Artist Statement for this work:
This series of portals serve as keepsakes for year-long reminders that seasonal magic always comes back around again.

I started the sketches for these round pastel canvases when everything was just beginning to pop up and bloom.. the forget-me-nots, tulips, crocus.. then lilacs, now the salty roses and rhododendrons, peonies, lupins, the list goes on. I wanted to capture the feeling when you look out the window of a car on a perfect summer day or catch a sunset that takes your breath away.

The river portal takes me to the place of the ever-changing mirror. As above, so below. The illusions broken with all the creatures breaking the surface. It’s a place I feel fortunate to continuously get lost in and never get tire of watching transform. Somehow the sunsets are never the same with the dancing light changing minute.

I’m not sure if there’s a more satisfying feeling than pulling up to your favourite beach and stepping out into the breeze with all the pink-polka dotted, salty roses mixed with the smell of the ocean. Shortly followed by the dancing on burning sand to park yourself for a swim/lounge/snack/hang.