Canada Lynx, Woolastook Park, Fredericton Possibly 1985 - 1986

Volker Seding made this photograph of a Canada Lynx in Woolastook Park, Fredericton. It feels like a snapshot, something quickly captured, but the composition suggests a painter's eye. I can imagine Seding wandering through the park, drawn to the stark verticality of the wooden posts against the chaos of the woods. The cool, muted tones create a calm, almost melancholic atmosphere. You feel like you're walking along a quiet path on an overcast day. He’s playing with how the light falls, using the shadows to create depth. I am wondering what it might have been like to compose this shot, to consider this play of light and form, and to freeze that perfect moment in time. There’s a dialogue here between the wildness of nature and the constructed elements of the park. Artists are always playing with these kinds of juxtapositions, pulling together the organic and the geometric. Seding invites us to consider the beauty in this everyday scene, and to find a kind of harmony in the unexpected.