Paddling in my back yard.
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Longbow Lake - My backyard growing up.
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Winter forest.
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Monet's garden.
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Tree Block
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Tree Block with Slider
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Hanging Tree Block
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Treescape
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Hanging Tree Block with Cup
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Artist Statement
Trees have always inspired my imagination. My playground growing up was the idyllic setting of Northwestern Ontario, situated on 98 acres surrounded by crown land. I believed that the trees would speak to me through their rustling leaves and I would sing back to them. Many days were spent dreaming in my magical world.
I continue to love the smell, texture and light created by a magnificent forest. My lifelong connection with trees has directly influenced my ceramic work. Through the use of porcelain clay I am able to create beautiful light and depth, and trees are painted on the vessels using a variety of slips and underglazes. Sometimes I will carve the trees to suggest the texture of bark. The resulting pieces are sometimes functional, while others are sculptural.
Trees have always inspired my imagination. My playground growing up was the idyllic setting of Northwestern Ontario, situated on 98 acres surrounded by crown land. I believed that the trees would speak to me through their rustling leaves and I would sing back to them. Many days were spent dreaming in my magical world.
I continue to love the smell, texture and light created by a magnificent forest. My lifelong connection with trees has directly influenced my ceramic work. Through the use of porcelain clay I am able to create beautiful light and depth, and trees are painted on the vessels using a variety of slips and underglazes. Sometimes I will carve the trees to suggest the texture of bark. The resulting pieces are sometimes functional, while others are sculptural.