I have lived in eight provinces and territories within Canada, however, the majority of my time has been in Saskatoon. I studied fine arts at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (NSCAD) and graduated with my BFA in 2007. I began a career as a professional painter while working in communications. In 2011 I returned to the U of S and completed an MA in Geography and Planning and most recently in September 2020, I completed an MFA in studio art at the University of Saskatchewan.

My paintings interpret nature while considering other worldly and human responses. Because of my background as a graphic designer, I notice line, shape, and colour; the meaning of symbols, and the elements they communicate. The vast lateral landscape with the intermittent infusion of colour is a large part of my inspiration. I interpret, abstract and sublimate to unveil and explore the familiar. I employ a variety of painterly techniques that are underpinned with translucent or opaque layers of paint that reveal hints of what lies beneath. 

My graduating exhibition featured large scale, post-painterly conceptual paintings in oil on stretched canvas. They are shallow in depth, minimalist in content and conceptual in form.