I am a visual artist, creating works in my studio and for public spaces. I am interested in ecology, liveliness, light, vision, water, biology, micro-organisms, creative research, teaching and experiential learning.
Motion in Air (Ma)
Installation, September 2021, Toronto
Motion in Air (Ma) is dedicated to my mother who passed away immediately after the completion of this project. Through this dedication I acknowledge the immensity of what I received from her, and allude to the familiar idea of earth-as-mother.
Adjacent to the shoreline of Lake Ontario and a busy highway Ma serves as a gateway welcoming commuters travelling into and out of Toronto.
The artwork is comprised of intense colours and images that evoke water, sky and plant life. It draws attention to the interconnections of local ecology with images of dragonflies and their intricate wings, and includes diatoms and botany. Diatoms produce about 50% of the oxygen we breathe and are plentiful micro-organisms in fresh and salt water.
It is constructed with over 500 aluminum panels, each printed with a dye-sublimation, UV resistant process. The project measures (40 ft) x 122 meters (400 ft ).
A project by Mirabella Luxury Condominiums, adjacent to the Gardiner Expressway, Toronto. Building design by Scott Shields Architects and industrial printing by Alto. The entire project was graciously supported by Lisa Waddell and Julie di Lorenzo.
L’envol (2019)
L’envol is a sculpture spins with the wind and with human interaction.
Cracked glass is sandwiched between two sheets of hand polished, waterjet cut aluminum. The base includes an industrial spinning bearing unit fixed to granite block. It also features colored reflective adhesive.
It is located in the Parc Riverain at Ste George de Beauce, Quebec, and created during their International Sculpture Symposium.
Technical assistance provided by Paul Duval, Philippe Pallafray and le Centre intégré de mécanique industrielle de la Chaudière.
Pathways/Réseaux (2021)
Installed at Chapel Hill park and ride (Orleans), an Ottawa Public Art project.
5 m x 4 m x 20 cm, Waterjet and hand-polished aluminum, with hammered aluminum wind spinning element, galvanized steel support posts.
Technical assistance was provided by UMake Montreal and Cairne Cunnane, Ottawa.
Pathways/Reseaux is founded on the idea that all networks are overlapping and entwined, bringing people and information from place to place. The cut-out shapes refer to the structure of a dragonfly wing, a map of the city of Ottawa, botanical forms and a spinning element inspired by astrocyte cells - that play a supporting role in the human nervous system, tending synapses and neurons.
Dragonfly (2017)
Installed at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Laser engraved and hand-distressed dichroic acrylic panels, enamel paint, measuring 213 cm (7 ft) x 366 cm (12 ft)
This piece was created for the new Jackman Law building, designed by the architectural firm Hariri Pontarini.
Adjacent to the artwork is a plaque that reads:
