Carol Mannas

Artist Statement

Where I grew up in the Prairie area of Canada there were grain elevator markers at every small town. At these towns, vertical grain storage buildings were built and dotted the landscape from Alberta east to Manitoba. We could navigate by their locations and were rooted to the prairie landscape by their presence.
In the last 10 years, the wooden grain elevator structures have been demolished and replaced with metal silos in central locations. A few still remain, but the markers from my childhood are mostly gone. 'Prairie Memento' is my ode to this unique lodestar on the prairies.