Light in the Forest, first presented at the Acadia University Art Gallery in 2013 was an installation that explored the role of nostalgia and childhood memories. The installation was comprised of large-scale paintings on silk that created an illustrated environment of storybooks where the viewer was immersed in veiled apparitions.

As a child, the artist Holly Carr was drawn to the details that surrounded her: from wallpaper patterns, strangers, church hats, swooping ravens and the neighbors’ clothing hanging on the line. Carr used these past experiences that bridge both fear and awe to create a complex realm of narratives from her youth that interrogates the dichotomy between myths, fears, and safe places.