I’ve been painting and drawing for, what seems like, forever. Playing with art supplies have been constants in my life, no matter what phase of life I’ve been in. My journey as a visual artist brought me to the inspiration of mixed media about twenty-five years ago while doing my BFA at the University of Ottawa. It is constantly a source of challenges, joys and surprises.
I was born in Montreal and mostly raised in Ottawa, the middle child of an Air Force family. I continued to learn and make art while pursuing two careers, first in the Health Sciences as a Laboratory Technologist, then as a high school Visual Arts and Biology teacher. Together, my husband and I have launched two successful adults, now with their own families. I retired in 2017 and am lucky to live on a forested acre in Oxford Mills with my husband, dog, gardens and my own home studio. I find myself blessed to be able to indulge my creative voice daily, and to continue to explore and learn in this pursuit that I love.
SHOWS
“Journey / Voyage” , Foyer Gallery Solo Show, Nepean Sportsplex May 2026
“Chill Out”, Foyer Gallery Focus Show, Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa Jan 2025
“Small Wonders”, Good Eats Café, Ottawa, ON Dec 2023 – Jan 2024
“Is This a Protest”, Conscious Canvas Collective, Smiths Falls, ON Nov 2023
“Fair and Square”, Heartwood House Show at UniHeART Gallery, Ottawa, ON Nov 2023–Jan 2024
“Covid Collages”, solo exhibit, Foyer Gallery concourse, Nepean Sportsplex Ottawa 2023
Summer Solstice”, Foyer Gallery Invitational Show, Nepean Sportsplex Jun. 2023
“Something New, Something Old”, Atrium Art Gallery, Centrepointe, Ottawa. 2022 - 23
Award of Excellence for Transition I - Leaving
“Peace of Mind”, OPES Gallery, 1545 Carling Ave #700, Ottawa 2022
“Small Wonders”, Good Eats Café, Ottawa, Ontario 2021
Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa. Various group shows 2019 - present
“Mixed Impressions”, OMMA Juried Group Show, Shenkman Art Centre. 2018
Juror’s Choice Award for #SeekBalance
“Unearthed”, solo exhibit, Atrium Gallery, Centrepointe, Ottawa 2010
“Black and White”, The Britannia Gallery, 2728 Howe, Ottawa 2010
Stafford Studios Annual Open House, Ottawa, Ontario 2006 - 2012
Grad Show, University of Ottawa 2000
“at 42…”, Gallery 115, U. of Ottawa 1999
“Identity”, Gallery 115, U. of Ottawa 1999
“The Gallery”, Nepean Sportsplex, Nepean, Ontario 1991
Ottawa Watercolour Society Juried Show, Regional Headquarters, Ottawa 1991
Old Station Gallery, Calabogie, ON 1990
Ottawa Watercolour Society Juried Show, Fulford Gallery, Ottawa 1990
ART EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
“stARTs” with Judy Woods, Abstraction, Mixed Media, Process 2022-2025
“Confident Composition” with Sally Hirst 2022
“Find Your Joy” with Louise Fletcher, Mixed Media and Abstract Painting 2022
Foyer Gallery Artists Association - Membership by Jurying 2019
Haliburton School of Fine Art - Lithography I, Otis Tamasauskas 2002
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario - Bachelor of Fine Arts 1996-2000
Osgoode Township - Drawing, Catherine Everett 2000
Ottawa School of Art - Life Drawing, Pamela Laserre 1994-1995
Buckhorn School of Fine Art - Watercolour Workshops, Linda Kemp 1993, 1991
Mimibourg, Highwater, QC - Watercolour Workshop, Zoltan Szabo 1992
Haliburton School of Fine Art - Int. Watercolours, Gordon Mackenzie 1991
Nepean Visual Arts Centre - Watercolour I and II, Margo Wild 1989
Haliburton School of Fine Art - Japanese Brush Painting, C. Wyszkowski 1988
Ottawa School of Art - Watercolours, Carol Weidman 1983
Haliburton School of Fine Art - Beginner Watercolours, Pauline Holancin 1983
Ottawa School of Art - Life Drawing, Watercolours 1979-80