About.

Serving as an eclectic invitation for connection and conversation, my work focuses on evoking emotion, and bringing light to issues that may be uncomfortable, yet profound. Much of my work is based on past experiences related to traumas and mental health, as well as the coinciding growth, healing, and lessons learned. At times, my work exists to challenge the core of these realities. The power that the work attempts to hold is within the viewer, in that it is meant to be individually experienced, understood and reach new depths. The perspectives displayed in my work are demanding, but are significant in making the work successful. My artistic practice typically begins with an underlying idea that surfaces and practically forces me into a creative flow, but sometimes it requires more digging into my subconscious with an open sketchbook and a mind blurt, as I like to call them. The open flow of writing hits a jackpot where I find my concept and proceed to the ideation period where I fill my sketchbook with research notes from permission artists, thumbnail compositions and detail sketches. I dive into the work, engaging with the materials to create a conversation, and actively seek feedback at each stage. I tend to vary my materials, from painting to sculpture, in an effort to seek out the best representation of the driving concept. I am drawn to utilizing found materials that have a story in unexpected forms, such as binding them to a painted canvas. A large part of my creative practice involves collecting these odd items and finding a way to turn them into a usable material, giving them a new life. There is something about hanging a baseball and a crystal ornament to become a ball and chain that satisfies my soul. My work has been recognized by the School at the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and shown in many group exhibitions over the past few years, most notably the Juried Show of Fine Arts held by the Art Gallery of Mississauga, as well as the invited artist’s showcase Salon 14 held by Propeller Gallery in Toronto. ​