like the undulating path that crosses the straight path. I only knew this from reading a nearby plaque. The grass was a toasty orange-yellow with hints of green and yellow coming through. 

Crossing paths, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2026

 

The Peace Meeting site has a memorial to the victims and survivors of the residential school system. All of the accouterments were tones of black and dark brown, like the angled-brick wall, tiles, rocks, spherical pots, and benches. Even the garbage can was shiny black, which is different than all the other bins which were bright blue. The trees were preserved, you see one poking through a small patch of grass. 

Peace meeting site, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2026

 

A large patch of grasslands, maybe an acre, was preserved next to the Museum, thanks to a generous donor. More of the toasty yellow grass was punctuated by some green and brown. The walking path was packed gravel, the colour of raw sienna. I was surprised with the colour register of Winnipeg, that caramel-tint was everywhere, coming from the sandy earth. 

Grasslands, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2026

 

Here is a view of the side entrance to the Museum of Human Rights, like the entrance to an Egyptian pyramid, but with tinted glass overhead. I did the tinted glass with perylene green (PBk31), dark blue (PB60), and carbon black (PBk6). 

Side entrance Museum, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, April 2026