My introduction to drawing, colour, painting, sculpture and design began with the studio courses that were part of my degree in Art History at the University of Western Ontario. It was the beginning of a journey for me.
This journey has had a few detours but I returned to drawing and painting after moving to Peterborough, Ontario in 1999. In the years since, I have maintained a weekly life drawing studio practice and have taken various intensive, and not so intensive courses at the Peterborough Art School, the Ontario College of Art and Design, the Haliburton School for the Arts, the Art Gallery of Peterborough, and studied with a number of independent art teachers and mentors to whom I owe a great deal.
I use a variety of materials in my art practice but for the last four years, have settled on cold wax and oil as my medium of choice. I find the combination of wax and oil satisfies my need to work with tactile materials. The mixture of cold wax and oil paint can be thin and delicate, or it can be a thick, layered, organic surface. Whatever one is used, there is a history in the layers of paint.
“Finding your own” is both the objective and the challenge for me. My work is an attempt to translate my intellectual, emotional and in some instances, physical response to the subject. The process includes detailed observation, engaging the senses, and accessing memories and emotions. I am expressing a visual representation of my connection to the subject, whether that be place or person. It is all in the journey.
This journey has had a few detours but I returned to drawing and painting after moving to Peterborough, Ontario in 1999. In the years since, I have maintained a weekly life drawing studio practice and have taken various intensive, and not so intensive courses at the Peterborough Art School, the Ontario College of Art and Design, the Haliburton School for the Arts, the Art Gallery of Peterborough, and studied with a number of independent art teachers and mentors to whom I owe a great deal.
I use a variety of materials in my art practice but for the last four years, have settled on cold wax and oil as my medium of choice. I find the combination of wax and oil satisfies my need to work with tactile materials. The mixture of cold wax and oil paint can be thin and delicate, or it can be a thick, layered, organic surface. Whatever one is used, there is a history in the layers of paint.
“Finding your own” is both the objective and the challenge for me. My work is an attempt to translate my intellectual, emotional and in some instances, physical response to the subject. The process includes detailed observation, engaging the senses, and accessing memories and emotions. I am expressing a visual representation of my connection to the subject, whether that be place or person. It is all in the journey.
EXHIBITIONS
Group Shows
2018, We the Five, The Mount Community Centre, Peterborough
2018, Unfinished Business 2, Sadleir House, Peterborough
2017, Unfinished Business, Sadleir House, Peterborough
2015, bare naked 2, Kawartha Artists Gallery, Peterborough
2014, bare naked, Kawartha Artists Gallery, Peterborough
2011, Works in Progress, Sadleir House, Peterborough
Juried Shows
2020, Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition, Orillia Museum of Art and History
2020, Underneath, Art Gallery of Bancroft
Press
2018, We the Five Show at the Mount Community Centre, Peterborough Examiner
2018, We the Five, The Mount Community Centre, Peterborough
2018, Unfinished Business 2, Sadleir House, Peterborough
2017, Unfinished Business, Sadleir House, Peterborough
2015, bare naked 2, Kawartha Artists Gallery, Peterborough
2014, bare naked, Kawartha Artists Gallery, Peterborough
2011, Works in Progress, Sadleir House, Peterborough
Juried Shows
2020, Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition, Orillia Museum of Art and History
2020, Underneath, Art Gallery of Bancroft
Press
2018, We the Five Show at the Mount Community Centre, Peterborough Examiner
