Art Island S1E8: Elaine Savoie - Painter, Market Gardener

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In Episode 8 of Art Island, filmmaker Zsofin Sheehy meets painter Elaine Savoie on her Hornby Island homestead and Studio. An unapologetic iconoclast, Elaine uses her painting practice to question the norms of her Catholic upbringing and human-centred society. The conversation follows Elaine's life of making, raised by the community of island artists and shaped by her process, connection to the land she stewards, and using art as a tool to play and explore oneself. In addition to her creative practice in painting and drawing, Elaine also uses writing and poetry to humorously and fearlessly delve into the intricacies of island life and reflect on her Metis heritage, interweaving themes of personal identity and the complexities of intergenerational processing.
[About Elaine Savoie]
An artist and farmer born on Hornby Island, Elaine Savoie's upbringing within the early farming settlements of the Savoie family, the Catholic church, and the island's unique natural landscape laid the foundation for her creative journey from a young age. In her nationally recognized Icon series, she seamlessly merges canonical and imagined saints, creatively embodied as roosters, seabirds, and other local creatures.
[Art Island: Perspectives from a Creative Community]
Who are the individuals that comprise the vibrant artistic community of Hornby Island? This 10-episode docu-series looks into the personal lives and artistic perspectives of local artists - our community members. Expanding on how they became artists, what inspires their art, challenges they've encountered, and how they persevered, Art Island is a deep dive into why artists feel art is important and how it has the power to affect us all.
[Credits]
A Film By - Zsofin Sheehy
Associate Producer - Emma Walter
Location Sound - Andrew Mark, Liam Wheatley
Sound Mix & Design - Matt Copeland
Title Animation - Grigorii Kniagnitskii
Colour - Bogdan Mykytenko
[Music]
The Kids
Galapaghost
Big Trees
As Tall As Pine
Buzz Gravelle
[Photos courtesy of]
Elaine Savoie
Bob Cain
Debi Lorenc
Angela McIntyre
Emma Walter
Faron Crowe
For more episodes follow the links below:
E1: Alina Milek • Art Island S1E1: Alina...
E2: Tom Burrows • Art Island S1E2: Tom B...
E3: Moragh Eilish • Art Island S1E3: Morag...
E4: Michelle Nyberg • Art Island S1E4: Miche...
E5: Tony Wilson • Art Island S1E5: Tony ...
E6: Alpen Kelley • Art Island S1E6: Alpen...
E7: Gordon Payne • Art Island S1E7: Gordo...
E8: Elaine Savoie • Art Island S1E8: Elain...
E9: Tom Knott • Art Island S1E9: Tom K...
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ART ISLAND was created on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation, the traditional keepers of this land.
Funding for this episode of ART ISLAND is provided by the Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, and the Province of British Columbia.

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@lindismith3206 7 месяцев назад

I adore her art! As avid chicken fans we have three of her works, and would love more ❤️

@brettlebanettleful 8 месяцев назад

Thank you Zsofin, what a delight it was to see Elaine's mischevious smille and hear her wise words, absolutely beautiful!

@HornbyArts 6 месяцев назад

Our pleasure!

@sfloris9 2 месяца назад

Ahh, how I needed to hear these wise words today…

@biggestkurtfan 8 месяцев назад

These videos are just utterly magical

@HornbyArts 6 месяцев назад

Thank you, we're so glad you're enjoying them.

@LowLightMike 8 месяцев назад

Bravo to Zsofin for this wonderful film. And big thanks to Elaine for being the subject, and such an interesting one. I really enjoyed watching this, for the dual purposes of learning about Elaine's work and also to observe Zsofin's filmmaking. I was intrigued by a collage of photos posted recently showing Zsofin's multi-camera setup in Elaine's studio, and so I enjoyed watching the result of that, and the wonderful crafting of the final product. Thanks everyone.

@HornbyArts 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@MicciCohan 2 месяца назад

Wow! I can’t get enough of all these beautiful videos of these amazing artists! And if wasn’t so inspired by them I’d be writing so many comments but can’t stop making right now! lol 😊 Thank you for these!!

@gabriellechilton5902 2 месяца назад

Wow. I am an artist of more than one medium, I thought i was the only one that thought the way you do. But i m 70 years young. I stopped worrying about what anyone thought about me. Except my sons and grand sons. We have great creative conversations all the time. All that to say thank you. Now back to my new medium……kneedle felting.

@sloopy5191 2 месяца назад

Elaine has such open and beautiful energy, I love that she says what she thinks, and says it in her own words! The best definition of a Lady...a beautiful soul.

@flyoverurbangarden4315 20 дней назад

She is so much fun and wise. A very enjoyable video.

@brendalondon4301 2 месяца назад

Lovely in every way. Thank you for being so open, and for creating and sharing your beautiful art…it is necessary and meaningful.❤

@christinalaffin881 7 месяцев назад

What a lovely slice of the creative (and wonderfully sweary 😉) energy Elaine brings. And a generous tribute to other island artists and Elaine's family, including Paul and Remi.

@HornbyArts 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it! It wouldn't be Elaine without a little colourful language in there ;)

@trishok100 11 дней назад

Thank you Thank uou Thank you

@NotredameSparrow 2 месяца назад

That poem, at the end…I feel that. So good to hear that feeling/craving put into words. I feel a kindred spirit here. The paradox, the second guessing. But I feel to say - it’s ok. You are known, you are loved. What you care about is deeply important. Make art. Be all of you.

@firesignart 8 месяцев назад

Great video! Yes I totally agree with so much you say, Elaine, especially about finding your creativity and how easy it is to be discouraged. But you gotta do it! You are living the Hornby life perfectly. :)

@HornbyArts 6 месяцев назад

Absolutely! We're glad you enjoyed the profile :)

@lizvermaas9703 29 дней назад

Love this lady... Yep, garden comes first with me, looking after my block of land and trees... have visits from 'the green man' if a message needs listening to, and it sometimes comes through in my art... and yay! for freedom to express in whatever way...

@bethgreene3903 2 месяца назад

I just love her energy and thought processed behind her practices, as well as how she approaches art. She's goals for me

@merryfergie 2 месяца назад

I love your life story. I feel like a kindred spirit. I love random, I love playful. I love nature. I love being a creator.

@sunshinemachine6572 2 месяца назад

Elaine, you are fabulous in every way . Keep going. -Wendy

@chantalrochon3566 2 месяца назад

Having a relationship with nature is being human ❤❤❤❤❤

@jenniecallomon164 2 месяца назад

Great work, person & video ….thank you !

@kvadams9538 2 месяца назад

Thank you. I resonate a lot with Elaine's comments on her relationship to creativity. Guess I needed to hear it!

@ailiz7 Месяц назад

Love the vibe of this artist woman❤❤❤

@katjamohr8097 2 месяца назад

❤thank you Team & Elaine❤ I love the POEM at the end❤

@toriandrus8148 2 месяца назад

Elaine is a fucking delight.

@scottydont7904 Месяц назад

We are all going back to the dirt. Art is a luxury

@sailorgirl2017 2 месяца назад

Fabulous interview - so free-spirited. I'm very sorry to hear about Remi. I had the chance to spend time with him in the early 90s. A good soul.

@chantalrochon3566 2 месяца назад

Great video, I need to move to Hornsby Island ❤❤❤❤❤

@sherrywebster1675 2 месяца назад

Gorgeous lady , and very articulate and eloquent in her use of words !!! ... despite her extreme self critical beliefs about her language gifts . I also love to listen to murder mysteries ..or quantum physics... while painting and trying to ignore my own self- shutdown critical mind . Wonderful video thank you . I 've just found Hornby Arts vids and every one has been deeply beautiful and inspiring . Thanks from an Australian gran . :))))

@HornbyArts 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much for your kind comment. Glad you are enjoying the videos :)

@taudimcclure5080 2 месяца назад

What a beautiful life you have.

@shantayaBholisticsolutions 23 дня назад

Super ❤

@lavinias-l2455 2 месяца назад

Love this authentic woman. A Human being ‘being herself’. How refreshing. Great doco. Love her expression of art and creative response to her world. A great positive film that shows the freeing side of a recovering catholic. I get this. Thank you for this great insight into Hornby arts scene.

@ailiz7 Месяц назад

She’s not a catholic, she is a free thinker and an artist.

@chilli_bean_23 Месяц назад

@@ailiz7These things are not mutually exclusive.

@aquacommelina Месяц назад

Thank you for sharing your heart with all of us!!! 💞

@karenkazjefreys2913 6 месяцев назад

thanks to zsofin and elaine,I just love her..

@chantalrochon3566 2 месяца назад

Creative brain ❤❤❤❤

@catherinesheffield1175 2 месяца назад

Wow. ❣️

@louisegolder3276 5 месяцев назад

very relatable x

@ab4690 2 месяца назад

So glad you are open & frank , as an atheist myself I am done with this bs myself! Thanks for talking openly about this ❤️

@kerlyn3582 2 месяца назад

Shame

@AngieG11 2 месяца назад

Raw, honest and human

@Joyabulthuis 2 месяца назад

I LOVE this woman! So inspiring. And beautiful filmmaking! Can I ask who are Paul and Remi? Brothers? Husband?

@janetpattison8474 2 месяца назад

Love Elaine’s rebel woman warrior spirit, who refuses to be put in a box. I absolutely love Sinead O’Connor as well due to her rebel spirit.. Elaine’s sweet art is awesome! Having fun with art is what I enjoy the most. Would love to visit the island and see it in person. Everyone on the island has very independent energy & they’d appreciate my political art. Spirituality has zero to do with a church. In fact i need to do a piece on the catholic inquisition, which lasted for hundreds of years. I may have a piece on the pedophile priests in the church. I grew up Catholic so I know a lot about the faith and its corruption.

@ailiz7 Месяц назад

Well said! Being spiritual is important, life saving, but bring religious is the opposite. I can’t understand how anyone who is truly an artist will not see those truths right in front of their noses.

@LynFrankel 8 месяцев назад

Wonderful 👏🙏👍 💙

@HornbyArts 6 месяцев назад

Many thanks :)

@trishok100 11 дней назад

💝💞💓💞💝

@marthagerow 8 месяцев назад

Brilliant.

@HornbyArts 6 месяцев назад

We're so glad you enjoyed it :)

@NicoleDeAngelis 2 месяца назад

The balance is Love. Love is the compass. If it’s brining you joy like a child you are going on in the right direction. You will kill yourself and the joy if you stop creating because of all the “tragedies” that could happen. Not creating is a far greater tragedy. ❤ Many Blessings 💝

@Happy-tc2jt 6 месяцев назад

If you like gardening and art,you could explore growing natural watercolor pigment,(like tinctorial plants)ust an idea😂❤🎉

@lyndamorrill5687 2 месяца назад

I so relate what she is saying about women. I thought I would be thrown out of cathechism class when I said why can't a women be a priest.

@marianneszalaga2021 2 месяца назад

❤❤liefde voile iedereen

@trishok100 11 дней назад

Hey sista 😁🤪🍒🏵🪷☀️🍒🌻‼️💖🌱〰️🐦🌿🏵🪷🌹fabulous, thxs xxx☀️

@cindypatterson8157 Месяц назад

Hahaha I swear too much 😅❤

@DeirdreSwansen 2 месяца назад

Guess that’s why there is chocolate and vanilla because I think she has it exactly correct when it comes to organized religion. It’s okay to disagree on this.

@ailiz7 Месяц назад

Religions are man made rules, normally based on some spiritual written works that supported heavily POLITICAL agendas on their time and that kinda fit to any time in history given how is “interpreted” to control, manipulate and obtain resources from the masses. Every religion has had a political basis and it is so till tuis day. Being spiritual, believing in a higher power, practicing high morals, etc, it all has nothing to do with religions, I have seen their inner workings, there’s crime, abuse if power and evil gain at every corner. This us the reason why it’s always men in their leadership positions, bc they are all about obtaining power, control and resources at any scale and level.

@rosemarymccarron3887 2 месяца назад

This artist has lost it when it comes to faith. As an artist myself my catholic faith has become soooo strong and deep. Thank God ...

@stevesundstrom7867 2 месяца назад

Can you not see god is the problem? Imagine.

@janetpattison8474 2 месяца назад

Huh, bc she isn’t like you, what? For many ppl Catholic doesn’t do it for us, at all. That’s why there are many many other paths. Many of us have long ago outgrown “Catholic”. “No thanks”to the teaching that lets priests rape little kids for years, and then, when discovered, move that priest to an unsuspecting community where he can continue his abuse. All in the name of God, right?

@merryfergie 2 месяца назад

"Lost" is your godly judgment?

@dawnarobertson9577 2 месяца назад

Aren’t you some kind of special. The Libertarian Fascists, like Peter Thiel, Clarence Thomas, the Mercers-all want to overthrow this democracy and “bring Rome to Washington DC” [their words]. In other words: Traitors. TRAITORS. So take your faux ideas on God and keep them to yourself.

@samcollage7682 2 месяца назад

Then that's you. Not the rest of us.

@laurieloomis7845 2 месяца назад

Why do you think we all know what your talking when you speak all this Catholic jargon. It all sounds really not Christian at all. God says, I'm enough. Well, glad you found art. If were no better than animals how come they look up to us for help. My animals and kids think I have all the answers. Laurie from Idaho

@olga.goncharova 2 месяца назад

I can see that art is a personal expression for her, but using Orthodox icons as inspiration and replacing saints with roosters feels strange. Even if someone doesn’t share religious beliefs, it’s important to remember how certain symbols resonate with others. And it's not a joke or funny; it is offensive.

@samcollage7682 2 месяца назад

Who made the religious icons? Who says they have the same meaning for everyone? Who controls thought? Many religious icons are beautiful and we all have an individual reason why we want them in our lives. Visuals and objects are there to invite and inspire thoughts and feelings.

@IvySnowFillyVideos 2 месяца назад

Art is personal and yes sometimes it can be offensive. If art evokes an emotion within it did its job

@olga.goncharova 2 месяца назад

For those who may not be familiar with Orthodox Christianity, icons hold a very special place-they are more than just art; they are sacred and are treated with great reverence. Orthodox Christianity teaches us not to judge others, and it's important to remember that every religion has its own symbols that are deeply significant. Just as altering an icon might be offensive to Orthodox Christians, doing something similar with symbols from other religions, like Islam, could also be hurtful and even dangerous. I understand that art can be interpreted in many ways, but I see this work not as an original artistic creation, but more as a replication of ancient art. It seems like the artist is trying to make a statement that religion is fake and that saints shouldn’t be worshiped, almost as if she’s judging people who believe in God. While art can certainly be used to express personal beliefs, it's important to remember that making judgments about others' faith can be hurtful.