Artist's Statement
"My drawings/photographs search the present moment; my paintings search for moments past."
The artist's paintings are intuitive expressionistic explorations, intended to capture a feeling, an imperfect memory or observation. When an image is inspired by a photograph, the aim is to convey what it cannot.
Series work is often figuratively based, sometimes with obscured faces, back views or the "no face" motif, reflecting the universal within our individuality.
Portfolio
This website is intended as a small online portfolio containing samples of series work, mostly paintings and drawings, but also some non-series work, sculpture and photography.
Hartman Studio Gallery, Toronto
For photos from recent exhibits, see:
About the Artist
The artist came to Toronto in 1969 to study at the New (Three) School of Art inspired by teachers such as Canadian artists Dennis Burton and Robert Markle, living and working at Rochdale College, an 18-storey educational experiment of some notoriety.
In 1972, the artist and Anne Bingham created Women's Involvement Program|Liberation Media, a feminist video group which presented informative consciousness-raising programs on cable television and university campuses. In 1973, they, together with Lisa Steele and Marion Lewis, organized Toronto's first International Women and Video Festival, where the fledgling video format moved from political tool to art form.
After a return to formal fine art study in 1989, with a 3 year diploma from The Art Centre at Central Technical School, the artist focussed on series work and exhibiting her work locally and internationally.
In 1998, the artist co-founded, with Fumiko Maehara, Kathleen Finlay and others, the Bathurst Annex Studio Tour, which ran until 2004. She also participated regularly in Toronto's Artsweek until 2005, with interactive exhibits at her studio in Mirvish Village. International exhibits include shows in Barcelona (2003) and Florence (2005).
In 2006, the artist exhibited paintings from dusk to dawn as part of Toronto's inaugural nuit blanche. In 2007, her photographs of Bob Dylan were featured in bob65, an interdisciplinary exhibit on The Constructed Image, part of CONTACT, Toronto's annual festival of photography.
The artist continues to exhibit in group and solo exhibits, in juried, invitational and indie contexts.