" I LIKE TO LET SHAPES AND COLOURS BE RESPONSIVE TO EACH OTHER" I am fortunate enough to live on the beautiful Vancouver Island that is lush with a temperate rainforest, and a pristine, Pacific coastline. I seek to enjoy the islands, parks, and public land as much as possible both in my time off and in finding ways to work outside as well. While I enjoy taking in this wonderful wilderness, I also see engaging with nature as an active steward is the other half of this experience. My partner and I choose to grow as much of our own food as possible and rescue animals, which makes us active stewards and caregivers. I find these different activities to be hugely influential in how I explore plant and animal subjects through my work. Describe your journey to becoming an artist? Creativity played a role in my childhood in a myriad of ways. Making art served as my go-to entertainment of choice. As a child I could be captivated for hours making animals, monsters, and various landscapes out of plasticine, clay, and any other material I could get my hands on.
Art work: of conscience and loss (2004)
Besides starting sculpting natural forms from an extremely young age, I think that passion becomes a profession not from innate talent but through the years of practice, perseverance, and cultivation of it as a love and as a skill. Who and what inspires you and in what way? I would say learning is maybe the most important driving force for me and I consider myself a lifelong student. I take great interest in so many topics but anthrozoology and ethnobotany are really at the center right now. I love to enroll in courses from different universities and other institutions whenever I have space in my schedule. A daily diet of the most recent podcasts and audiobooks on the subject I’m working on CRAFT | ART BY NATURE
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