Welcome to my inner creative world! 

I have dreamt of becoming a successful visual artist from a young age. Having many passions and a strong connection to movement, I decided to pursue dance. Dance and its expressive physicality has always been a powerful outlet in my life. It’s helped me tremendously with finding strength through challenging emotional times.

I went on to graduate from Dance Arts Institute in 2020 and am now a contemporary dancer, choreographer and teacher. One of my favourite classes that I teach is Composition, which consists of learning dance improvisation and movement creation methods, involving lots of creativity.

It was at the start of the pandemic when I found a rekindled relationship with movement on a canvas. While on a journey of healing wounds of harsh criticism, I learned it’s ok to connect with my inner child and let that creativity loose!

The addition of this whole other form of visual art in my life has not only brought joy to the soul; it has truly enhanced my artistic practice and point of view. For instance, I often visualize a blank canvas as an empty stage, and an empty stage as a blank canvas. I have found many parallels between dance and painting. Being greatly inspired by movement patterns in nature is one of them. I am continuing to explore, appreciate and learn from these beautiful intersections.

When I paint, I focus on going at my own pace and being present. I find myself exploring the control of a vision vs. letting go within composition, which I feel beautifully relates to searching for balance in life. Connecting more and more to self expression allows me to find release from the confines of perfectionism and grow to appreciate the full beauty of whatever current state I’m in. Sometimes this takes experiencing a little chaos, in order to find that ease.

I paint as a practice of self love and acceptance, through trusting my own intuition each session. I paint to tap into the poetic essence of nature, composing verses through colour.

I paint to feel and deviate from over intellectualizing. This is how I connect with my own and the world’s energy around me and turn gathered inspiration into works that can be shared.