from this collection

“what i’m looking for”

acrylic on raw, unstretched canvas; thrifted frames/coloured paper matte

canyon sunlight: 8x10 frame, 5x6.5 inches / 95 CDN
prairie dancin: 8x10 frame, 5x6 inches / 95 CDN
the star: 8x10 frame, 4x5.75 inches / 95 CDN
paradise ahead: 8x10 frame, 5.25x7 inches / 95 CDN
fire inside 01: 5x6 frame, 3.5x2.5 inches / 40 CDN
fire inside 02: 5x6 frame, 3.5x2.5 inches [sold]
crimson: 5x7 frame, 3.25x5.25 inches / 50 CDN
light blue: 8x10 frame, 5x7 inches / 95 CDN

these pieces invite slowing down to see what we need to see [the signs that often lead us to what our hearts want].

by visually portraying simple, natural forms [which is something i intuitively have always doodled as a way to ground myself] in just one colour of paint on a plain, raw canvas paired intentionally with the colour of the background in the frame, i hope to create a feeling of intuition and mindfulness in the viewer.

it’s simplicity at its finest… which always helps us to slow down and, idk, maybe notice a plant dancing in the prairie wind, the one spark flying away from the fire, or the way the desert sun gives the landscape a warm, sunny hue.

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available; please inquire

learn more about the process below

these one-colour semi abstract botanical shapes were some of the first things i started doodling at the very start of my art journey, which was only near the end of 2022 and about 12 years into my career as a designer and mostly done solely as a way to relax and regulate my nervous system [slow down].

experiences like this makes me feel like while design may have been my chosen ‘career’ and something i’ve always been naturally good at, visual art was always something i was supposed to do.

the process for these canvases:

my initial plan wasn’t going to look anything like these and perhaps even something quite the opposite. but that view in my head didn’t really work out the way i thought it would. i was frustrated for a bit.

but, as it often goes, as I was painting I noticed myself slowing down very unintentionally and leaning into the details and colours of the shapes while listening to one of my favourite songs [“broken bow” by john calvin abney]. in that moment, i was no longer frustrated and i didn’t overthink anything. i knew this was what i was supposed to make.

because of that, most of these canvases are named after a word or two from the lyrics of that song and the coloured backgrounds of each were chosen based on their names.