I am an oil painter, an archaeologist, a mother of two, a home renovator and a web site designer, among other roles. I first studied oil painting with Syd Brittan, copying Renaissance and Modern painters, and then branching into my own images.

After my children were born, I wanted to participate more in their explosive creativity. So I took painting and sculpture at the Dundas Valley School of Art, where I am currently working towards a Level 2 certificate.

Recent shows include a solo show in February 2007 entitled "Domestic Intimacy" at the Sunrise Gallery, Hamilton. Group shows include "Obervation and Sensation" Arta Gallery, Toronto; "we @you me 2006" and "we2005" at the You Me Gallery, Hamilton. I also participate in art auctions for charity, such as Haiti Happening for the Hopital Albert Schweitzer and the Hamilton Aids Network.

I have done watercolours, acrylics, photography, collage and sculpture, but it is with oils that I come alive. The delicious colours, the buttery texture, the flow and dance of the paint itself appeal to me. With oils, I feel that I am walking in the footsteps of great painters but have only begun to explore the medium and its possibilities. My work is mostly representational with a tendency towards abstraction.

Paintings communicate at many levels, conscious and unconscious. They can cause you to look, absorb, and remember - without necessarily knowing why. I should like my work to evoke a sense of mystery, and to capture and reflect back the emotional energy of the artist.