My earliest memories are of drawing pictures of horses to hang on my parent's refrigerator; from drawing to ballet and music, the arts has always been part of my life. 

Formally, my art education began at age eleven with summer art courses at Sir Sanford Fleming College's Haliburton School of Fine Arts. 

While studying at the University of Waterloo, I took many studio and art history courses. Later at Queen's University, I completed secondary school teaching qualifications specializing in history and visual arts. 

As an artist, my work includes encaustic (wax) and acrylic paint, as well as mix media collage. I love contrast of any kind, whether it is between images or types of media, and much of what I create is not only influenced by my experiences in the performing arts, but tends toward surrealism.

Arts Education
Bachelor of Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

• Intermediate-Senior Division qualification (History, Visual Art, and Geography)
• Art courses included Aesthetic Experiences in Education and Art Curriculum. 
• Completed visual art workshops in encaustic painting, digital/new media, drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and printmaking.

Bachelor of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

• Honours Environment and Resource Studies, Joint-Honours Degree History (Co-Op). 
• Studio art courses in drawing, painting, and clay sculpture.
• Arts related courses in art history, ballet, and music.

Sir Sandford Fleming College, Haliburton School of Fine Arts, Haliburton, Ontario

• Completed courses in watercolour painting, sculpture, and wildlife drawing and painting. 

The Dance Centre, Stouffville, Ontario
Allegro Dance School, Richmond Hill, Ontario
Kingston School of Dance, Kingston, Ontario
Davis Studio of Dance, Whitby, Ontario

• Studied classical ballet for thirty-five years training in both the Royal Academy of Dance (British) and Cecchetti (Italian) methods.
• Successfully completed Intermediate level Royal Academy of Dance examination
• Most recent vocational training at the Advanced level studying the Cecchetti method

In my work I try to give words image, see movement in negative space, and visualize the feeling a song can evoke. all aspects of the arts fascinate me, but it's the link between the arts that I find most compelling.