Waxing Heart This Giant wax heart was a commission, that I just couldn’t make, in the end. This piece is made by layering layer upon layer of melted wax on top of itself, it is a rather labour-intensive process. I love the organic texture of the layers, as they they on top of each other….
I would paint this!
Maps from Memory This is one of my favourites, I just had to share it. At Grad School, late at night in the studio… My fellow grad student, friend (and brilliant artist) Steve Lambert called over the wall to me: “Are you busy?” He had to do a drawing for an upcoming charity auction, and…
Arts for Social & Environmental Justice Symposium Visual Arts Presenter, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, ON. It was pretty neat to have my pieces melting throughout the Symposium! I placed them around the spaces where the symposium was held, and allowed them to melt, as they do naturally. With this work, I always respond to…
Thank You Ontario Arts Council! I am very thankful to have received a Mid-Career Project Grant, from the Ontario Arts Council. Early in 2020, I started working with Queenie, a ceramic artist at ClayArt Studios, to learn and create very thin ‘card-like’ porcelain pieces. I will produce many of these individual pieces, which will then…
I learned how to screen print. To make adult colouring pages, and greeting cards. My intricate drawings seemed to be very well suited to the adult colouring craze. This was a fun project, and it was great to learn screen printing. … I have to say that my favourite part was the screens themselves.
Missing you. Every day, in every way.
Commission Studies Here, I’m working out some ideas for a large-scale commission. White, Gold, Silver, and Blue ink on paper.
Collaboration/Trade On June 14 2014, we installed this diptych in the space of my friend and jeweller: Zsolt Szekely. It’s looking good, and I couldn’t be happier that this work is a part of his personal and creative space! In exchange, he made me this beautiful spinning ring. Rose, white and yellow gold with orange…
Wax Carving Following are some examples of carvings that I have done for other businesses, always interesting to work in collaboration with other artisans.