Growing up in British Columbia I was never at a loss for profound natural beauty, between the sea, the forest and the mountains it was at times overwhelming. However, I also found beauty in the forgotten corners of the city, in old industrial neighbourhoods and alleyways. A fleeting ephemeral present is as much about what has been left behind as what is new. The things we contribute and quickly take for granted, then soon reclaimed by the earth.
The focus of my art is to communicate that interplay between nature and the world of humans, and how the ever-expanding spaces we create end up with corners that are sometimes overlooked. Concrete corners, starting to become reclaimed by grass and bushes then become transitional spaces for our journey as we walk by or through them. I strive to say as much with as little as I can, stripping it down till only the necessities are there. I play with light, shadow, colour and composition to create not just a visual likeness to these spaces, but an emotional likeness too.
