Art in Public Places

As an artist specializing in site-specific public art projects, I am driven by a belief that art has the potential to make us more present and engaged in our world. In my art practice I explore the vital connections between the natural environment and the places where we live, our personal memories, and our collective civic and cultural stories. My creative process involves an initial phase of research that enables me to deepen my understanding of the geography, cultural histories, and natural environment of the project surroundings. I have participated in numerous collaborative projects and welcome the opportunity to work with municipalities, arts councils, architects, designers and developers. My training and background in materials technology, production control and industrial engineering are among the many assets I bring to public art projects.

My first public art commission “We Are Here” is an engraved granite pyramid at the entrance to the Muttart Conservatory in Edmonton, Alberta. My next piece “You Are Here” was installed for six months at the Brighouse Station of the Canada Line, on No. 3 Road in Richmond BC. “Hamilton Then and Now” my public art project for the Hamilton Community Centre in Richmond BC was unveiled in May 2011. It is made with the LEED approved material Corian® with LED lighting. One of my images has been included in a series of Art Benches along 118th Avenue in Edmonton AB. My bench is at 79th Street.

In 2013, I completed “Back on Track in Steveston” a piece carved into the concrete entranceway to the new Steveston Interurban Tram Building and in 2014 I installed “Every Leaf Speaks Bliss To Me” for BeedieLiving in Coquitlam. I have installed three public art projects so far in 2016: “Sight Unseen” in Richmond BC; “They Travelled These Roads” in Coquitlam BC; and “Whatever The Weather” in North Vancouver BC. In 2017 I installed “Close to Nature’s Heart” at the new Delbrook Community Recreation Centre in North Vancouver.