My practice explores interactions with manufactured and industrial landscapes through painting and installation. I am particularly interested in how Maritime cities and local industrial heritage contribute to notions of regional identity. Previously I looked at what it means to live in a small-scale urban setting and in close proximity to former and current industrial structures, and how urban inhabitants and manufactured elements of the landscape interact with one another. Past projects have examined desire paths and unsanctioned short-cuts in urban spaces and how they serve as small acts of everyday resistance and rule-breaking, the archaeological value of former industrial sites, and planimetric maps and neighbourhood planning.

Most recently I have been looking at historical representations of Maritime landscape in art and questioning the role of these landscapes in constructing a narrative about the ideal Maritime landscape. I am currently working on projects that explore the role of historical representations in crafting current social attitudes towards manufactured/industrialized landscape, how nostalgia for an imagined or idealized historical landscape impacts current regional identity, and how notions of the historical ‘Folk’ manifest in myself and my own identity. 

I gratefully acknowledge the past and current support of the New Brunswick Arts Board (ArtsNB) and Canada Council for the Arts.