About Petra Halkes Petra Halkes is an independent art writer, curator, teacher and artist who lives in Ottawa. Her book, Aspiring to the Landscape: On Painting and the Subject of Nature, was published by the University of Toronto Press in 2006. Books by Petra Halkes Michael Harrington and/et Wyn Geleynse Mannish / Comme un homme by (author) Petra Halkes Stephen Hutchings: Landscapes for the End of Time by (author) Petra Halkes, Mary Reid & Vincent Varga Construction Work Josée Dubeau / Lorraine Gilbert / Jinny Yu by (author) Petra Halkes foreword by Diana Nemiroff other primary creator Sandra Dyck Aspiring to the Landscape On Painting and the Subject of Nature by (author) Petra Halkes