I live my dream each day. Being an artist has been, and continues to be, the greatest gift. I hope to continue sharing the parts of the world that inspire me, and in doing so inspire others to live their life creatively. I believe we are all artists, in many different and beautiful ways.


For me, the journey began from the time I was born. My greatest dream was to be a writer, and I would spend hours taking in stories and writing my own. Somewhere along the way I picked up a love for theatre and dance, which are just other forms of telling stories. And though I enjoyed anything crafty and took art classes in high school, I didn’t begin drawing in earnest until after I graduated from university.

I was travelling, writing with my favourite ballpoint pen, the one I had been writing with for years, but the words didn’t come and I started doodling instead. I couldn’t stop - here was a whole new way to tell stories. When I came back from my travels, I got a job in publishing, but I was drawing at every spare moment. I drew on the subway, on my lunch break, on every free night I had. Four years later, I quit my job and became a full-time artist. Pen and ink remains my favourite medium, but I also colour my works digitally and paint murals.

I slowly started integrating the other art forms back into my life, performing in local theatre, and most recently, writing poetry. Through words, pictures, and movement, I’m able to bring to life to the dreamworld inside of me. I explore the most wondrous parts of nature - particularly the infinity of it, from all the stars in the sky to the mysterious depths of our ocean, to the ever-changing colours of the sky, to the enchantment of the forests. I also explore what it is to be alive among all of these wonders, and I’m especially fascinated by the power of the human imagination and our ability to create something from nothing. I love old folk and fairytales, and am inspired by how we tell stories - and how those stories get passed on through generations and become a part of the human experience.

 

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