I consider myself to be an image-maker. Many of my pictorial narratives re-invent scenes I remember from my childhood. Growing up on a farm in rural Ontario, I have become again interested in that familiar landscape as a constant backdrop for the events (past and present) which are acted out. Certain rooms – familiar fragments of furniture, of architecture – or fields and houses reappear. Some images read as allegories – I have created myths out of my own history. There is a collapsing of the ordinary and the sublime into a single moment, where every event is laden with symbolism and significance.

I began my art training at the University of Toronto, studying art history, painting, drawing and sculpture, before discovering glass blowing at Sheridan Collage. Upon graduation I completed three years working as an artist-in-residence at the Harbourfront Glass Studio in Toronto. Currently I live and work in the Beaver Valley near Georgian Bay where my loves of painting, glassmaking and gardening are allowed to peacefully co-exist.