Aurora

Blue

My paintings start with a feeling—usually one I get from watching the sky change. Living in Alberta means living under this enormous canopy that shifts from soft morning light to dramatic storm clouds to the kind of golden hour that makes you forget everything else for a moment.

I don’t try to paint what the sky looks like. I paint what it feels like. The deep blues when I need calm, the warm golds when I’m feeling hopeful, the layered whites that somehow capture those moments when everything feels possible. My signature white stroke appears in every painting—it’s become my way of leaving a little peace in each piece.

The process is intuitive but not accidental. I build layers slowly, letting each one dry and settle before adding the next. Sometimes I’ll scrape back to earlier layers, sometimes I’ll add texture with a palette knife. The painting tells me when it’s finished, usually when I look at it and feel that same sense of expansiveness I get from standing under a big sky.

I hope my paintings give people a space to slow down and feel something real. In a world that moves so fast, I think we all need places—whether physical or visual—where we can just be present and remember what it feels like to be human under this beautiful, ever-changing sky.

 

 

 

Emotional Storm

 

 

 

 

Humanity