CREATING ART

IS AN ACT OF

BRAVERY

In my art I seek to explore discomfort. I trust the process to achieve a deeper understanding of vulnerability.

Welcome to a life's journey.

PORTFOLIO

Paintings

Mixed Media & Drawings

Coming in to Motherhood (living room)

Wander into the shop.

Listen if anything speaks to you.

Spend some time imagining it in your home.

Purchase it because you love it.

Receive it packaged with care.

Hang it in your beautiful curated home.

See it embellish your home.

And fall in love with it all over again.

 

BLOG POSTS : Thoughts along an artist's journey...

Feelings Made Visible

Finding representation in Nature I’ve always been fascinated by what feelings and thoughts humans choose to hide or share. I started thinking of our faces as a facade that conceals any number of goings on behind it. How interesting would it be if that was being our control (scary perhaps!). These works came from the…

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Banal objects to convey feelings in contemporary art

Contemporary female artists like Andrea Bowers, Arghavaan Khosravi use objects in art to tell hard truth without having to illustrated it directly. The object is infused with a message, a meaning that helps convey more subtly a story or reality. Using a replacement to replace the human figure can give the viewer a filter to…

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Where am I in “motherhood”?

Many artists’ journeys follow this classic tale: They “know” from an early age that they want to be an artist. They draw as kids, they are encouraged by a high school art teacher or someone they respect. It’s what they’ve always enjoyed. And then years later (like 30 for me!!!) they finally step into their…

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My creed

I came across this wonderful exercise. Write down what you believe. In a world constantly bombarding us with “Shoulds” and “Coulds” this is a freeing exercise that puts front and center my beliefs and grounds me a truth that is stronger then my constant quest for learning something new to help be cover up my…

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