About the Artist

BIO

A friend once asked me if I was a potter or a painter.  For one brief moment, I was speechless!   I can't imagine doing just one thing.  I am an inter-disciplinary artist who is continually exploring, learning new techniques and having fun with the multitude of different mediums.

I am fascinated with human life and the surroundings that impact our lives. My work includes printmaking, clay, pastel, mixed-media and I even have my own darkroom where I explore black and white film photography. My interest in historical alternative photography and printmaking has led me to experiments with cyanotypes.

After attending a week-long printmaking exhibition in Cambridge, England I caught the travelling bug for artistic retreats. In 2019, I travelled to Ireland where I painted with encaustics in a Castle and even had an art show in the local Whiskey Bar! In 2024, I travelled to Egypt and painted in oil and cold wax while sailing down the Nile on a Dahabiya.

I was born and raised in the Peace River region of northern British Columbia, Canada. I studied visual arts at Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC; and Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek, BC and have taken workshops with artists from Canada, United States, England, Wales and Ireland.

My work is represented by Peace Gallery North in Fort St John, British Columbia and can be found in private collections in Canada, USA, Europe and England.

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AWARDS and RESIDENCIES

2025: Distinguished Conceptual Award, Open Sky Regional juried show, Arts NorthEast BC
2024: Distinguished Sculpture Award, Open Sky Regional juried show, Arts NorthEast BC
2024: Artist in Residence, Arts NorthEast BC, Fort St John, BC
2022: Chosen Award, Open Sky Regional juried show, Arts NorthEast BC
2018: Second Place Award, Imagine juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists
2017: Honorable Mention, Our Home and Native Land juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists
2016: Honorable Mention, Bright Ideas juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists

EXHIBITIONS

Selected Juried Exhibitions:

2025: Works on Paper Exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2023: Figures & Faces, California, USA
2023: Visions of Self, California, USA
2022: Works on Paper Exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2021: Chapter Challenge Exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2020: Active Member Exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC

Selected Group and Solo Exhibitions

2026: Life in Layers, solo show, Naess Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2025: Life in Layers, solo show, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
2025: 45th Mini Print International De Cadaquès, group show, Cadaquès, Spain
2025: 10th International Mini Print Biennale Exhibition, group show, Ottawa, Ontario
2025: Big Ink, group show, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Dawson Creek, BC
2024: Life in Layers, solo show, Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John, BC
2023: 11th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro, group show, Alijo, Portugal
2023: Not Your Usual Suspects, solo show, Dawson Creek Art Gallery, Dawson Creek, BC
2019: 39th Mini Print International De Cadaquès, group show, Cadaquès, Spain

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Education:

o Visual Arts Certificate, Northern Lights College, Dawson Creek, BC
o Visual Arts studies, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC

Notable Workshops:

Andrew Baldwin, Kate Baillies, Lora Murphy, Laura Boswell, Jean Pederson, Caren Ginsberg, Brian Smith, Tania Scott-Durrant, Cathi Jefferson, Mareth Warren, Victoria Edgar

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

• Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BCo federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
• Peace River Chapter of Federation of Canadian Artists (PRFCA), Fort St John, BC
• Print Artists North, Fort St John, BCFlying Colours Artists Association, Fort St John, BC

PUBLICATIONS

Mapping Printmaking: https://mapping-printmaking.com/pdf/book.pdf

CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARTISTIC COMMUNITY

Volunteer Positions:
2021 – ‘23 Workshop Coordinator, Peace River Chapter of Federation of Canadian Artists

Teaching:
2023 – Abstract Portraits, Fort St John, BC
2019 – Drypoint Engraving with power tools, Fort St John, BC