Wintersweet, 2021-22
In Winter 2021-2022 I began a series of small paintings on cardboard called “Wintersweet”. I had been thinking about the way that winter, despite being a time of dormancy, or […]
Illuminated from Within: The Notman Garden series, 2019
In 2019 I was artist in residence at the Association […]
Abundant with Bloom – L’univers floral des femmes de la famille Colby, 2018
Abundant with Bloom – L’univers floral des femmes de la […]
The edge of her garden, 2017
In April 2017 I was artist in residence at the Caetani Cultural Centre in Vernon, British Columbia. The Centre is named after Sveva Caetani (1917-1994), who was born in Italy […]
Giardino dell’Eden, 2016-
In 2016-17 I am working on a series of acrylic paintings on unprimed, unstretched canvas. My inspiration is the Giardino dell’Eden – quite literally a walled, locked garden named Eden, […]
all between, 2014
The Pool – Transnational Creatives is a group of creatives, writers, artists, musicians, and cultural agents from around the world. We met in Djurönäset, Sweden in August 2014 to begin […]
Imago, 2014
In summer 2014 I was invited to participate in, and help organize, a fundraiser for Imago Théâtre. Imago was looking for support for Artista, a mentorship program in which theatre […]
The Gardens of Partis College, 2014-
In 1824, a wealthy Englishwoman named Ann Partis bought land outside the Somerset city of Bath to create a utopian housing project for elder gentlewomen who had fallen on hard […]
Olveston Blooms, 2013
Dorothy Michaelis Theomin (1888-1966) was a mountaineer, a photographer of mountains, an avid traveler, and a philanthropist who lived most of her life in Dunedin, New Zealand. Her family were powerful […]
36 Views of Aoteatroa, 2013-
This series of landscape paintings refer to the renowned book of woodblock prints by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (c 1760-1849), 36 Views of Mount Fuji, which I saw in person for […]
Drawings for a Thicker Skin, 2012
For over twenty years I made drawings of clothes I planned to wear. This drawing practice was a way to imagine myself in future situations, in an idealized state, and served as […]
After Audubon, 2009
After Audubon was a small series of small collages I made in 2009. Always delighted by the naturalist books I was given as a child, I decided on a whim […]
Home, 2004
Home was a solo exhibition at the Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON (Maura Broadhurst, curator) in 2004. The two series exhibited were Home and Emotional Floorplans. In both cases, the personal or […]
pro fanus, 2000
In summer 2000 I returned to Bath to undertake a series of projects in sites of importance to women’s history in this World Heritage city. pro fanus [in front of the temple] took […]
Flower for Flyers, 1999
(1 March 1999, Playa del Carmen, Mexico) “Should write about last night before it’s gone. Made about 30-40 little watercolours of flowers, some fish, a few butterflies. What I ended […]
Odysseus Come Home, 1998
While living in Halifax and teaching my first course at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design I was captured by the harbour and shipping history so important to […]
Anonymous Fairy Acts, 1998
During a trip to England in spring 1998 I visited Exeter, staying on the campus of Exeter University in a rather cheerless dormitory. There was a storm in the night […]
Floralscapes, 1993-94
In my last year of living in Hamilton, Ontario, I had an exhibition at a new restaurant on King Street West (near downtown’s Hess Village), which showed local artists’ work. […]
One in the Flock, 1992
In the summer of 1992 I had my first solo exhibition at the Broadway Cinema, which had exhibition space within a lovely, large marquee theatre on King William Street in […]
Early landscapes (1991-94)
During my last year of study, and following my graduation from McMaster University’s BFA in 1992, I worked in a downtown Hamilton art store, Rath Art Supplies, owned by the […]
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