Creative Adventurez and Findz

Chanty Chanterelle, 8x8   My art series Forest Flora will be on display from November to Jan 7th 2027 at the Gibsons Public Market. Mushroomania is happening on November 7th and 8th, 2026. I am so excited to be part of this fun event on the Sunshine Coast at the Gibsons Public Market.  Flora is a collection of my artworks inspired by life on the Sunshine Coast, the unceded traditional territories of the Shíshálh (Sechelt) Nation and the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation, and the beauty of our majestic forests. The word flora refers to the plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period. In Roman mythology, Flora is the goddess of flowers and spring, symbolizing love, beauty, and abundance. Living on the Sunshine Coast, I feel fortunate to be surrounded by an abundance of beautiful trails winding through ancient forests. Walking among the trees with my dog, family, or friends is one of my greatest joys. I find the forest magical, with its towering trees, ...

  1.  Stump Magic       2. Eagle     3. Turkey Tails                                                                                                4. Raccoon      

    I have been working on the Flora Forest series with the intention to then move to Fauna of the Forest. The two can be separate or together in my mind as the are symbiotic. Recently, I saw a beautiful movie called Nature Girl .  We were lucky to see a viewing at school with the students and staff.  It was filmed on the Sunshine Coast   by the filmmaking duo 'Trent Maynard and Candace Campo, ancestral name xets’emits’a (to always be there), who  spent five years documenting the surprising species living in a wetland in the shíshálh Nation swiya (also known today as the Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada). Nature Girl is an intimate introduction to our non-human fellow citizens: the plant and animal beings of the swiya. Using poetry and motion sensor cameras, the film documents intergenerational black bear families scratching at a scratch post, and bathing in a small watering hole, alongside elk, newts, frogs, owls and bats.  " (Youtube Forests of the th...

  Daphne Odjig Portrait in Watercolour and pen 12x17 framed    I painted a series called Creative Crones, it  is inspired by female artists who continue creating in their later years, a theme that resonates as I navigate menopause. I submitted these two paintings as a diptych to the Friends of the Gallery show for January.  Daphne Odjig an Anishinaabekwe artist is a famous indigenous artist from Canadian First Nations artist from the Odawa-Potawatomi nation. I love her colourful work. I painted at reinterpretation of, Silent in our Beauty we stand, 1986. I was lucky to see her work in Winnipeg recently on a special educational trip with my school district. She is one of the founders of the Professional native Indian Artists INC. She too uses colour in a joyful way that I am inspired by. Her work is often characterized by bold colors, abstract imagery, and solid black outlines.         Silent in Our Beauty We Stand reinterpreta...