ART COLLECTIONS
STOP APOLOGIZING
A SERIES OF ABSTRACT STORIES THAT TELL US TO STOP MAKING OURSELVES SMALLER AND TO INSTEAD BE OKAY WITH WHO WE ARE IN THIS MOMENT, IMPERFECTIONS AND ALL.
“DON’T BE SORRY FOR LOVING”
MIXED MEDIA ON UPCYCLED CANVAS
24×24 INCHES
LISTEN TO THE SONG ON REPEAT, WEAR THE SAME OUTFIT YOU LOVE UNTIL THERE’S HOLES IN IT, BE A BIT DELUSIONAL, DREAM TOO BIG, AND LIVE YOUR LIFE IN FULL SEND TIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF. LIFE IS ABOUT LIVING AND WHEN REALLY LIVE THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS LOVING TOO MUCH.
100 CDN; DISCOUNTED + SOLD AT LOCAL EVENT
[REGULAR PRICE 600 CDN]
“DON’T BE SORRY FOR BEING SCARED”
ACRYLIC AND SOFT PASTEL ON RAW CANVAS
10×10 INCHES
LISTEN TO THE SONG ON REPEAT, WEAR THE SAME OUTFIT YOU LOVE UNTIL THERE’S HOLES IN IT, BE A BIT DELUSIONAL, DREAM TOO BIG, AND LIVE YOUR LIFE IN FULL SEND TIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF. LIFE IS ABOUT LIVING AND WHEN REALLY LIVE THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS LOVING TOO MUCH.
200 CDN
“DON’T BE SORRY FOR BEING HAPPY”
ACRYLIC ON UPCYCLED CANVAS
15.75×31.5 INCHES
ONE NIGHT I WAS HAPPY AND SO I WAS SKIPPING AROUND A BIT——AND THEN OUT OF NOWHERE, I HURT MY ANKLE. WAS THIS KARMA FOR BEING TOO HAPPY IN A WORLD THAT SOMETIMES SEEMS LIKE IT DOESN’T WANT PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY BE HAPPY? IT FELT LIKE IT. WHY DO WE WE TELL EVERYONE TO “JUST BE HAPPY” WHEN THEY’RE NOT BUT THEN PUNISH THEM WHEN THEY ARE?
400 CDN
“DON’T BE SORRY FOR BEING LOST”
ACRYLIC ON UPCYCLED CANVAS
16×16 INCHES
THIS ONE HAS TONS OF LAYERS AND TONS OF VERSIONS I DIDN’T LIKE. WITH EACH ONE I THOUGHT, “NO, THIS ISN’T IT, THIS ISN’T FINISHED.” FINALLY, I REALIZED THAT MAYBE THIS IS WHAT BEING LOST IS ALL ABOUT. THE UNFINISHEDNESS IS THE POINT, IF WE’RE FINISHED WITH SOMETHING AND WE’RE NOT A LITTLE LOST, WE’RE NOT LIVING AND IF WE HAD IT ALL FIGURED OUT ALL THE TIME, WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT OF LIVING?
AFTER THIS REALIZATION, I STOPPED ADDING LAYERS AND JUST LET IT BE, IN WHATEVER UNFINISHED STATE IT WAS IN; BEING LOST IS OKAY AND BEING LOST DOESN’T MEAN WE’RE NOT PERFECT AS IS FOR RIGHT NOW.
400 CDN
“DON’T BE SORRY FOR NOT BEING OKAY”
ACRYLIC ON UPCYCLED CANVAS
24×24 INCHES
IT’S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY——WE WILL BE OKAY AGAIN ONE DAY.
550 CDN
“DON’T BE SORRY FOR BEING TOO MUCH”
ACRYLIC ON UPCYCLED CANVAS
24×30 INCHES
SINCE WHEN DID BEING ‘TOO MUCH’ GET SUCH A BAD REPUTATION? MAYBE YOU’RE ACTUALLY JUST THE PERFECT AMOUNT… PLUS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHATEVER GOOD YOU ARE?
700 CDN
“DON’T BE SORRY FOR FEELING”
ACRYLIC ON UPCYCLED CANVAS
10×20 INCHES
PERSONALLY, I’D RATHER FEEL EVERYTHING A LITTLE TOO HARD THAN NOT AT ALL.
200 CDN
“DON’T BE SORRY FOR THE CHAOS”
ACRYLIC ON UPCYCLED CANVAS
30×40 INCHES
PERSONALLY, I’D RATHER THE CHAOS THAN BEING STAGNANT AND BORED.
900 CDN