PAST + PRESENT collection
on knowing yourself and seeing the past, present, and future and how they are all interconnected; one thing affects another.
IN THIS COLLECTION:
“the places we call home” [4]
“THE PLACES WE CALL HOME” [SERIES]
OIL PASTEL ON RAW, UNSTRETCHED CANVAS [VARIOUS SIZES]
10×10in SHADOW BOX FRAMES
simple colour fields while thinking about being drawn to and feeling a familiarity to places that aren’t physically our home but for reasons unknown to our present self, they feel like it; maybe we knew this place in a past life or maybe our future self knows.
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[IN ORDER OF PHOTOS BELOW]
“joy was written by” 6.5x7 inches
[the rising and setting sun wherever you are]
“beauty was written by” 6x6.25 inches
[on hidden waterfalls and the kinda beauty we can only see without looking for it]
“peace was written by” 4x5.25 inches
[the calm after the storm; ride it out]
“solace was written by” 5x6.5 inches
[when a song feels like home]
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85 CDN
[AVAILABLE; PLEASE INQUIRE]
“ROOMS WITH A VIEW [BE OKAY WITH THE MISTAKES YOU MADE WHEN YOU WERE FINDING YOUR WAY]” [SERIES]
ACRYLIC AND OIL PASTEL ON CANVAS
a series about growth and finding your way through self-awareness and being okay with the mistakes you made once; mistakes and imperfections from our past can help us learn for the future…. if we take the time to wander with an honest perspective.
[IN ORDER OF PHOTOS BELOW]
No.1 14×18in
No.2 10x10in
No.3 6x6in
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400 / 250 / 100 CDN
[AVAILABLE; PLEASE INQUIRE]
“SEE THE GOOD DAYS [VERSION TWO]”
ACRYLIC ON UPCYCLED CANVAS
38x26in
about the highs and lows of emotions; understanding and embracing all emotions leads to greater overall happiness. without the ability to sit with the darkness we cannot recognize joy when it comes. the darkness isn’t something to be ashamed of or to stay quiet about and acting like everything is fine is a path of self-destruction.
the darkness always finds a way out but if we learn to embrace and express it as easily as we seem to tell people we’re doing good if we’re not, we might find we actually feel good more often.
inspired by “on joy and sorrow” by kahlil gibran
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900 CDN
[AVAILABLE; PLEASE INQUIRE]
“GOLDEN HOUR ENLIGHTENMENT”
ACRYLIC, OIL PASTEL, BOOK PAGE ON UPCYCLED CANVAS, WOOD FRAME
13x17in [INCLUDES FRAME]
In 2022 I found myself doodling and then painting this kind of illustration a lot as a way to self-regulate and while I’ve always drawn and been creative [as a designer], I’d mark this as the start of my art practice.
Last year [2025] I felt compelled to make something like this again, but better than many of those early practice paintings. In early 2026 I looked at it again and added a bit of oil pastel as the final layer for added texture and depth as well as a small cut out of an F. Scott Fitzgerald quote that I very serendipitously found in one of my [secondhand] books I was flipping through one day.
I consider this work a symbol of the things we may find ourselves doing that seem meaningless at the time until we look back years later and are enlightened to see the reason for it all.
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[PERSONAL WORK, NOT AVAILABLE]
“APOLOGY IN SUMMER”
MIXED MEDIA ON UPCYCLED CANVAS
30x24in
about forgiveness [letting go] and the importance of it whether to another person or to your past self for mistakes. nobody’s perfect.
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500 CDN [SOLD]
