“MacFayden’s paintings are all about gestures, paint texture and explosions of colour. Some have a post-impressionist landscape feel, while others are full-on abstract expressionist in style. She talks about her work ‘going where the colours take (her),’ a sentiment that perfectly describes the freshness of the paintings as well as their boundless and infectious energy.” […]
Edmonton poet Laurie MacFayden
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INTERIORS: A show within a show
I’m honoured to be joining Edmonton writers Cathy Hodgson, Kerry Mulholland and Amy Willans for an evening of poetry on Wednesday, Aug. 8 (7 p.m., McMullen Gallery, U of A Hospital) surrounded and inspired by beautiful, haunting new work by artist Gillian Willans. Interiors is presented by Friends of University Hospitals and also features music by harpist Bev Ross. […]
‘That Laurie MacFayden, she’s a howler’
Lovely review of Kissing Keeps Us Afloat from Michael Dennis over at Today’s Book of Poetry. And when I say lovely, I mean fan-fucking-tastic. Some highlights: kissing keeps us afloat is a sustained torrent, a laughing rush, a relentless scream/yodel of passion. This red boat has no oars as it crashes against the shores of love, breaks […]
Alberta Views reviews Quartet 2014
From Bookshelf, November 2014 issue: […] Laurie MacFayden’s Kissing Keeps Us Afloat relates the experiences of knowing, “by tenth grade,” that one would “never, not ever, be one of the cool kids,” and of recognizing “burgeoning yearnings,” yearnings “we never talked about / the kind two girls aren’t supposed to feel / for each other.” […]