About

I am a Scottish-born Canadian designer and visual artist with over two decades of experience in the design industry. Immersed in creativity since the age of five, I have cultivated a sharp eye for detail and a profound appreciation for the power of visual expression. In 2023, I rekindled my long-held passion for fine art, turning my focus to oil painting and drawing.

 

My artistic practice centres on the human figure and the intricate relationships we share—with ourselves, with one another, and with our environment. Through the subtleties of human emotion—joy, sadness, longing, and everything in between—I explore the transient nature of our connections and the quiet impact we have on each other.

 

A central theme in my work is the idea of **“seeing and being seen.”** As someone on the autism spectrum, I experience the world with a particular awareness of the challenges of connection: the difficulty in reading others’ perspectives, the natural tendency to avoid eye contact, and a sometimes limited outward expression of emotion. These realities shape my approach to portraiture and figure work. Whether through a subject who deliberately looks away, blends into the background, or through an obsessive focus on a single telling detail, my paintings often create a direct, uncompromising, and occasionally uncomfortable intrusion into the subject’s inner world.

 

This is not an invitation for sympathy or special treatment. Rather, it is offered as a clearer lens through which to understand my art. My work invites viewers to pause and reflect on what it means to truly see another person—and to be seen in return—while acknowledging the beauty, vulnerability, and complexity inherent in those moments of connection and disconnection.

 

As an Exhibiting Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, I continue to explore these themes through oil paint and drawing, seeking to capture fleeting emotions and quiet truths that resonate long after the initial glance.