Tag: Residency

  • A Summer of Pastel Colours & Green Mountains

    A Summer of Pastel Colours & Green Mountains

    I’m back from my stay in Salzburg, Austria, where I was at the Summer Academy for three weeks. Each residency experience I’ve had has been unique, and this time abroad was no different. For all the positive things about being away in a new environment to create art, without the distractions of daily life at home, there…

  • From the land of fire & ice

    I’m now working in my new studio, for the entire month of September, in Reykjavik, Iceland as part of the SIM Residency. I arrived yesterday and started setting up my studio, but I was so jetlagged, I needed a little time to adjust to my new surroundings. It was cold and rainy and but felt…

  • Pretty Boys Kill Me in Reykjavik, Iceland

    Pretty Boys Kill Me in Reykjavik, Iceland

    This September, I have the amazing opportunity to attend the one month SIM Residency in Reykjavik, Iceland. While I’m there, I will be working on my new drawing project, pretty boys kill me. This series of large scale drawings is entirely done in coloured pencils on paper and so far, I’ve finished one drawing. This is…

  • Room with a view

    Hello from Banff! I arrived here earlier this week, and the program I am in began on Wednesday.  I’m part of a thematic residency, called “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” with 9 other artists from around the world who all work with themes of love in their artwork.  We’ve just started getting settled…