Fleuve (2025)
A conversation with the Saint Lawrence River, from Montreal to Mani-Utenam.
"Currents of connection", 25"x35", watercolour on paper. For me, art serves as a line of connection to my living environment. Creating art, especially outside, forces me to slow down and really sit in the world - to notice all the details and appreciate them in a new way. Feeling a strong urge to reconnect with the body of water that I called my neighbour in Montreal, I decided to spend a day by the Saint Lawrence River. I adopted a process of allowing the river to flow over my paper, so that I might paint in conversation with it.
“Waterbodies”, 20"x30", watercolour on paper. Water flows through us all, generation after generation of diverse and beautiful life This painting was inspired by my time at the Innu Nikamu Powwow in Mani-Utenam, QC, where all people, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, were invited to dance around the Circle together. This symbolic gesture of unity reminded me of how we are all connected as waterbodies on our big blue planet.
"Carver", 8.5"x11", watercolour on paper. Water shapes our world in invisible and visible ways. This painting depicts the intricate rock sculptures created by la rivière des Vases, a river that flows near Victoriaville, QC.
"Parallel paths", 8.5"x11", watercolour on paper. On Isle-aux-coudres, I watched life dip in and out of the Saint Lawrence, considering how we, me and the birds and the whales and the trees, are all flowing down the river of life alongside each other.
Regeneration (2024)
Stemming from a need to nurture hope, I created this series of paintings to explore the co-existence of hope and despair in an uncertain world.
"Mend", 15” x 30”, Acrylic on canvas. This painting was inspired by my experience planting a pollinator garden at the Rideau Hub, a community of social service agencies operating out of the former Rideau High School. People of all ages and backgrounds came together to seed new life into land used as a dump site not so long ago. This felt like an incredible act of rebellion and hope. It is rebellious to declare that no land is too damaged to be loved and cared for. It is hopeful that so much beauty and healing can come from a place of destruction. This painting now lives at the Rideau Hub.
"Dancing in an hourglass", 5.5" x 8.5", digital illustration. If nothing is permanent, can we learn to dance with the currents of change? Can we celebrate all that and those we have with us today because who knows about tomorrow?
“Armored awakening”, 3’ x 6’, Acrylic on unstretched canvas. What if the heroes in our bedtime stories were the children themselves? As the future of today’s youth becomes increasingly uncertain, we must prepare them to take matters into their own hands. We must help them become the heroes of their own stories.
"Metamorphosis", 8" x 8", Acrylic on canvas I like to think of the climate movement as a butterfly in a cocoon, growing, learning, resting and preparing for flight.
"Telescope", 8.5" x 11", watercolour on paper Hope is a tool that allows us to see beyond our present scenario and imagine a better one.
"The dance of a lifetime", 15” x 30”, Acrylic on canvas. The earth is dancing at a time scale longer than the human eye can see. If we look closely, we can find a rush of movement in the stillness of a shell. Countless calcium carbonate particles, that once made up the structures of countless other beings, dance their way into the elaborate formations of shells. I find this to be a comforting thought, as it serves as a reminder that we are a very small part of something so much larger than ourselves. Nature teaches us that as one era of life ends, another is reformed. As the Anthropocene, the current era of human life, seems to be crumbling, we can have hope that the remnants of our past will reform into a beautiful new era of life.
"Held pt 1", 8.5"x11", digital illustration. Illustration of my gratitude for the land and waters which hold me and nurture my growth. This gratitude fuels my desire to do more and do better as a member of my human and ecological community.
"Held pt 2", 8.5"x11", digital illustration. Illustration of my gratitude for the people who love and support me. Love is an incredible force of healing.
Endangered (2020)
My exhibition, entitled “Endangered”, seeks to capture the strength and fragility of the Arctic. I hope to ignite compassion for those on the frontlines of climate change and inspire action.
"Reflections", 2019, collage of my own photography, digital editing, 20.5"x 26.0". I explored my own environmental values and the places they stem from. Using collage, images I took of the parks and forests of my home bleed into images of places that have left a lasting impact on me. The English-Inuktitut stop sign symbolizes my desire to stop the destruction of our earth, such as climate change and oil spills.
"SOS", 2018, photography, digital editing, 24" x 48". This piece comments on how people choose not to see the damage we do to our planet. A projected image of a swirling rainbow oil spill shows how easily the ugliness of pollution can be recast as beautiful. I used a fish sculpture made with reclaimed plastic bags, casting, and chicken wire as a prop, holding it like a baby to demonstrate that the environment should be loved and protected.
"On Thin Ice", 2020, linoleum print on paper, 8"x 11". On the distant horizon, factories fill the air with fire and smoke, representing the impact of humanity on our climate. The sea ice resembles the arctic wildlife and people that are melting away along with it.
"The Journey", 2019, gouache and coloured pencil in Moleskine journal, 5"x 8.25". Filled with sketches painted en plein air and daily journal entries, this notebook is a time capsule of memories from my travels to the Arctic. Flipping through the pages of the book is like experiencing the Arctic once again.
The Journey pt. 2
"Decay", 2020, acrylic paint on canvas, alcohol ink, fluid acrylic, 24"x 36". The icebergs in this piece were designed to resemble the skulls of endangered Arctic wildlife. In the water, ice floes resemble the shapes of animals and a man in Inuit dress, floating like ghosts on the ocean surface. In the background, northern lights stream up through the sky, like tears streaming down a face.
"Melt", 2019, acrylic paint on canvas, 22.8" x 28". Inspired by Lawren Harris, this painting of Sirmilik National Park, Nunavut captures the somber beauty of the north, which has already been devastated by the impacts of climate change. While the scene of glaciers and mountains is breathtaking, the trickling streams of glacial melt indicate that this beauty will not last forever. The glacier in the painting is a shadow of its former glory.
"Fracture", 2019, acrylic paint on canvas, 22.8"x 28". This painting of Arctic Bay, Nunavut is representative of the Arctic communities on the front line of global warming. The rapid environmental changes seen in the Canadian Arctic have left the Inuit unable to rely on the land as they have done for thousands of years. Climate change is fracturing the cultural identity of Inuit communities, eroding their quality of life.
"Scars", 2020, acrylic paint on canvas, 24" x 48". Inspired by Tim Pitsuilak, I attempted to capture the majestic beauty of the North Atlantic Right Whale, which is on the brink of extinction due to human activities. The dripping, watery background of the piece is representative of the disappearance of the whale’s habitat, as it melts and fades away.