Welcome to my gallery! I hope you enjoy your visit. I love meeting new people and discussing all things art, so please feel free to reach out. I hope you find inspiration here. My paintings are about compassion for the human condition and close connections. I am interested in the goodwill or "glue" that holds individuals and groups together. My inspiration comes from seeing or experiencing acts of genuine support. I have a consistently experimental and intuitive approach, using delicate layers of mixed water media and oils. I either paint abstracts or abstracted figures where I bring together elements to tell a new kind of story, using symbolic colour, value and connection processes like draw close, merge, stick and share. I reinvent the figure in inclusive and diverse ways, varying their degree of abstraction, diminishing barriers between them and equalizing them to their essential humanity. Ultimately, I paint an imaginary, hopeful and inclusive world. . I am a New Zealand-Canadian visual artist based in Toronto. I graduated with Honours in Painting from Auckland University. I have a vibrant exhibition history and have enjoyed multiple teaching roles and residencies in New Zealand and Canada. A highlight of my teaching career was leading an independent art school for ten years. I have paintings in many international private, public and corporate collections. I'm also grateful to spend time jurying art shows, gallery committee work, and painting commissions. If you have queries about any of the work you see here, I'd love to connect and discuss them with you. Thanks so much for supporting local artists by looking through these galleries.