I think a lot about the current state of the world and where spirituality might have a place in our new digital reality. In 2015 I started writing about a ‘Digital Sublime’– feelings of awe and terror surrounding our technological world. But the writing helps me to make sense of what I am doing visually, and is a personal way to ensure that I’m creating in line with what matters. I love experimenting with technology and discovering how I can use the digital in my process of painting. I write a lot, my sketchbook contains almost no sketches (I use the computer for that). I’m trying to find new ways of expressing the same fundamental curiosities about life, connectedness and technology. These ideas are still what fuels my practice today. I was interested (and still am) in the links between science, spirituality and art. My first body of work was extremely spiritual and very personal.
Soft Body Dynamics 03, 2017, oil painting on canvas, 66×46 cm How did you find your voice as an artist? One thing lead to another and I’m very happy with where my artistic path has led me thusfar!
After graduating, I was very grateful to have been included in many group shows, art fairs, and residencies. It’s what I was making outside of the classroom, the stuff that wasn’t being graded that was most authentic and important to me. Learning to create things for myself was a very important lesson. After that, the last half of my time at university was much more fulfilling. I pushed myself to create five large canvases, three of which sold immediately following the show. I studied art at the University of Waterloo, but it was actually through my time outside of the classroom that I created my first real body of work for this show at the Jane Bond, which was a huge success. My first real art show was at a local restaurant called Jane Bond in Waterloo where I grew up and was going to school. As a kid, I would prefer to paint, draw or do crafts rather than play soccer or climb trees outside. I have always been creative and artistic my whole life.
Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your artistic singularity?
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