Artist Statement
It is always the small details that I remember when I choose a landscape or location to paint. These details are the inspiration and the challenge in all my pieces. Before even beginning I can actually visualise the colours, the shapes, the shadows, I can see and anticipate where the details will be.
I like it when a place has been around long enough that it’s details are overlooked. By focusing on the small cracks in the walls, the rusted colour of a door hinge, the moss on a wet rock or the sun flickering through the autumn leaves, it’s the details, not only in my painting style, but in the places themselves I hope to reconnect with.
Awards and Nominations
First, Best Landscape | Bayview Watercolour Society | May 2015
People’s Choice Award | Watercolour Society | May 2015
People’s Choice Award | Hill Group of Artists | Nov 2015
Winner watercolour category | ART SPACE @ the CNE Juried Art Show 2016 | Sep 2016 |
International Finalist | Bromley International Cover Page Art Contest | March 2017 |
Finalist Watercolour (Top Five) | ART SPACE CNE Toronto | Aug 2017 |
International Finalist Watercolour Society Art Contest | Oct 2017 |
Peoples Choice Award | Toronto Watercolour Society ( Aquavision Art Show) | October 2017 |
Award of MeritA| Toronto Watercolour Society (Aquavision 2018 Spring Juried Art Show) | May 2018 |
Finalist | (CSPWC & International Watercolour Society-Canada) Symphony in Watercolour | Sept. 2018 |
Selected Canadian Representative Fabriano in Acquarello 2018
Winner of the DeSerres Award | (International Watercolour Society-Canada) Oct. 2018 |
Award of Merit Toronto Watercolour Society (Aquavision 2018 Fall Juried Art Show) | December 2018 |
Peoples Choice Award | Toronto Watercolour Society ( Aquavision 2019 Spring Juried Show) | June 2019
Selected Canadian Representative Fabriano in Acquarello 2020