Throughout my artistic path I have moved back and forth between sculpture and abstract painting. 

• Sculpture:  Drawn to materials that do not necessarily "play well together", my palette is mainly kiln formed glass, cement, stone, and metal artifacts retrieved from the local junkyard.  What really intrigues me is learning the “language” of these disparate materials and bringing them together into a coherent whole. 
• Painting: After many years of landscape and figure drawing, I felt a need to work with the basics of visual composition. I have been exploring the world of abstraction and non-objective painting through mixed media, pastel and collage.   

While each of these approaches periodically vies for ascendancy, they  have slowly but inexorably merged over the years, into a more unified voice. 

 

As the fluency with various media above has increased, I have become more interested in expressing the stories that reflect my stage in life and the world around me. My recent artwork explores some of the " mental"models that have shaped my life and what really matters at this point in my journey.

 

After 10 years of part-time study I graduated from the Haliburton School of Arts in 2009 with a Diploma in Visual Arts. I also studied at glass schools in Germany (Bildwerk Frauenau -2012) and New Zealand (Whanganui Glass School under Kathryn Wightman -2013)

 

In my previous work life, I have been an adult educator, career counsellor and community developer. I have had the opportunity to work in government, non-profit organizations and as an entrepreneur. My previous work experience - for example assisting displaced workers for 10 years - profoundly shapes and informs my art.   

 

 

Selected Exhibits

 

 Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour

Peterborough, Ontario 

September, 2024 

 

Out in the Field and Earth Poems 

Ecco Art Gallery Studios 

Lakefield Ontario

June and July, 2024

 

Rock, Paper Scissors: Sculpture, Paintings and Collage

Locks Spa and Salon

Peterborough Ontario

January, 2020 - Present

 

Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour

Peterborough, Ontario

September, 2021

 

"We the Five" (Group Show)

The Mount Gallery

Peterborough, Ontario

October, 2018

 

 

Secret World (Juried Exhibition)

Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario

November 28 -January 10, 2016

 

Annual Show of Fine Arts (Juried Exhibition)

 Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario

October, 2015

 

 

Selected Work 

Displayed at: 

Oeno Gallery, Prince Edward County, Ontario, 2015 and 2106

Proximity Gallery, Stoney Lake, Ontario, 2015 and 2016

 

Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections

Art Gallery of Peterborough, 

Peterborough, Ontario

August - November, 2015

 

Lissome -Cement and Kiln Cast Glass

Displayed at Haliburton Sculpture Forest/ Haliburton School of the Art

Haliburton, Ontario

2014 -present

 

The Lissome Series – Cement and Kiln Cast Glass

 Oeno Gallery Sculpture Garden at Huff Estates, 

Prince Edward County, Ontario

2012 and 2013

 

Sense of Place Series:  Warsaw Caves in Paintings and Glass(solo)

Parkhill on Hunter and Natas Cafe,

Peterborough Ontario

August – October, 2012

 

 

Works in Progress: A Show of Life Drawings (group)

Sadlier House Arts Group

Peterborough, Ontario

April 7 -17, 2011

 

Art in the Garden: Sculpture in Ecology Gardens (solo)

Ecology Gardens, Peterborough, Ontario

June 26, 27, 2010