Who I Am and How I Create

My work begins before language — in the sensory, instinctive place where feeling becomes form. I follow impulses rather than plans, letting movement and emotion guide what emerges. Each piece grows through layering, erasing, carving, and surrendering control, revealing truths I cannot reach through words alone. I am drawn to the in-between: the tension between clarity and chaos, memory and imagination, beauty and distortion. My intention is to create work that asks the viewer to look deeper and feel slower.

As a late-diagnosed autistic woman, I experience the world through heightened colour, sensation, and emotional acuity. This way of perceiving shapes everything I create. I work through intuition first — not imitation — trusting sensory cues, non-linear thinking, and the physicality of the process. My pieces are unfiltered, personal, and impossible to replicate.

My multidisciplinary practice spans large-scale mixed-media painting, relief printmaking, writing, textile experimentation, collage, and AI-assisted memory-building. I work on canvas, polyester film, wood panels, and linen, using acrylics, oils, spray paint, pastels, charcoal, sewing, yarn, and found materials. Each medium becomes a different way of translating what is felt more than known.

My beliefs anchor the work: that creativity belongs to all of us, that truth matters even when it hurts, that kindness is never overrated, and that boundaries create room for growth. My art often echoes these values — urging introspection, vulnerability, and the courage to change.

My paintings and prints have been collected internationally, including in New York and Florida, USA; Vancouver and Edmonton, Canada; Martin, Slovakia; and Recife, Brazil.

I live in West Vancouver with my husband, our three children, two dogs, and a fish. When I am not creating, I am reading, writing, or spending time with my family — my greatest accomplishment and the heart of my life.