Just a note
My formal degree is in Graphic Design, however painting is my foremost passion.
I don’t try to portray realistic botanicals or nature, for me the joy is in the imagining, put that bloom here, those weeds or storm clouds there, of being totally absorbed in the moment, intoxicated by vivid colours. It's the perfect escape, whether wild or controlled. This is how I pay tribute to our natural world as it reminds us, to slow down, look closely and see how chaos and beauty go side by side.
Education
2011-2015 - Studied under Denna Erickson, Vancouver, Canada
2013 - Studied under Paula Roland, Sante Fe, USA
1994 - BA Hons Degree in Graphic Design Arts - Westminster University, London, UK
CV
2018 - Solo Exhibition - “Floral Chaos” - The Playground Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2018 - Studio Exhibition - SEAS Open Studios/ Art Trail - Kent, UK, July 1 - 8
2014 - Solo Exhibition - “Stuffed” - The Artway Studios, Vancouver, Canada
2014 - Installation - “Tracing the History of Radical Feminism in Vancouver” - Science World, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2011 - Solo Exhibition - “Painted Tiles” - mixed media - Hampstead Heath, London, UK
2011 - Installation - “Women’s Worlds” - artistic manager of international collective project 4 years in the making - Ottawa-Gatineau, Canada
2010 - Group Exhibition - “Spring Salon” - mixed media - The Artway Studios, Vancouver, Canada
2010 - Installation - “Montreal Massacre Memorial” - Vancouver Public Library, Canada
2008 - Installation - “100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day” - High Croft House, Vancouver, Canada
2008 - Installation - “Flesh Mapping - Vancouver markets Pacific Women” - Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, Canada and at Vancouver Art Gallery - WACK show
2007 - Installation - “Mermaids in Our Midst” - Vancouver Yacht Club, Canada
2006 - Installation - “REMEMBER ME” - Vancouver Public Library, Canada
2000 - Faux/Mural finishes on the (ex) Russian Consulate building, owned by Michael Feinstein and featured in Architectural Digest, Los Angeles, USA
1996 - Wall Mural - Ancient Greece - Charlie Don’t Surf Restaurant - White Rock, Canada
1995 - Wall Mural - Aquarius - private collector, Yuma, Arizona, USA