Renderings, Rosemary Burd, Marisa Myrah, and Heather Talbot
September 10, 2026
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October 25, 2026
Rosemary Burd, Heather Talbot, and Marisa Myrah present a collaborative dialogue between their practices in Renderings, inspired by their walks in West Coast forests. Shifting between micro and macro perspectives, their works invite close reflection on intricate ecosystems and our relationships to them. Together, Marisa Myrah’s oil and watercolour paintings, Heather Talbot’s photorealistic needle-felted pieces, and Rosemary Burd’s embroidered photographs reflect a shared attentiveness towards the fragility of these spaces.
Artwork Covers (left to right):
10.53am no7, Rosemary Burd
Passage to a Clearing, Marisa Myrah
Polypore on Fromme, Heather Talbot
About the Artists
Rosemary Burd
Rosemary Burd had been making her shaky photos for years when a call for art prompted her to combine that practice with the simple running stitch she was using in her Japanese sashiko embroidery. This experimentation led to her participation in Contact Photography Festival Virtual Exhibition, Altered Images by Hand, at Toronto’s Propeller Gallery in 2021. Since then Rosemary’s photo-based work has been exhibited in numerous group shows in BC, at the Exposure Photography Festival in Calgary, AB, and at The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, UK. Her solo show, Radiance, was recently held at The Old School House Arts Centre in Qualicum Beach (summer 2026). Rosemary is self-taught in both photography and embroidery.
Website: rosemaryburd.com
Social Media: @rosemaryburd.art
Marisa Myrah
Marisa Mary Myrah was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and studied Fine Arts at Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver, graduating in 1990. She completed a Post-Baccalaureate in Painting at the Cyprus College of Art in Paphos, Cyprus in 1994. She has had a number of solo and group exhibitions in Canada and abroad, most recently showing at The Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver and The Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver. She was a Long Listed Entry in The Jackson Art Prize, London, UK in 2024, and the1st Biennial Exhibition at The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, Ireland in 2023. Marisa was an Artist-in-Residence at the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming, USA in 2000 and at the Fundación Valparaíso in Mojácar, Spain in 2002. She currently resides in North Vancouver B.C. with her family.
Website: marisamarymyrah.com
Social Media: @marisamarymyrah
Heather Talbot
Heather grew up in the UK but has lived in Vancouver, BC for over 16 years, drawn here by the natural beauty of the temperate rainforest, the Salish Sea and the Coastal Mountains. Her work has evolved over the years through different mediums including illustration, hand embroidery and needle felting. The thread that runs through her practice is a focus on photo-realism and an interest in complex systems. Currently her work is focused on the fungi and forest ecosystems of the West Coast.
Website: heathertalbotfineart.com
Social Media: @api_artist
