Growing up in northern Manitoba I was surrounded by boreal forest, rivers and lakes. Now I live in a rapidly growing region surrounded by nature. Incorporating an urban quality to the paintings through the use of hand cut stencils and stamps, both past and present are reflected. Inspiration that came from my childhood north of ’56 and the qualities of urban art reflect the place I reside today. My goal is to reflect the beauty of nature and culture to honour the place I came from while integrating the freedom of street art in layers of bold colour and pattern.

For many years as the Arts & Culture Coordinator for my community’s local library as well as co-founder of the Creative Airdrie Society, collaboration as an artist has been extremely important to me. Not only for community beautification projects and events, but also in my personal practice. Somewhere along the way we forget that we are all creative, that failure is part of the creative act, and that as a group our work becomes stronger. My work incorporates layers of acrylic colour and pattern on stretched canvas referencing graffiti while combining past and present to create a visual story.