I am an artist, teacher and researcher currently pursuing a PhD in Education. My work is informed my background as an educator, experience in public sector administration and my love of colour. I work in a variety of mediums including mixed media, wire sculpture, ceramics, and more recently, digital art. My artwork combines literature and theory with artful inquiry to explore issues from disciplines crossing education, organizational theory and management, among others. The intersections of leadership, creativity, performance, engagement, and joy tend to permeate my arts-integrated research practice. As a reconnecting Metis scholar, I see my art as a way to decolonize what counts as data, learning and knowledge in educational research.
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This work emerged from a spontaneous collaboration between the artists using algorithmic editing of watercolour paintings with Sandra Johnstone, in Nanaimo, BC in 2022. This work alerts us to D. B. Rose’s (2017) work on “shimmer” in chance encounters, and encourages us to attend to the ways that a brilliant moment shared with others can continue to move though the world. To us, as our first in-person encounter after initially starting doctoral studies, this event of art creation was our own joyful and brilliant moment--one that came from our collaboration as well as our engagement with the ghosts of the past.
Inspired by the teachings of my grandfather, this mixed media canvas piece recalls the importance of deeper epistemic knowing and connection with nature.
Co-created with my daughter Isabella, this piece is a mix of watercolour and algorithmic editing software.
New is a vibrant watercolour and AI inspired digital piece.It is a work inspired by connection and retracing steps to find new pathways.
Change is inspired by the bright lights in times of darkness. This piece
was created using AI photo editing software combined with mixed media canvas piece, Decentrada.