Cover Artist's Statement

Abstract

This work is inspired by many of the public displays of Justice in Manitoba including Augustus Vincent Tack’s mural in the Manitoba Legislative Building1 and Gordon Reeve’s kinetic display Justice outside the Manitoba Law Courts at 408 York Avenue embodying the scales of justice. Within the Canadian legal tradition Lady Justice has been an enduring symbol. She is often depicted as a blindfolded, sword-wielding, toga-wearing, balance-scale aficionado