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bio
I live north of Toronto in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada with my husband Simon and daughter, Lily. I am an artist, illustrator and educator.
I went to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and the University of Canterbury for illustration, printmaking and electronic art. While there, I began doing freelance illustration. I used to spend a great deal of time making tunnel books, which I sold at 1st Hand Gallery in Toronto. These paper theater works are a return to working in this method with the addition of photography. I set up layers of drawings, on a small scale, like a very tiny stage set or installation. Take a look at my 'process page", to see how I create them, set the lighting and photograph them. My work often tells a moment in a story, and often plays with the themes of childhood, and the ephemeral. I look to my own childhood, my experiences as a mother, Victorian curiosities, vintage book illustrations, and set design. At times I work on a larger scale, creating installations. In the future I hope to do some animation as well.
I am excited to be working on my first children's books in this style!
My prints can be purchased through my Etsy shop - theater clouds.
Exhibition History
- At Made by Others, Australia
- Article, Wetlands, South Grey-Bruce Literacy Council
- Roots, Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts, Collingwood
- Ammo-Play, London, UK
- Grimsby Juried Art Show, Grimbsy Art Gallery, Grismsby
- Fly by Night, Nuit Blanche, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
- For What It's Worth: Curios, Collections and Counterfeits, upArt, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
- Article, South Grey-Bruce Literacy Council
- 100 Squares, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound
- We Practice What We Teach, White Water Gallery, North Bay
- *The Walls Have Ears And Their Lips Talk of Mischief, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax
- Graduate Studio Show, Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax
- Electronic Art Show, Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax
- Annual Print Show, Anna Leonowens Gallery
- The Blame Show, Anna Leonowens Gallery
- The Louisburg Project, Anna Leonowens Gallery
- Canadian Icons Show, 1st Hand Gallery, Toronto
- The Spring Show, 1st Hand Gallery, Toronto
Awards
Emerging Artist Award at the Owen Sound Cultural Awards Ontario Arts Council Grant Margarite and Leroy Zwicker Fellowship McKenzie Fund Scholarship
Illustration
- Papercraft 2 - Gestalten Press
- Curriculum Plus Publishing
- Resource Recovery Fund Board of Nova Scotia
- EnRoute Magazine
- Imperial Oil
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