Wayne Boucher: “Fall in and drown in the work.”

Lost Acadian graves discovered at Garrison Graveyard.

The primary objective of the 2018 Garrison Graveyard investigation was to determine whether GPR (ground-penetrating radar) could detect and delineate unmarked burials in an area presumed to contain the early Acadian cemetery, based on historic mapping and surviving parish records.

Sara Beanlands, Boreas Heritage Consulting

“Circles of light.”

“The circles of light are the anomalies we believe to be unmarked burials,” says Sara Beanlands, principal and senior archaeologist at Boreas. “GPR determines them to be all at the same depth and they are all in lines, a pattern, equally spaced. We were able to say with a certain amount of confidence there were unmarked graves.”

Detail: Holding the GG, 25 x 25 cm., oil on wood. (Courtesy of the artist)

from The Annapolis Royal Garrison Graveyard Suite, or

The GG Suite

“The intent of my work has always been for the viewer to ‘fall in and drown in the work’ and see things beyond the surface of the paintings.’’

Inspired by images created during the Ground-penetrating radar survey.

Wayne Boucher, RCA, subject of the 45 minute Vimeo video “Drowning in Colour.”

Detail: From Beneath, 25 x 25 cm., oil on wood. (Courtesy of the artist)

“I was blown away by these large-scale projections. They looked like big, blue, abstract paintings but they had content. It was a mesmerizing presentation.” He asked Boreas to send him the GPR and LIDAR 3-D composite images to take “them into spiritual and transformative encounters.”

Wayne joins more than 80 other artists at the widely-regarded PAINT THE TOWN, an annual en plein air event presented by the Annapolis Region Community Arts Council. August 19 and 20, 2023.