Spring 2024
Twenty-three fruits, veggies and ice cream made with Miyuki beads.
Last winter, I decided to embroider my food paintings with beads – well, Japanese glass beads, to be precise. I’ve been painting fruits and veggies since 2022 and wanted to uplevel my game. And then, one cold winter night, it finally dawned on me, embroidery! It’s a mystery but every winter, I feel the need to do some kind of knitwork. I guess that’s my body’s way of hibernating. So, last winter, I took on embroidery and I would snuggle in our couch with a hot cup of tea, in front of rom-com movies and bead my canvases for hours. Every canvas took eight to fifteen hours to complete. It was a very grounding activity and helped me to slow down during the cold months. I hope that each of them will be a pocket of peace in our fast-paced world.
Fall 2023
Fourteen oil on wood paintings of fruits, veggies and flowers in thrifted frames. This series is about all these little things that make life more enjoyable 😊
My father passed away suddenly last September. I learned during this grief period to find nuggets of light in the little things. Sometimes, it was a bunch of flowers in a mug, or the sweet smell of a pumpkin pie or just biting into a pear. Really using my senses to get outside my head and enjoy the present moment.
I combined here my vintage love and my art love by mounting my paintings in thrifted frames, all thrifted by yours truly!
