mixed media art that is a blend of expressive storytelling and bold, curious moves to communicate something simple and move towards a better way of living + being.
to purchase an available original piece, inquire about a possible commission, or to generally learn more, please inquire.
COLLECTIONS:
THE ROMANTICS
LEMONS
PAST + PRESENT
UNCOOL
THE ROMANTICS collection
for the ones who’ve been broken but still continue to see light, dream too big, lead from the fire inside, and those who believe in people and the world more than it seems like they should.
IN THIS COLLECTION:
“goldenrod”
raw stretched canvas
12x12 inches
what started as a piece about resilience, growing, and thriving on your own through harsh conditions [chaos] turned into a very cheesy love story about how doing ~all of this might be easier, could be far more fun, and you might even go further and do even more things with a partner-in-crime. life is very simply about who you share it with, after all.
[on life with a soulmate and best friend, romantic or platonic, and knowing how to see that something when it’s right in front of you]
525 CDN [available; please inquire]
“the way we ought to live”
acrylic on raw unstretched canvas
11.5x12 inches, framed in an 18x18 inch frame
about doing things in the name of love and still believing in all forms of love even when it feels like it’s a crime to. is this the key to some sort of revolution?
based on the text I wrote about a year prior: “the beating heart is the only sign we’re alive and I think that says a lot about how we ought to live.”
425 CDN [available; please inquire]
“maybe one day”
acrylic on a [very well-used] canvas
15x19 inches
an honest illustrated story about inclusion, or lack thereof, in society far and wide. those of us who are outcasts for whatever reason might hear “it’s okay to be different” or “it’s your superpower!” by well-meaning folks but then as soon as we act in a way that they don’t like or behaviour is inconvenient, we are told “not like that.”
this piece celebrates the ones who live on the outside looking in with the magic 8 ball, maybe, offering a hopeful answer for the future.
[a visual for a poem i wrote, inspired by‘heartbreak dreamer’ by mat kearney, and a question for anyone who claims to be ~inclusive when your actions say otherwise]
375 CDN [available; please inquire]
BONUS STORY TO THE ABOVE WORK:
i painted the entire back of the canvas before signing it.
painting the back could be seen as a waste of time and uncommon by most. since i have painted on this canvas six different times after thrifting the canvas from a secondhand store with another painting on it, this canvas is like a black cat that’s on one of its last of nine lives and was starting to look like it.
efforts to be more sustainable and buying secondhand are often less convenient and more time consuming and don’t follow traditional art norms… but if this is wrong, then i don’t want to be right, and i could say the same about being ‘different’ in any other way.
“transparent”
acrylic and oil pastel on upcycled canvas
20x27.5 inches
When wearing your heart on your sleeve is not enough, you turn your body inside out to let your heart be even easier to see; you aim to show the world exactly who you are. In a world where secrecy and privacy feel luxurious and where most interactions stay on the surface, being transparent is a courageous act and a rare quality.
525 CDN [available; please inquire]
“we are alive… or are we?”
mixed media on upcycled canvas
16x24 inches
on life and death; if we’re alive why don’t we feel like it? we go through the motions every day, we save for a future we may not see, and we long for adventures that remind us we are alive but seldom do.
Would you rather live five more years of feeling the most alive or fifty more years of feeling as if you’re already dead? when we live as though we’re alive, death is not a thing to fear but inevitable.
being fully alive is not about having no bad days and making reckless and irrational decisions but rather about making each day acceptable as what could be a final day.
300 CDN [available; please inquire]
“fire inside”
mixed media on upcycled canvas/wood frame
11x14 inches
a collage representing feminism.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS WORK HERE
150 CDN [sold]
