I work in a variety of media including encaustic, watercolour, watercolour batik, collage and inks, often combining them. Currently I am most captivated by the tactile nature of beeswax. I exploit its wonderful properties through fusing, scraping, scratching and collaging; often using wax with photography, inks, oil pigments, watercolour and rice paper.

Inspired by travel and more often, my own backyard, my paintings connect me to the world at my doorstep. Exploring and creating are what motivate me. I love experimenting with new techniques.

Encaustic is an ancient medium that uses beeswax mixed with paint and damar resin to create a luscious, versatile surface. It is a spontaneous, translucent medium that is gaining in popularity as more and more people fall in love with it, as I have.

Watercolour batik involves painting over wax that is used as a resist, on Japanese rice paper. When the painting is complete, the wax is removed, leaving a richly saturated image.

 

Exhibitions & Awards

2017 - Solo Exhibit, Scugog Council for the Arts, Port Perry, Ontario, Bucolic

2016 - Whitby Public Library, Solo Exhibit, Water and Wax

2016 -2011 - Visual Arts Centre, Clarington, Ontario, Annual Juried Shows,

2016 -2011 - Solo Exhibits, Municipality of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario

2016 - Buckhorn Fine Art Festival, Buckhorn, Ontario

2016 - The Artist Project, Toronto, Ontario

2016 - Eastern Ontario Art Association, Annual Juried Show

2015 - Castle Hill Gallery, Truro, Massachusetts, Minimal/Maximal

2015 - John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Wax!t

2014 - International Encaustic Artists, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario, Selective Perception

2013 - Award: Best Mixed Media in Show, Celebration of the Arts, Uxbridge, Ontario

2012 - Award: Best Watercolour in Show, Annual Juried Show, Clarington Visual Arts Centre,                          Bowmanville,  Ontario

 

professional associations

CERA Artists Collective - a collective of six visual artists working in wax in the Greater Toronto Area

East Central Ontario Artists Association

Oshawa Art Association

Scugog Council for the Arts