About the art

Art is an extension of life. When you feel art as a spiritual necessity, you cannot separate it from life.

Art is a self-discovery, a state of mind and a state of being. In recent years my work has become more “abstract”. For me, this means getting closer to my own truths and closer to the “crux of the matter” in my works.

More recently meditation became part of my daily routine. Meditation provides me with new intensity and depth along with the ability to be more “abstract” in my works. My art is still concerned with the world, just in a new way.
Life is a continual process; it is a movement, and art…is an extension of life.

              Escape from winter

In winter '04 I was lucky enough to escape Ottawa’s winter and spend a few weeks at the beautiful Caribbean Islands. Instead of painting my “Winter Patterns” or “Cosmic” series I was intensively absorbing my Turks & Caicos experience.
How do you “stop the time” of those beautiful moments when picking up shells, stones or pieces of reef were the most important “activities of the day”? ...and that wonderful, turquoise colour of the water, blue sky, freshness of the morning breeze and sound of the ocean waves...
I couldn’t just paint it all, but I was creating my new canvases with the fresh and strong feeling of the energy of the place, so my work became a continuation of where I have been and what I have experienced. And I timidly hope that you will enjoy it now.