“These familiar flowers, these well-remembered bird-notes, this sky, with its fitful brightness, these furrowed and grassy fields, each with a sort of personality given to it by the capricious hedgerows—such things as these are the mother-tongue of …

“These familiar flowers, these well-remembered bird-notes, this sky, with its fitful brightness, these furrowed and grassy fields, each with a sort of personality given to it by the capricious hedgerows—such things as these are the mother-tongue of our imagination, the language that is laden with all the subtle, inextricable associations the fleeting hours of our childhood left behind them. Our delight in the sunshine on the deep-bladed grass to-day, might be no more than the faint perception of wearied souls, if it were not for the sunshine and the grass in the far-off years which still live in us, and transform our perception into love.”

George Eliot , Mill On The Floss

About Me

I am a Toronto-based encaustic painter, embroiderer and mixed-media artist. I have been a maker my whole life, but have spent the past decade working almost exclusively with beeswax. I am fundamentally guided and inspired by the organic and local materials I rely on, such as Canadian beeswax, foraged wood, birch bark, foliage and horsehair.

I am currently working on an inter-species collaboration with local honey bees. This work begins in my studio with the creation of encaustic collages which are suspended in embroidery hoops. The hoops are then fixed to custom-made Langstroth hive frames, and placed inside honeybee hives where thousands of bees embed the work in comb. This project, like all my work, explores the boundaries of where humans collide with the natural environment, and imagines a more beautiful outcome of our encounter.

I am simultaneously developing a collection of Encaustic Sewn Paintings, Encaustic Embroideries, and Encaustic Works on Paper. Combining techniques from both fine art and crafts, these collections also use natural materials and processes to explore the intersection between human beings and the natural world.

 I am represented by Wallspace Gallery, in Ottawa. In addition to exhibiting in both solo and group shows, my work has been featured in a multitude of on-line and print magazines. My pieces have been acquired by private collectors throughout Canada and internationally.