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Occupation: Artist, designer, craftswoman.
Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in Fine Art, minor in Fashion from the Nova Scotia
College of Art and Design.
While
I was getting my BFA, I focussed on painting and drawing as part of my major. Drawing has been my strength for most
of my life, which is helpful as it is has many different applications. It was through NSCAD that I got into textiles
which, unlike drawing, was something I hadn't been doing most of my life. All of these mediums have been useful to me
over the years.
Computers and the internet have had a significant
effect on my work, particularly when it comes to drawing. A lot of my colour work starts as hand-drawn line art which
I then coloured digitally, and even my black and white drawing get scanned into Photoshop for cropping and tidying in preparation
for prints. The internet has opened up the possibility of online printing to me, as well as the opportunity to promote
my work to a wider audience.
Shows
& Exhibitions
- Feb 18, 2012: I was part of the
“Local Motion” art show, put on by Gen Y Productions. During this show I executed a live
drawing, creating a piece of art during the length of the show.
- 2008 – 2012: I took part in the Mount Saint Vincent University
community art show, first as the family member of an alumna, the later as
an employee.
- Winter 2009: I participated in the
NSCAD Grad show for my graduating class.
- 2007, 2008: I took part in the
NSCAD Feminist Collective show.
- 2006-2008: I took part in the
annual NSCAD wearable art show 3 times.
- Summer 2007: I participated in the
end of term show for the Largescale painting class I had been taking
during the summer term (taught by Sheila Provazza).
- Feb. 2006: I took part in a
production of the Vagina Monologues put on by the students & staff on St.
Francis
Xavier University. My contribution
was to show wearable
works of art on a feminist theme (shown during intermission, modeled by
SFX students).
- 2005, 2006, 2012: I participated in the
Dalhousie Student, Staff, Alumni, and Facaulty exhibition (as an alumna of
King’s College).
- 2003:
I took part in the
NSCAD Nightshift Exhibition.
Designs/Publications
- 2013: Created
posters and publicity art for two productions in the Atlantic Fringe
Festival, namely Rebecca Schneideriet's "Silver Dagger" and
Stewart Delo's "Monument
Valley".
- 2013: Submissions of my art
work were accepted by Interstice for the current issue. http://www.southtexascollege.edu/interstice/Welcome.html
- 2013:
I designed the logo
for an up and coming community theatre troupe called B-Side Theatre, as
well as the poster for their first production, "Copenhagen".
- 2012:
I was commissioned to
design art work for the Art and Literature journal Sleipnir http://sleipnir.us/
- 2012:
I designed the poster
for the Halifax
West High
School class of 2002 10 year reunion.
- 2009:
I designed the cover/cd
art for John Chaisson’s music album “Lonely Heart’s Club Jazz Band”.
- Fall 2002 – Winter
2005: I
submitted work regularly to “Wet Ink”, an online magazine for young
artists (until I turned 20).
- 2001:
I designed the logo
for the 2001 Altantic Rhythmic Gymnastics competition.
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PortfolioClick on any of the images below to view the corresponding section of my online portfolio.
| College |
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| Project for Largescale Painting class, 2007. 5X5.5' Title: Dancer |
| Ink and Pen Work |
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| Life drawing - pen on paper. |
| Digital Work |
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| Pen drawing coloured in Adobe Photoshop. Title: Beating Heart |
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