Category Archives: PAINTINGSpirits of Ambleside The freighters moored off Ambleside, on Burrard Inlet, have always intrigued me; their sharp lines framed against the yielding ocean. They are strong and fragile, stalwart and brawny. They epitomize the ying and yang of life. Playing with this duality, I represent them as spirits meandering on the waters or as monumental constructs that […] Eros in the Mexican Kitchen Confining women to the kitchen created a magic realm which, throughout the years, has been embraced by female artists. There is a long tradition of culinary erotic fiction, which culminated with Laura Esquivel’s paradigmatic Like Water for Chocolate novel. In this series, I play with the sinuous shapes of the Chile to create an aphrodisiac […] Portraits of Canada When I moved to Canada, I was struck by the diversity of cultures. I lived in Richmond and from the window I could see a Sikh scarecrow, complete with turban, as well as our Chinese neighbours, hard at work under their conical hats. This multicultural variety is the seed of this work. The project has […] |
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