Artist Statement/Biography

I like to paint. I like the smell of paint. I like the feel of paint. I like the
possibilities of colour. I like producing something with my hands.

I am gratified by the materialization of a visual idea. What I paint is always
“about” something, though not necessarily something that can be easily
put in words that is why it is a painting.

My work is highly attentive to formal qualities; colour, shape, and texture.
These function in tandem with pictorial representation and develop conceptual
Ideas that have feminine and feminist tendencies. I have, for example, explored
visually ideas of the feminine heroic quest; the kaffeeklatsch as a prehistoric and
current phenomenon; portraiture in the context of a person's own space; the
Bluestocking intellectual group; place settings and dinnerware as expressions of
emotion and commentaries on world events; being the mother of adolescents;
and time. I seek a response from the intellect and senses equally.

I have lived in Camrose, Alberta since 1990. I have a B.Ed from the University of
Lethbridge (1980) and a B.A. in Studio Art from the Augustana Faculty of the
University of Alberta (1995). I have had exhibitions in public and private galleries
in Winnipeg, MB, Rosthern, SK, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, and Camrose.