"this body of work comes as a gathering of ideas surrounding the process of painting and the building of a finished piece. it involves an aesthetic balance between positive & negative space, depth of colour & white; between drawing with graphite & painting with acrylic; between gravity & floating, motion & stillness, place & infinity.
they are literally a combination of my recent more minimal white series ‘stone/flora’ and the past colour and shape saturated work. mentally they feel like arriving; emotionally they translate as organic explorations of my love of colour.
balance and clarity of thought were required to make these pieces but there was also a certain physicality in the turning, lifting, wiping, moving the paint and the matrixes. these factors communing with a meditative awareness of watching the images grow landed me in a new mindset with my painting practice and i believe, with each of the final pieces. they are half about place and half about the journey to that place."
Solo Exhibitions:
2008 - Herringer Kiss Gallery ‘stem & wings’ Calgary, AB
2006 - Halde Gallery ‘serenity’ Zurich, Switzerland
2004 - DV8 ‘ground/sky series’ Vancouver, B.C.
ARC Gallery ‘elements’ Vancouver, B.C.
Exhibit Gallery ’season series’ Vancouver, BC
2003 - studio blue Gallery ‘Constellations’ Vancouver, B.C.
2002 - Township 7 Winery ‘In Vino Veritas’ Langley, B.C.
2001 - Township 7 Winery '10 Step Program!' Langley, B.C.
1999 - Art Gallery of the South Okanagan ‘'Cycles and Symbols' Penticton, B.C.
1995 - Michael Gibson Gallery ‘'Sixty-five Drawings' London, Ontario
London Life ‘'Recent Work' London, Ontario
Small Group Exhibitions:
2007 - Sopa Fine Arts ‘stem & sentinel’ (S.Humston/J.Alfaro) Kelowna, B.C
2006 - Sopa Fine Arts ‘elements’ Four Women Artists Kelowna, BC
2006 - Jacana Gallery ‘sweet raw’ Two Person Exhibition with Leah Rosenberg Vancouver, BC
2006 - Summit Gallery ‘bloom’ Five Person Exhibition Banff, Alberta
2005 - Snap Gallery ‘The Shape of Light’ Three Selected Artists Vancouver, BC
2005 - Snap Gallery ‘ movement & stillness’ Vancouver, BC
2005 - Sugar and Sugar ‘rogers, ljubojevic, humston’ Vancouver, BC
2003 - Vancouver Art Gallery Art Sales and Rental ‘Spring Exhibition’ Vancouver, BC
1997 - Between Cultures Selected Group Exhibition London, Ontario
1995 - MacIntosh Gallery, UWO 'Generating Voice' Five Selected Artists London, Ontario
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2006 - Jacana Gallery ‘Best Wishes’ Gallery Artists Group Show Vancouver, BC
2006 - Sopa Fine Arts ‘wrap it up’ Gallery Artists Group Exhibition Kelowna, BC
2006 - ARC Gallery ‘uncommon passion’ Group Exhibition Vancouver, BC
2005 - Jacana Gallery Winter Group Show Vancouver, BC
2005 - Halde Gallery ‘Recent Contemporary Works’ Zurich, Switzerland
2005 - ARC Gallery ‘uncommon denominator’ Vancouver, BC
2004 - Gallery Jones Selected Artists Vancouver, BC
2004 - ARC Gallery ‘uncommon light’ Vancouver, BC
2004 - The Whip ‘Culture Crawl Exhibition’ Vancouver, BC
2004 - Aion Gallery ‘Art to Carry’ (artist’s book exhibition) Vancouver, BC
2004 - Exhibit Gallery Inaugural Exhibition Vancouver, B.C.
2003 - F/X Vancouver Fashion Exchange Artists of the ARC Vancouver, BC.
2003 - studio Blue Gallery Gallery Artists Vancouver, BC
2003 - Casa Gallery Gallery Artists Vancouver, BC.
1998 Art Gallery of the South Okanagan 'Okanagan Creates' Penticton, BC
1998 - Art Gallery of the South Okanagan 'Treasured Chests' Penticton, BC
1998 - White Gallery ‘Bealart Retrospective’ London, Ontario
1997 - Figuratively Speaking Independent Group Exhibition Penticton, BC.
1996 - The Alternator Annual Member's Exhibition Kelowna, BC.
1995 - The Big Picture Independent Group Exhibition London, Ontario
1995 -London New Arts Festival Annual Juried Exhibition London, Ontario
1995 - Gibson Gallery Gallery Artist’s Exhibition London, Ontario
1994 London Art & Historical Museum 47th Annual Juried Exhibition London, Ontario
1994 - Michael Gibson Gallery ‘'London Contemporary Artists' London, Ontario
1994 - London New Arts Festival Annual Juried Exhibition London, Ontario
1994 - Forest City Gallery 'Big City Show' London, Ontario
Room Twenty-Three Independent Group Exhibition Guelph, Ontario
1993 Michael Gibson Gallery Juried Miniature Exhibition London, Ontario
1993 - Michael Gibson Gallery 'Contemporary London Artists London, Ontario
Installation/Performance:
2006 - ECHO CHAMBER live painting performance Vancouver, BC
2005 - ‘silence’ a live ‘elevator’ installation Artist Resource Centre Vancouver, BC
2004 - SHED multi media installation ARC building, Vancouver, BC
2004 -
ARC Gallery ‘uncommon wealth’ group exhibition (co-produced & co-curated) Vancouver, BC
Awards:
1995 -Ontario Arts Council (MacIntosh Gallery) Exhibition Assistance
1995 -
Grant
Ontario Arts Council (Forest City Gallery) Exhibition Assistance Grant
1995 -
City of London Arts Bursary
1993 - Juried Miniature Exhibition (Gibson Gallery) Best in Show Award
Education:
1990 - Crawford College of Art and Design Cork, Ireland
Graduated from the four year National Diploma Program majoring in printmaking-lithography and etching and mixed media painting. Attained BFA degree status with written thesis.
1998 - Bealart London, Ontario
Completed two-year Special Art Program with major studies in printmaking and photography
Collections:
Public and private collections in Canada, United States, England, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Australia.
