Bow River, Ravens Flying Overhead, 2025 is a series of 4 small drawings on paper made in Banff Canada. These drawings were created while walking by the Bow River in Banff National Park. On this particular soundwalk, I was looking for a space where I could draw while recording sounds by the river. I made these drawings on paper while sitting on a tree stump in a forest clearing. My intention was to capture the nature of sound through drawing.

The clearing by the river is visited by a variety of bird species who call to each other. This creates a chorus of sonic communication. Through my drawing activity, I wanted to capture the bird songs I was hearing in terms of where they were situated in their proximity to me, the listener. Through the use of colour, I was able to subjectively document the sounds in real time in terms of their intensity and measured by my own experience of them. At one point, three ravens, being the curious creatures that they are, swooped down and flew directly over my head. It was both a jarring and interesting experience and it seemed that the ravens wanted to investigate my presence in their habitat.