PAST + PRESENT
on knowing yourself and connecting the dots between your past, present, and maybe even your future.
IN THIS COLLECTION:
“THE PLACES WE CALL HOME”
“MISTAKES WE MADE WHEN WE WERE FINDING OUR WAY”
“SEE THE GOOD DAYS”
“GOLDEN HOUR ENLIGHTENMENT”
“APOLOGY IN SUMMER”
“THE PLACES WE CALL HOME” [SERIES, 4]
OIL PASTEL ON RAW, UNSTRETCHED CANVAS
VARIOUS SIZES, APPROX. 5×6 in
a representation of the 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 it.
NOT AVAILABLE
“MISTAKES WE MADE WHEN WE WERE FINDING OUR WAY” [SERIES]
ACRYLIC AND OIL PASTEL ON CANVAS
NO. 1 14×18in
NO. 2 10x10in
NO. 3 6x6in
a series about growth and finding your way through self-awareness and seeing mistakes as either happy accidents or opportunities to learn.
if you look close, you might see layers stacked on top of each other, with a layer from another life peaking through.
400 / 250 / 90 CDN
“SEE THE GOOD DAYS [VERSION TWO]”
ACRYLIC ON UPCYCLED CANVAS
38x26in
about embracing the highs and lows of emotions for its potential to lead to the greatest joy. without the ability to sit in darkness we cannot easily recognize true joy when it comes. darkness isn’t something to be ashamed of or to stay quiet about and doing so [acting like ‘everything is fine’] is often a clear path to destruction.
so how are you, really?
inspired by “on joy and sorrow” by kahlil gibran
1,200 CDN
“GOLDEN HOUR ENLIGHTENMENT”
ACRYLIC, OIL PASTEL, BOOK PAGE ON UPCYCLED CANVAS/THRIFTED WOOD FRAME
13×16in [INCLUDING FRAME]
a symbol of the things we find ourselves doing that seem meaningless at the time until we look back years later and see the reason for it all.
BACKGROUND STORY
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 time as the very start of my art practice.
after leaving some of those doodles behind, three years later I came back to it and integrated it along with everything else i had learned about art in the process.
six months after making the first version of this canvas, i looked at it again and i added the final layer of oil pastel for more texture and a small cut out of a very relevant F. Scott Fitzgerald quote that serendipitously fell out of a secondhand book I was flipping through one day.
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. nobody’s perfect.
500 CDN
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