It’s important that this portrait of my mother Daleen be a part of this exhibition because I want people to know and see that she was a person, just like anyone else. She wasn't just a statistic. She was a mother, wife, daughter, sister, cousin, aunty, granddaughter and friend. She was loved, and that's what I want people to see. She was a person.

We’ve never stopped missing her. And I think about her every day. If she weren't taken away from us so soon, she would've been able to see me grow into the person I am today, through all the milestones and to meet her two beautiful grandchildren.

I want her story to be told in a positive way, even though it's a hard topic to talk about. We want her memories to stay alive and to be shared with others. When my mother went missing, there was a recorded number of over 500 missing or murdered Indigenous women.

-Faith Bosse & Pauline Muskego, remembering Daleen Bosse

“Over the years, I have been deeply moved by the plight of those who have lost their loved ones. The sad reality of missing and murdered women has touched my own community and family. Art has offered me a way to communicate empathy and solidarity with those who are left behind. Through art, I can honour those who are gone, and in some small way, share the pain with those who remain here to carry this burden. It’s my way of telling them they are not alone.”                                                                                  - Roger Jerome

Raised in Prince Albert, Roger is a Métis visual artist who lives in Air Ronge and works in a variety of media. He received his Commercial Art Certificate from Assiniboine College in Brandon, Manitoba and he and his late wife Flora owned a sign and screen-printing shop in North Battleford. Roger also worked for many years as a Corrections Worker in the northern camps. His landscape and portrait paintings and drawings are in numerous private collections and the SK Arts Permanent Collection. A milestone project was the Centennial Mural which was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in 2005.

Roger is also a keen fisherman and camper and he enjoys astrophotography.