I was privileged enough to be commissioned to do this piece for The Centre for Applied Genomics. It’s a mixed media diptych made with cast paper, using the concept of children’s blocks as a starting point, this painting now hangs in the Lab at The Centre for Applied Genomics at Sick Kid’s hospital in Toronto. […]
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The central spine of this triptych is connected by computer cable, representing the flow of electricity or knowledge. Each painting used symbols of DNA structure and contrasts it with organic shapes and designs juxtaposing notions of science with the more contemplative self. Available for purchase Size: 36″ x 16″ x 2″ | Medium: Acrylic,
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Exploring the notions of shame and guilt that women have had to carry as a group because of arbitrary social teachings. Experimenting with combining a digital drawing printed on rice paper with traditional painting. Experiments with thread transfer using embroidered material and gel mediums. I also used some taping techniques and thick paint in needle
This painting uses symbols of science, DNA structure and symbols of spirituality, patterns reminiscent of stained glass, to explore the ideas of contemplation and inner searching of women caught between two worlds. Available for purchase Size: 17″ x 25″ | Medium: Acrylic, Rice Paper, Coloured Pencil, Ink, Text, Metal, Digital Transfer, Wood: |
This painting explores ideas of creation and re-creation, protectively locking away in a chainmail-like structure the code form a DNA snippet that is thought to act like a switch, turning on muscle tissue repair in the heart, our most valued muscle for life both in a physical and metaphysical sense. Size: 12″ x 12″ x
This installation work crosses disciplines. It examines the idea of a store of bagged slides where one can purchase various baby traits either by inclusion or exclusion, as well as ‘starter packs’ of pre-set combinations. There is an accompanying printed catalog/information book and a web site. This is an art piece examining our consumer culture,
Balance: 6 ft x 6 ft. mixed media acrylic, diptych, acrylic spine containing various memory items We walk a line daily working the balance between what we believe and what we feel we just know to be true. This painting examines that apparent dichotomy, equating them. The cast acrylic spine in the centre contains various
Symbols of DNA structure flood this painting marked by a depiction of a man in agony with a 1962 Asimov quote, still quite appropriate today: “Man knows enough now to kill a billion men in a single day by an act of his will; but is not yet capable of understanding what lies behind that
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Exploring the concepts of an information highway, remnants of a spine interwoven with computer cables representing both the human nervous system and computer networks, connect to gears and mechanical workings akin to the human body, encompassed by the high tech global world of the information age.
