From earliest childhood memories and experiences creating hasalways been in my blood, my fabric, my soul. Whether inspired by exploring tidepools in Senegal as a child, frog searching by the light of the African moon, climbing pyramids in Egypt, floating onthe Dead Sea or running around London UK as a teenager, I have always needed outlets for self-expression. I’m guessing we all do…Mine are visual arts, songwriting and music.
I am originally from Winnipeg but have spent over 20 years living in other countries… Senegal, UK, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, USA. My parents are adventurers and moved the family to Senegal and then London, UK. Their passion for experience and adventure became my passion as well. I have been painting and writing songs my entire life.
My passion for collage has been growing for years. I take photos of personal artifacts collected during my travels, nature, seas, oceans, pools, flowers and I cut and arrange and re-arrange and shift and discardand add and shift and remove and walk away and come back to create the pieces you see here. I am inspired by water, beautiful bold colours, the harmony the colours create together, the innerjoy when it all comes together. Child-like delight.
In any photo or collage you might find the gold base of my Turkish perfume bottle, the lily pads at the English Garden in Assiniboine park, the luminescent green stairs of a pool, Moroccan lanterns, precious petals picked up from the ground during spring in in Seattle, bit and pieces of this and that.
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