ARTIST STATEMENT

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Having lived the majority of my life away from my family and birth place “Home” has been an elusive word for me. My artistic journey has been a deeply spiritual process that has led me from observation, adjustment, acceptance, contentment and acculturation to time and place which is reflected through the choice of my subject matter and painting processes.​

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The use of texture with many layers is an important element in my paintings, mimicking life’s experience of building on things of the past to discover a new and exciting future.  What is laid down in the first layers of paint may be obscured but become the foundation of each successive layer. I don’t always know where I am going when I start out painting but nothing is ever wasted while arriving at that contented moment of completion.  

 My current paintings focus on exploring new textures, through the use of mixed media by incorporating real stone and birch bark as in my ‘Birch Bark Series”. 

Birch bark trees have become a symbol of my beloved Canadian homeland and have been my focus for the past 5 years.   I have been exploring colour, texture, form and design through my non-objective “Happy Series” and my newest works "Rock Your World" which inspired by a trip to the marble factory. 

I have been delighted by the outcome expressed through the joyful contentment I have found in my Canadian home.  That makes me happy and rocks my world.