ABOUT
photograph by Magnolia Design Studio
I’m fascinated by the cause and effect of how we become who we are. Is it through the deliberate choice of us kicking against a powerful current, or do we just fall into it by accident based on the expectations of others and how we were raised?
I’m completely intrigued by people who make very conscious choices about who they are and how they present themselves. Are these choices based on circumstances? Experiences? What are their best memories? Their worst? How do these affect who they are today and how they present themselves to the world? How do they see themselves? When do they feel most at peace? When do they feel most alive?
This is what I try to capture in my work.
I'm a Contemporary Realist artist working mainly in oils and pencil. I submersed myself in art from my earliest memories until the age of eighteen, then put it aside for twenty-three years to pursue Graphic Design and writing. I was gifted my grandfather’s paints and brushes in 2018 and returned to my first love.
I grew up on Madonna, movies, MTV, and Vogue magazine, and I love the creativity and enhanced drama of it all. I'm highly influenced by the various moods and themes conjured by stories, music, and fashion, as well as by historical masters like Rembrandt, DaVinci, and Gerome, and by contemporary masters like The Wyeths, Kehinde Wiley, Miles Johnston, Odd Nerdrum, and Margaret Bowland.
EXHIBITIONS
2025
151st Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists (OSA), Toronto, Ontario
A Horse with No Name, 33PA/33 Contemporary, virtual show
SHO Yourself, SHO Art, Spirit & Performance, Windsor, Ontario
2024
Love, 33PA/33 Contemporary, virtual show
Paint Ontario 2024, Grand Bend Art Centre, Grand Bend, Ontario
Variations Through Colour Artist Exhibition, Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO), Windsor, Ontario
My Funny Valentine, 33PA/33 Contemporary, virtual show
2023
2023 Square Foot Show, Westland Gallery, London, Ontario
Mujer, 33 Contemporary, virtual show
2022
2022 Square Foot Show, Westland Gallery, London, Ontario
Out of the Shadows, On to the Streets, Art Windsor-Essex (AWE), Windsor, Ontario
I Am Here: Home Movies & Everyday Masterpieces, Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto, Ontario
She Is, Art of Emotions Fine Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
The Black + White Gala, Fernweh Events, Windsor, Ontario
Mujer, 33 Contemporary, virtual show
2021
Postcards for the Holidays, 33 Contemporary, virtual show
2021 Square Foot Show, Westland Gallery, London, Ontario
Pride & Joy, Art Gallery of Windsor (AGW), Windsor, Ontario
Portraits of Resilience, Art Gallery of Ontario, virtual show
Thirty Six by Forty Eight Show, Nancy Johns Gallery, Windsor, Ontario
*QUEEN FOR A DAY, Windsor, Ontario, SOLO SHOW
Summer Heat Annual Exhibition, ACWR, virtual show
Music/Man, 33 Contemporary, virtual show
International Women's Day Postcard Pop UP Show, 33 Contemporary, virtual show
2020
Good Things Come In Small Packages, 33 Contemporary, virtual show
2020 Square Foot Show, Westland Gallery, London, Ontario
147th Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists (OSA), virtual show
The Poppy Art Campaign, The Art Incubator & Coulter's, Windsor, Ontario
Thirty x Forty Show, Nancy Johns Gallery, Windsor, Ontario
Art & Chill: Quarantine Exhibition, Nancy Johns Gallery, virtual show
2019
Conceal/Reveal, Nancy Johns Gallery, Windsor, Ontario
Twenty x Thirty Show, Nancy Johns Gallery, Windsor, Ontario
Publications
33PA (Poets Artists), "A Horse with No Name" exhibition catalog, June 2025
#hashtag Art Magazine/33PA, "Love" feature, Summer 2024
Poets Artists, "Mujer" exhibition catalog, March 2023
CBC, "New exhibit aims to make the history of Windsor's LGBTQ community visible" news article, August 2022
Windsor Star, "Museum shines spotlight on 180 years of Windsor-Essex LGBTQ history" news article, August 2022
Poets Artists, "Mujer" exhibition catalog, March 2022
#hashtag Art Magazine/33PA, "Sex, Drugs & Rock n' Roll" feature, May 2021
#hashtag Art Magazine/33PA, "Music/Man" feature, March 2021
Poets Artists, "Music/Man" exhibition catalog, March 2021
Collections
Museum Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, CANADA
Dr. Samuel Peralta Collection, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Grants & Prizes
Arts, Culture & Heritage Fund Grant, 2021, Windsor, Ontario
Windsor Endowment for the Arts Grant, 2020, Windsor, Ontario