Art & Community Engagement Portfolio

Thanks for checking out my work. Here you will find samples of recent art, workshops, demonstrations, and community engaged arts that I have had the joy of making, teaching and facilitating.

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Metal Sculpture

Pop-up Art Studio and Collaborative Painting – 2024.

This was one of three collaborative painting engagements facilitated during my artist-in-residency with the City of Abbotsford from May - October, 2024. During these two-hour engagements, residents were invited to join me paint a work featuring a heritage building of Abbotsford. Everyone who added paint to canvas signed the back of the canvas to create a truly collaborative art piece.

Rock Pigeon – 2024.

Relief print and watercolour on paper, 14 x 16", 2024. Edition of 6.

Part of an on-going series Avifauna, a large, to-scale body of lino-cut relief prints and watercolour that feature birds of BC. There are currently 67 pieces in the series with more planned for 2025.

Button Making Workshop – 2024.

During this workshop for the Abbotsford Youth Commission, participants were encouraged to choose from a selection of pre-designed images or create their own unique designs to make button pins.

Stellar's Jay – 2023.

Relief print and watercolour on paper, 14 x 18", 2023.

Part of an on-going series Avifauna, a large, to-scale body of lino-cut relief prints and watercolour that feature birds of BC. There are currently 67 pieces in the series with more planned for 2025.

Linocut Carving and Printing Demo – 2022.

This was a 2-hour demonstration during a joint exhibition at the Hearth Gallery on Bowen Island, BC. During the demonstration I went through the entire process of lino printing including image transfer methods, carving techniques, types of ink, and printing.

Little Donkey Friends – 2020.

Linocut relief print on paper, 10 x 12", 2020.

Part of a series of farm animals inspired by living in farm land during the spring.

Relief Printing Workshop – 2022.

Beginner's printmaking workshop during Fort Langley Jazz Festival, 2022. This was the first year they incorporated an "Art Zone" for the festival and the Langley Arts Council sponsored free workshops during the event. During this two-hour workshop participants learned about carving tools, materials, and printing techniques. At the end of the workshop they took home their own carved crow silhouette stamp along with several hand-pulled prints.

Land of the Silver Birch - 2021.

Land of the Silver Birch - 2021.

Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24”, 2021.

This birch piece is part of an exploratory series that played with colour and short brush strokes. The result was a bright a bold group of paintings that bring joy.

Monoprinting with Stencils Workshop – 2024.

As part of my residency with the City of Abbotsford I facilitated and guided a workshop that introduced participants to the wonderful world of mono-printing with stencils.

NBD- Me and a Peasant with a Wheelbarrow – 2018.

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Part of an in-going series titled "Selfies through Art History" which started in 2013. This series is a light-hearted play on what life would be like if selfies existed throughout history. It is also a way to track my age, and painting skills by creating derivative works of well-known art pieces.