artist expressing nature
poet exploring the heart
SOLO Exhibit
RESIDENT LIGHT: A Celebration of Ancestral Roots
This exhibit was featured September through December 2024 at the 3rd Chair Gallery in St. Catharines, ON Canada. The opening was a beautiful event with fans, family and friends, charcuterie and sparkling juices. Over 60 people show their support and responded very positively to my work. Some were inspired to be more creative with their own family keepsakes and others were even moved enough to change their priorities about family!
It is ALL new work that I created this last summer (2024). It includes installations connecting family relics with a modern twist, painting and drawing highlights of growing up, and homey poetry and stitchery. As I explored my cultural (Mennonite) and spiritual roots, I came to celebrate generations of resilience and growth, and to consider how the flames of hope and truth might keep lighting the future.
You can find my entire PDF catalogue for the exhibit here:
PREVIOUS exhibits
A part of going full-time into creating has allowed me to be a part of several private and juried solo and group exhibits in Niagara and Toronto. Here are just a few highlights.
Acrylic Gouache Floral Triptych on wood panels - 2024
Showing Parago - Abiding Vines. 48" x 48" collage on float mount board. At the historic Arts & Letters Club in Toronto.
Acrylic Gouache Floral Triptych on wood panels - 2024