Artist Statement

My acrylic abstracts are about the strength of colour and their emo­tional con­nec­tion to themes of renewal and re-emergence.  I work in a non-objective expres­sive style where the emo­tion of colour and its tac­tile form informs the cre­ative process for me.  The paint can be lay­ered thickly or poured thinly, the colour sur­faces are often revealed, scraped back and then hid­den again– it is the energy of the moment that cre­ates a power and spon­tani­ety to the final piece that I am hop­ing to communicate.

The search for the mean­ing of “home”  has also been an ongo­ing nar­ra­tive in my work for the past few years– not just the phys­i­cal sense of home but also a spir­i­tual and metaphor­i­cal search for home. I have shifted gears so to speak, and am cre­at­ing a body of work that offers dif­fer­ent views on the word.Inspired by the work of Cana­dian artist Takao Tan­abe, I want to evoke a sense of space in my land­scapes.  I am not inter­ested in recre­at­ing a per­fect phys­i­cal rep­re­sen­ta­tion of home—it is the “zen” of being there, the mem­ory encap­su­lated in the land.

I have not only cre­ated a land­scapes series of “home” but also an instal­la­tion multi-media piece enti­tled “Mem­o­ries of the For­est” that speaks to the loss of home.  The mean­ing of home is not defined in a neat pack­age for con­sid­er­a­tion; it is an ongo­ing jour­ney that con­tin­ues to evolve in our memories.

Based in Toronto, my works can be found in pri­vate col­lec­tions through­out the Greater Toronto Area, Que­bec, and New York.  Works range from paint­ings on can­vas to out­door murals on wood.

Affil­i­a­tions & Links:

North Toronto Group of Artists
North York Visual Artists
Spot Col­lec­tive
Artistsin­Canada
CARFAC
Saatchi­Gallery­On­line
Lepix
National Asso­ci­a­tion of Pho­to­shop Pro­fes­sion­als (NAPP)