if you’re reading this, you may be recently introduced to my work and if you attended the opening of the Group Show in Mexico City, there may be a little confusion with where i’m at now versus where i’ve been. this website currently showcases select collections from what may seems a different artist. Well, its true. i’ve never been a believer in painting the same fucking thing for a lifetime and my collections seem to connect one into the next , with blurred lines and abrupt stops and starts. Life has been like this for me for a few years now as i dismantled this shell of a person (and artist) that was influenced by people who thought they ought to have a say in what I create and why.
Then i woke up from that nightmare.
Took a while to find myself again and currently I am on this journey that entails a lot of undoing. how I think, how i create, shifting focus on rediscovery and realigning my practice with my values. Refining who i am after so many years has become an exciting adventure into unknown territory, countries, cities and my surroundings, as to resist the temptation to settle in familiarity because growth happens in the discomfort, the one that exists at the fringe of all i’ve ever known.
It’s a rather brave act to follow ones heart, to take a path less travelled, to seek out and create the life you want. it was time for a big change and time does not wait for your decision. its up to you to decide and then take action toward that thing in which you envision.
So bare with me as i work at launching my new site, new collection and new adventures as i learn the things i am seeking. its a new website that i want to share the journey and i’ve been meaning to get to the blog before my first six weeks.. and alas here i am! mind you, the six weeks in Mexico city is nearly up. I move on to South America to continue on my quest to learn more about natural pigments and sustainable processes for my practice.
It been an amazing beginning and so far, i have affirmed this decision to being one of the most life altering pivots of my life and career. because hey, life is short, and well there is no time like the present to surrender to your heart’s calling.. and mine has compelled me to leave Canada and head south to learn these things and let life unfold just as it is meant to. now i trust and know in my heart i am where i need to be. right here, right now.