LAYERS OF THE LIVING WORLD

I’ve always loved nature, but it wasn’t until my teenage years that I realized how deeply the natural world shaped my sense of well-being. On a trip with my parents from our suburban home outside Vancouver to camp on Vancouver Island, I noticed that as the landscape grew wilder and greener, the anxiety that I always carried with me began to ease.

The realization that I feel most at home among trees and the ocean has been a guiding force in my life ever since. It has led me to many beautiful places, including Hornby Island, where I now live, and to a creative practice rooted in close attention and appreciation of the living world.

My paintings sometimes start from direct references -landscapes before me or photographs I’ve taken- but more often than not, early layers are all about play and experimentation, adding paint and other mixed media intuitively at first, but then becoming more considered in my choices as I respond to memories, observations, and emotions. The resulting pieces reflect both my inner world and the living world that continues to sustain and inspire me.

BIOGRAPHY