Then:

Raised in small town Ontario, it was normal to trudge to school in waist deep snow, and to come home when the street lights came on. Perhaps being born to parents who owned a Colour Your World paint store enthralled me to create. I would usually create by doodling, and I’d read my writing aloud to my makeshift classroom (my bedroom) of dolls and stuffed animals.

I've gravitated to watercolour painting over the years; I'm captivated by the motion of letting my hand take off and indulge in the freeness of the watercolour medium.

Now:

It was through navigating a part of life when I fell back in love with the depths of my creative roots and a lifestyle change.

I relocated from Northern Alberta to the Kootenays of British Columbia in 2023. I had no concrete plan; my heart knows this is why it's worked out.

Here I've unexpectedly met my better half—I'm mesmerized by his witty intelligence. We raise chickens on our acreage among a gentle forest.

I've fallen in love with life in the Kootenays, so much that I've fully immersed myself in it creatively, sourcing my wood canvases right in our own backyard.

It's impossible not to feel inspired here.