29 April – 22 July 2025
GVPL Emily Carr Branch
3521 Blanshard St #101, Victoria, BC
MTWFS 10am-6pm / Th 10am-7pm
About the Artist and Work:
As an artist I like to explore all mediums, but I focus predominantly on painting and photography. Being a lesbian artist I really struggled making artwork that represented my experience but at the same time didn’t exploit it. In the last 5 years my style completely shifted to abstract as I fell in love with the way I could capture senses beyond sight, like touch and sound.
Domestic versus public spaces have always fascinated me. They are a large theme in my work and the bed sheets that I paint on reflect that. All the sheets I work with are reclaimed. Upcycling sheets not only reduces my environmental footprint, it also is an avenue to introduce traces of humanity to my work – these sheets have been lived in. Though my works express incredibly vulnerable motifs, like my mine and my partner’s shared bed, I have stripped them down to the only parts that truly matter to be explored to me. I am always aware of two audiences for work; people who will relate to my experience and people who I am trying to explain it to, and this plays a large role in how I create. The works I have on display today are greatly influenced by Tammy Rae Carland, Tracy Emin, Laura Mulvey, and Helen Frankenthaler.
This is showcase is featured as part of the Queer Island Festival of the Arts!
