L’œuvre "Lorsque la tempête cessera je terminerai mon travail" dépeint un sujet fatigué, absorbé dans un état onirique. Elle se repose, le regard empreint de nostalgie. Un désir de se rapprocher de l’histoire et de la nature motive son labeur, alors que la mélancolie et la mort sont omniprésentes. Une bougie d’espoir brille intensément dans ce sombre moment. - Meryl McMaster
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The work "When The Storm Ends I Will Finish My Work" depicts a tired subject, absorbed in a dreamlike state. She is resting, her gaze filled with nostalgia. A desire to connect with history and nature motivates her work, while melancholy and death are omnipresent. A candle of hope shines brightly in this dark moment. - Meryl McMaster

“At the far end of the darkened gallery, a large circular image glows. Those familiar with McMaster’s work will recognize the artist posing as a dejected scholar slumped against a fantastically tall field book. Ferns and pinecones spill out of its pages, suggesting the botanical subjects that the book surveys but cannot contain. Behind the weary figure, twigs float as if suspended in deep-blue amber. This background is a cyanotype - one of the earliest forms of photography - which was commonly used to render the outlines of plants so that they could be better studied. Titled "When the Storm Ends I Will Finish My Work", McMaster’s self-portrait is a comment on Enlightenment ideology, which, in its aspiration to tame nature, hastened ecological devastation. She leaves up for interpretation whether the character she embodies is a scientific mind driving industrial progress or a mythical creator awaiting the end of the world in order to piece it back together.” - Stéphanie Hornstein, Meryl McMaster Ciel Variable, Fall 2021.