ABOUT ME

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work is about me and my existence in this world. It reflects my journey on this planet, and the context in which I fit: sometimes melding with the flow of my environment, sometimes feeling quite separate, as though floating in my own bubble, surrounded by quiet space. I can become nostalgic and heady, exuberant and calm... All at the same time.

I enjoy working with colour and form, and I am trying to move away from figurative work (which I used to practice, as a commercial artist), into the abstract. I originally designed souvenirs for tourists in the Caribbean. That eventually became a business, and pretty soon, I had regular contracts designing anything that might appeal to a broad audience of travelers. When I returned to a northern climate, my work was still quite figurative, and it's only been since about 2007 that I've turned the corner, and ventured into the abstract.

I have an art studio at home, and work in it as often as possible. The rest of my time is spent in a techno-promo environment: I work as a graphic designer for a marketing communications firm, located in Montreal. My expertise lies mainly in mobile marketing and design. Painting on large canvases is a wonderful way to break loose from teeny digital screens, allowing me the freedom to get my hands dirty!

In the spring of 2011, I was awarded a grant to attend a month-long artist residency at the Vermont Studio Center, in Johnson, Vermont (USA), where I managed to chronicle some of my time there. See entries in my blog: March & April, 2011.