Still, I Stand
2025 · Oil on Canvas · 65cmx100cmLondon, Ontario, Canada Creating myself, standing in the world In 2016, I visited the Louvre in Paris for the first time.The light and the space there felt timeless, as if everything had slowed down.…
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Staying With What Is
I don’t think clarity arrives all at once. Most of the time, it comes in small moments—when nothing special is happening,and there is no decision to make. Just a pause. For a long time, I believed reflection meant finding answers.…
A Life Built to Last
For a long time, I believed a meaningful life had to be intense. Fully committed.Always giving.Always available. I measured my worth by how much I could hold, fix, or endure.And for a while, that way of living looked responsible—even admirable.…
Cellular Health, Reconsidered
For a long time, I thought health was something you achieved—a goal, a standard, or a version of yourself you were supposed to reach.It lived in numbers, reports, and reassurance that everything was “fine.” It took me years to realize…
Listen Within
Health, to me, did not begin with ideals or discipline.It began when my body asked me to stop—and listen. Over ten years ago, I read a passage from Invisible Miracles by Dr. Wentz.At the time, it sounded inspiring.Today, it feels…
Dissolve
2025 · Oil on Canvas · London, Ontario, Canada A moment of presence, captured in color and form.Observing oneself in the act of simply being. I painted Dissolve after a quiet afternoon at the swimming pool. Inside the steam room,…
See Oneself
This piece was written during a quiet time.It is not about finding answers.It is about noticing. Sometimes, seeing oneself is the start of everything. Understanding Ourselves We live our lives around other people.Family, friends, work, society.Over time, we learn to…
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2025 · Oil on Canvas · London, Ontario, Canada He has always been my muse. The first time I saw him was in 2000. Before that, we had only talked through emails for a month —words on a screen, light,…
Wild Elegance
2024 · Film Photography Thomas, Ontario In October 2024,we visited Elevated Park in St. Thomas. Autumn had just begun to settle in. The landscape was changing —not fully golden yet,not fully green anymore. Some plants had already dried into brittle…
First Autumn in London
2024 · Oil on CanvasLondon, Ontario, Canada Although this painting was exhibited at the Western Fair in September 2025 and received third place,the image itself belongs to an earlier moment. September 2024. Our first autumn after moving to London —and…