I am an artist living and working in beautiful British Columbia on Canada’s west coast. I paint with acrylics and mixed media and I also work in digital photography. I enjoy painting landscapes, birds, and abstract compositions.
Things that make me happy: stationary stores, *bits* that I can recycle into art, creamy blue paint, fresh air, and crafty stores. Things that inspire me: trail running, hiking, mountain biking, sailing and other adventures in the great outdoors, my husband (photographer), the creativity of children, birds and cats.
I did my Studio Art Diploma at Capilano College and continued with my BFA, majoring in Visual Arts and Art History, at the University of Victoria. I have exhibited paintings and photography at the Ferry Building Gallery, the North Vancouver Cityscape Community Art Space, the NVCAC Art in the Garden Tour, North Vancouver District Hall, the Seymour Art Gallery, the Silk Purse Gift Shop, the Port Moody Art Gallery, Place Des Arts, Maple Ridge Art Gallery and Comox Valley Art Gallery shop.
Though I am always an artist, because art is a way being in the world, I am also an elementary school teacher.
Artist Statement:
Growing up on the West Coast has provided the opportunity for me to become intimately connected to the natural world. I find inspiration in the subtle, quiet changes in weather and season that are constantly taking place on the coast, like the way the fog rolls down the mountain, and then thins and recedes to reveal a small patch of deep blue sky. Or the way storms roll in across Georgia Straight, washing the Gulf Islands in rain and leaking the sunlight through the ruddy clouds. I am moved by those things that could easily be overlooked because of their impermanence, but are beautiful and resonant in their transformation. I find a sense of calm in witnessing the beauty of time pressing changes in nature.
