Portfolio

I do a lot of painting and drawing and a little bit of sculpture, but most of my work is in with Community Engaged Art. That means I make things, but I mostly make things happen. Here are some of those things.

The Living Colouring Book Project

The Living Colouring Book is a 70+ foot drawing of sites all over Ottawa. For a period of 6 months, I asked the public on social media what buildings and locations mattered most to them. I took these suggestions and drew them one by one, creating a massive colouring page. The piece was displayed at the Lalande + Doyle Gallery space and I invited the public to come and colour it in with me! You can see a video about this project here!

Huge thanks to the ARTicipate Grant, The Awesome Ottawa Foundation, CBC Ottawa and Ottawa in Colour for supporting this project! Photo credit: Shawn MacDonell

The Living Colouring Book before my colourers arrived!

This is a 70+ foot drawing of sites all over Ottawa. For a period of 6 months, I asked the public on social media what buildings and locations mattered most to them. I took these suggestions and drew them one by one, creating a massive colouring page. Huge thanks to the ARTicipate Grant, The Awesome Ottawa Foundation, CBC Ottawa and Ottawa in Colour for supporting this project! Photo credit: Giacomo Panico

Live Painting For Glow Fair!

I do all kinds of live painting and paint demos. This was to promote the upcoming Glow Fair festival. Nothing like some spray paint and fresh air! Photo credit: Shawn MacDonell

CSArt Event

CSArt Ottawa is a community support art subscription service! I had the pleasure of creating an art event based on greeting cards their subscribers where each person got a custom greeting card to celebrate a holiday (real or imagined) and we had a mail-making event to send some snail mail together! Photo credit Jared Kassen.