I have made art since I was a child, and was fortunate to have parents who nurtured my creativity. From my beginnings, doing landscapes for my aunts and uncles, to my op art phase in high school through to my career as a graphic designer and art director, there has always

been a paint brush or drawing tool in hand!

I graduated high school with a small art scholarship which convinced my Dad that it would be okay to go into the arts. I studied Graphic Design at Dawson College and Marketing and Public Relations at McGill University in Montreal. After a few years working in advertising agencies, I got the opportunity to open my own shop after winning a huge contract with The Royal Bank of Canada. I was honoured to win awards from Graphisme Quebec and The Art Directors Club of Toronto.

My life journey took away from that world after a devastating loss, and led me on me on a spiritual quest into the world of yoga, shamanism and visionary art, studying and painting with Alex & Alison Grey and Martina Hoffman & Robert Venosa.

I am a yoga teacher, a dancer and a creator of upcycled clothing

under the name Triptastica Couture 

 

There has never been a time when I haven't made art, but it's only recently that I have focused on painting and art making with an eye on professional success.

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Artistic Achievments:

John XXiIII High School  Janet Chisham Scholarship for Art

Art Directors Club of Toronto : Best Logotype,  Medical Information Exchange

Graphisme Quebec: Certificat de Grand Distinction Royal Bank Visa Gold Promotional Package 

Published album cover Roger Dean’s Album Cover Album

 

Education:

Diploma of Graphic design Dawson College 

Certificate of Marketing and Public Relations  McGill University

Visionary Art Intensive, Alex and Alyson Grey, Omega Institute, New York

Visionary Art Intensive Martina Hoffman and Robert Venosa, Manaus, Brazil

 

Exhibits:

Joy Group Show Gananoque Arts Network 2024, Gananoque, Ontario

Side by Side Fundraiser 2024, Union Gallery, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario

Re:member 2023 Modern Fuel, Group Show 2023 Kingston, Ontario

KSOA Fall Group Show 2022, Kingston, Ontario

Trees, Group Show, Gan Arts Network  2023, Gananoque, Ontario

Fantasy in the Forest Group Show 2022, 2023 Kingston, Ontario

Before the Rush 2020, 2022 Gananoque, Ontario

Kingston Women's Art Show 2019 Kingston, Ontario

O’Connor Gallery, Gananoque , Ontario 2019

Peterborough School of the Arts Group Show 2016  Peterborough, Ontario

Sadie Bronfman School of Fine Arts Group Show 2005 Montreal, Quebec

 

Organizations

Founding member of Gananoque Arts Network (GAN) 

Modern Fuel Kingston, Ontario

Union Gallery, Queens University, Ontario Kingston