About
The Work
My sculptures are often inspried by medicine, nature, and the human body. As a maker with chronic pain, I’m especially interested in the reciprocal relationship between product and producer: how the wood shapes me as I shape it. Many of my sculptures strive to depict my own aches and pains - knee and elbow injuries, lingering back pain - while others are inspired by the pain narratives of the people I meet.
The
Artist
I’ve always been a nomad - a childhood spent on the move turned me into an adult unable to sit still. I’ve lived on both Canadian coasts, across mountains and praries, and in the United States as well. Currently, I am based in beautiful St. John’s Newfoundland, where I teach relief carving at the Anna Templeton Centre.
I discovered my passion for carving in 2022, after growing bored of 2D mediums. Since then I’ve shown my work in 6 different provinces and territories, participated in artist residencies as far as Dawson City, Yukon, and recently travelled to Vermont to learn how to carve marble. Outside of art, I enjoy hiking, adventure, and napping with my cats.
The Materials
I work with sustainably sourced, and often rescued or scavenged materials. Many of my materials are gifted to me by friends and community members. The sculpture you buy may have once stood as a tree in my own yard, or served as part of the stone foundation of a friend’s historic home. Often the materials themselves become my inspiration. I work in dialouge with the medium, drawing parallels between wood and the human body in concepts of scarring, resilience, growth, and decay. Just as each piece of salvaged wood tells a story through its grain patterns, knots, and weathering, human tissues too reveal narratives of survival, adaptation, and healing.