Mixed Media: plastic bottles, aluminum rivets, plastic packaging, mod roc, encaustic paint, found object
2023
Mixed Media: cardboard, encaustic paint, acrylic medium, canvas, found items and materials
2022
The Biodomes series features six three dimensional collage pieces in chromatic colours, displayed in glass domes with wooden bases. They were informed by the Victorian’s predilection for putting nature under glass, ‘civilising’ it for their homes and museums. Here, a black base constructed from recycled foam, cardboard and encaustic paint, is ‘rewilded’ with an eclectic collection of images, objects and materials. Nature and man made items and materials jostle for space and attention as they manage to flourish and thrive alongside each other. The black bases were informed by images of wildfire aftermath and the devastation of structures, both natural and man made.
Mixed Media in glass dome with wooden base
12” x 6”
2022
Mixed Media in glass dome with wooden base
12” x 6”
2022
Mixed Media in glass dome with wooden base
12” x 6”
2022
Mixed Media in glass dome with wooden base
12” x 6”
2022
Mixed Media in glass dome with wooden base
12” x 6”
2022
Mixed Media in glass dome with wooden base
12” x 6”
2022
This series of collages on paper entitled ‘Re-Wilding’ developed in response to issues of climate change and a questioning as to what this term might mean, both for civilization, and for us as individuals. How can we ‘re-wild’ ourselves and our planet, to find fecundity of our imaginations, our hearts, and our habitats? Imagery used in these paper collages is wide-ranging, referencing ecology, lost civilizations, our changing relationships with exploration beyond our planet, and modern and contemporary architecture and domestic interiors. The pieces are composed around an epicentre of neutral hues or grayscale tones, which are ‘re-wilded’ with colour as the compositions evolve outwards. Are we afraid of colour in contemporary society as David Batchelor suggests in his book ‘Chromaphobia’? What impact does the leaching of colour out of our contemporary environments have on us and our ability to find resilience and joy in our lives?
Paper collage on Stonehenge paper
22” x 30”
2021
Paper collage on Stonehenge paper
22” x 30”
2021
Paper collage on Stonehenge Paper
22” x 30”
2021
Paper collage on Stonehenge paper
22” x 30”
2021
Paper collage on Stonehenge paper
22” x 30”
2020
Paper collage on Stonehenge paper
22” x 30”
2020
Paper collage on Stonehenge paper
22” x 30”
2020
Paper collage on Stonehenge paper
22” x 30”
2021
Paper collage on Stonehenge paper
22” x 30”
2021
Paper collage on Stonehenge paper
22” x 30”
2021
Paper collage on Stonehenge paper
22” x 30”
2020
Paper collage on Stonehenge paper
15” x 22”
2021
Paper collage on Stonehenge paper
15” x 22”
2021
Ghost Nets was made for the Diving In: The Art of Cleaning Lakes and Oceans environmental art project in 2022. I was given bags of aluminum cans recovered from the beds of lakes to transform into an art work for a travelling group exhibition.
‘Ghost Nets’ draws a thread between one toxic form of human pollution of our waters, and another, even more egregious form of ocean waste.
Submerged aluminum cans are not a benign presence. A plastic product, ’vinylite’ ,was trademarked to coat the interior of the can, whilst toxic inks again coated with plastic are used for the logos on the exterior. Aluminum cans in the water take approximately 200 years to decompose, whilst the plastic will never leave the water.
I developed a technique to turn the cans into string-like lengths and chose to represent ‘ghost nets’ with the bound cords. Ghost nets are abandoned, lost or discarded nets haunting our oceans. Caught on coral reefs or floating free in the ocean, they continue to fulfil their original purpose unchecked, entangling whales, dolphins, turtles, birds and other marine life. Ghost nets and gear make up 46% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
This series of mixed media collage works were made in the Summer of 2020 whilst I was teaching online and feeling the strangeness of the ‘together, apart’ circumstances in which we were all existing. Many of the collage pieces were sent to me by my friend and fellow artist Susan Jessop, who in turn made some pieces with cuttings I sent her. It was a way in which we could stay connected and encourage each other through the challenges of isolation. They seem to speak about disconnection and the barriers to togetherness, not only physically but perhaps also emotionally, and the drive and struggle to connect with others.
Acrylic, graphite, collage on Stonehenge paper
22” x 15”
2020
Acrylic, graphite, collage, pastel on Stonehenge paper
22” x 15”
2020
Acrylic, graphite, collage, wire, tape on Stonehenge paper
22” x 15”
2020
Acrylic, graphite, collage on Stonehenge paper
22” x 15”
2020
The Wind and the Sun is a developing series of mixed media paintings which questions our shifting relationship with the sun, in the light of increased wildfire activity and the devastating heat dome of 2021.
Mixed Media
8’ x 6’
2019
Mixed Media
6’ x 6’ approx
2018
Mixed Media
8’ x 12’ approx
2019
Mixed Media
4’ x 7’ approx
2019
Mixed Media
4’ x 6’ approx
2019
Mixed Media
3’ x 5’ approx
2019
Mixed Media
5’ x 6’ approx
2019
Mixed Media
2’ x 3’ approx
2019
Mixed Media
18” x 36” approx
2018
‘Hang Ups’ Drawings installed in studio for Culture Crawl
2019
L - ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’
R - ‘Above and Beyond’
2019
All at Sea is a limited series of small oil paintings depicting constructions made from coloured modelling clay and doll parts. It speaks to upheaval and transition.
Oil on canvas
18” x 18”
2018
Oil on Arches paper
14” x 17”
2018
Oil on Arches paper
14” x 17”
2018
Oil on canvas
14” x 17”
2018
Oil on canvas
12’ diameter tondo
2018
Oil on canvas
20” x 40”
2018
Oil on canvas
20” x 40”
2018
Oil on canvas
20” x 40”
2018
Oil on canvas
24” x 24”
2018
Oil on canvas
24” x 24”
2018
Oil on canvas
14” x 18”
2018
Oil on canvas
14” x 18”
2018
Oil on Linen
18” x 24”
2018
Oil on canvas
9” x 12”
2017
Oil on canvas
9” x 12”
2017
Oil on canvas
9” x 12”
2017
Oil on canvas
9” x 12”
2017
Oil on canvas
9” x 12”
2017
Oil on canvas
9” x 12”
2017
Oil on canvas
9” x 12”
2017
Oil on canvas
9” x 12”
2017
Oil on canvas
9” x 12”
2017
Oil on canvas
18” x 24”
2017
Gibsons Public Art Gallery
2017
Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver
2017
Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver
2017
Oil on panel
60” x 30”
2017
Oil on panel
2017
Oil on canvas
30” x 60”
2017
Oil on canvas
48” x 48”
2017
Gibsons Public Art Gallery
2017
Gibsons Public Art Gallery
2017
oil on canvas
12” x 12”
2017
Oil on canvas
12” x 12”
2017
Oil on canvas
30” x 30”
2016
Oil on canvas with fabric
30” x 30”
2016
Oil on canvas
30” x 30”
2016
Oil on canvas
30” x 30”
2017
Oil on canvas
30” x 30”
2016
Oil on canvas
30” x 30”
2017
Oil on canvas
30” x 30”
2016
Oil on canvas
36” x 48”
2016
Oil on canvas
36” x 48”
2016
Gibsons Public Gallery
June 2017
Gibsons Public Gallery
2017
Gibsons Public Gallery
2017