HELLO!

I’m a painter and illustrator. I work from my home studio on the West Coast of Canada. My home is on a hill where it’s wooded and quiet, overlooking islands and ocean. 

I have a patio garden and it’s evident I have a thing for boxwood. If I’m not gardening, I’m reading or creating.

I studied Art History (along with Visual Arts) at University, specializing in Renaissance, and Middle East and European Garden Design, and I’m still passionate about all of it. I love old botanical illustrations, vintage garden layouts, worn objects, and antique labels.

BACKGROUND

EDUCATION



BA Double Major History in Art and Visual Arts



PAINTING



Painting work sold and shipped internationally

Gallery Represented multiple solo and shared shows (past)
Self Represented sold out private shows

Published paintings selected for book covers

Art Licensed Art In Motion artist and photographer for fine art prints worldwide (past)



ILLUSTRATION



Co-creator (Illustration and Styling/Photography) The Artful Pie Project, a Canada Silver Award recipe book, published by Whitecap Books
 - available everywhere

Fine Art prints of illustrations
Food Editorial Illustration for events and publishing

PAINTING

My paintings are about quiet places. I love to create a sense of calmness. It is what I appreciate in my world. I also appreciate humour, whimsy, and quirkiness so that shows up too, more often in my illustrations.

I work exclusively in acrylic and most often on cradled board as I like the weight of it. I paint what I call ‘Teenies’, which are 3 x 4in gems, all the way up to large canvas work.

I sell and ship my work all over the world.

ILLUSTRATION

My illustrations are whimsical and quirky. They are a snapshot of a story that’s popped into my head. 

I could illustrate all day. I’m content to work on my own but also love project work and working in collaboration with others. Connecting with people over creativity… it’s fun, and wildly inspiring.

I illustrate using Procreate and often incorporate elements of my paintings into my illustration, bringing the two together. I love creating little worlds of gardens and houses, along with anything else that comes to mind.

FOOD ILLUSTRATION

I have done single illustration projects and enormous ones, where I produced a lot of drawings. Small or large contracts, I like illustrating food because I like the food industry and the people. I’ve done work for food magazines, events, and publishing.

I was the co-creator of a recipe book in a great collaboration with Chef Denise Marchessault. The Artful Pie Project (Whitecap Books) is visually fun and full of my illustration and photography, set alongside Denise’s fantastic writing and recipes.

Please contact me if you are interested in licensing my work, or collaborating on a creative project.