Personal projects these days include: Updating the WordPress theme so it showcases the artworks I’ve completed recently. Continuing the art-related research I’ve been working on in the background, potentially with some blog posts in the mix. I’ve been looking into the history of how we perceive alienation, immersion and connection between artists, artworks and the […]
Art Classes at Button Factory Arts
I’m taking art classes here and there to push my comfort zone and take some of the pressure off what I “should” be doing to build a body of work as an artist. It’s a good chance to just breathe (and paint). In that vein, I signed up for a Waterloo-based oil painting class and […]
“Reaching” is beadwork art about chronic illness
It’s February 1, so the art show that “Reaching” was showing at (Return of the Light at the LoveCraft Gallery) has just been taken down. The installation can be set up on any indoor wall, and serves as a reminder of both our aspirations and challenges, as people who struggle with mental health, chronic illness, or physical disability. […]
2008 Look Up! Accessible Space Installation
I was digging through my art files from the last few years, and came across a neat installation that I had done back in art school in 2008: “Construction workers, maintenance personnel, architects and civil engineers all use a plethora of signage and techniques to make dangerous and useless spaces seem inaccessible to us. But […]