I am process oriented creating collages & assemblages and much of my art is 3D and figurative.  Rarely do I sketch out an idea but assemble my pieces in an intuitive manner.  I embellish the figures and collages with my collection of botanicals, jewelry bits, paper, yarn, found objects and ephemera.

 

An educator by profession with a degree in Women’s Studies from York University and Diploma in Fashion Arts from Ryerson, I started in my early teens sewing clothes for myself and my younger sisters’ dolls.  This led to work in fashion and fabric retail and with a large sewing notions company doing in-store demonstrations.  I pursued secondary school teaching certification in my mid-twenties at U of T.  Throughout decades of teaching, I always maintained part-time businesses such as jewellery production and designing and marketing paper making kits.

 

I am now a resident of Brighton, Ontario with my husband and three feline child substitutes.