Meghann O’Brien in her photoshot for underexposed TV

photo courtesy of: underexposed.tv

I first met former Olympic snowboarder Meghann O’Brien, when founder and president of Scriba Art Society, Dr. Martine Reid brought her by the gallery. She was quiet, reserved, intelligent and had a beautiful energy about her. Two things struck me most about Meghann, the quality of, and the connection to, the work that she produces.

As someone who has seen a lot of art work in his profession, I can appreciate when I see something exceptional, especially in a contemporary context. While I have seen a lot of very old finely hand-woven spruce root baskets, I have never seen a contemporary basket so finely hand-woven, as the one pictured below:

Yellow Cedar root basket by Meghann O’brien

As a general rule, what I have seen in cedar is a much coarser style of weave, while Spruce root is typically very…