Biography
I am a mixed media artist from Victoria, British Columbia, grateful to live on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen speaking peoples. I love language, both written and visual, and studied English, Italian and French at the University of Victoria. I also love story in all its forms. And people watching; getting to know a little about people and making connections to them, especially through my art, is the best. Art history is fascinating to me. My Italian background seems to play out in my art. I feel influenced by Renaissance artists and Georgia O’Keefe. The play, freedom and mystery of the creative process are endlessly interesting and exhilarating for me. I feel so thankful for the gentle and encouraging teaching I received from Canadian abstract artist, Andrea Soos.
Statement
Faces intrigue and ask the viewer to wonder about lived experience. Colour contrasts with the solemness of the internal world and a pressure to present differently to the outside. My work explores the boundaries of the individual, an internal solitude, as well as the often concurrent longing for connection. Questions about belonging recur. A focus on the specifically female experience relates to the sisterhood among girls and women, oppression and the need for the feminine element.
