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A still life requires us to paint objects. A landscape invites us to paint atmosphere.

Spreading chalky tempera paint across a large sheet of kraft paper in the fourth grade confirmed that painting would always be my favourite activity. Looking back, sketching and colouring became the quiet repetition that helped regulate me through the emotional years of junior and senior high school at a time when we didn’t yet have the language for it. It was the rhythm of drawing that could quiet the noise and encourage a sense of worth. After years of exploring different m

There is something deeply intimate about watching an object emerge slowly from darkness.

It's been almost seven years now that I have been painting pet portraits! I started at a time in my life when I needed to be creative, but I didn't have the energy to use my pastels for large still-life paintings. Sharing my love for art with the pet community has been the joy that pulled me out of my creative slump. It has been so much fun, in fact, that I decided to learn the skill of digital drawing to create colouring pages from some of my favourite pet paintings. Colouri

Here's another painting from my drive along the coast last spring with my lifelong bestie. The Oregon coast gave us its cliffs and wind and endless horizon but what I’ll remember most is the quiet rhythm of walking it together. Long drives are easy when you’re with a good friend. Conversation can feel endless, and silence becomes comfortable. This painting isn’t just about the coastline. It’s about shared laughter carried off by the wind, about history that doesn’t need expla

Watercolour painting offers endless opportunities to express light, texture, and atmosphere. As I start thinking about my annual spring trip to the West Coast, I am purposely practicing watercolour landscapes - a genre that doesn't come easily to me but one I want to spend more time exploring. Painted from my reference photo of the Battery Point Lighthouse off the California coast, this little watercolour builds excitement for my spring trip to come. I love the coast in the