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Footsteps on the Moon-Fake News, 48x60, Acrylic on canvas

#Footsteps on the Moon-Fake News, 16x16, Acrylic, Spray Paint, Resin on Cradled Panel

#Footsteps on the Moon -1969 Album Cover, 16x16, Acrylic, Resin and Album Cover on Cradled Panel

#Footsteps on the Moon-1969 Album, 16x16, Acrylic, Resin and Album on Cradled Panel

#Footsteps on the Moon-Fake News, detail

#Footsteps on the Moon-Fake News, Detail

#Footsteps on the Moon-Fake News, Detail

Shanghai Girls-Human Sacrifice, 48x60, Acrylic on Canvas

Detail of Shanghai Girls-Human Sacrifice, 48x60, Acrylic on Canvas

Below the Surface, 8@ 12x18, acrylic on paper

Below the Surface, 8@ 12x18, acrylic on paper

Below the Surface Stella shown in Reykjavik, Iceland

Get A Clue Trump - I Got You Cornered, 18x72, acrylic on canvas

The Yale - Trapped in the Blues, 48x60, acrylic on canvas

Salvation in a Cup of Joe, 24x48, acrylic on canvas

Rex in the City, 48x60, acrylic on canvas

Rock Show, 48x60, acrylic on canvas

Smilin Buddha 1 vs 99, 48x60, acrylic on canvas

Only Seafood, 48x60, acrylic on canvas

Shooter Girl, 24x48, acrylic on canvas

The Bored Room, 48x120, acrylic on canvas

Half Committed, 24x48, acrylic on canvas

What Goes Around Comes Around, 36x48, acrylic on canvas

You Be the Judge, 24x48, acrylic on canvas

Footsteps on the Moon-Fake News, 48x60, Acrylic on canvas

#Footsteps on the Moon-Fake News, 16x16, Acrylic, Spray Paint, Resin on Cradled Panel

#Footsteps on the Moon -1969 Album Cover, 16x16, Acrylic, Resin and Album Cover on Cradled Panel

#Footsteps on the Moon-1969 Album, 16x16, Acrylic, Resin and Album on Cradled Panel

#Footsteps on the Moon-Fake News, detail

#Footsteps on the Moon-Fake News, Detail

#Footsteps on the Moon-Fake News, Detail

Shanghai Girls-Human Sacrifice, 48x60, Acrylic on Canvas

Detail of Shanghai Girls-Human Sacrifice, 48x60, Acrylic on Canvas

Below the Surface, 8@ 12x18, acrylic on paper

Below the Surface, 8@ 12x18, acrylic on paper

Below the Surface Stella shown in Reykjavik, Iceland

Get A Clue Trump - I Got You Cornered, 18x72, acrylic on canvas

The Yale - Trapped in the Blues, 48x60, acrylic on canvas

Salvation in a Cup of Joe, 24x48, acrylic on canvas

Rex in the City, 48x60, acrylic on canvas

Rock Show, 48x60, acrylic on canvas

Smilin Buddha 1 vs 99, 48x60, acrylic on canvas

Only Seafood, 48x60, acrylic on canvas

Shooter Girl, 24x48, acrylic on canvas

The Bored Room, 48x120, acrylic on canvas

Half Committed, 24x48, acrylic on canvas

What Goes Around Comes Around, 36x48, acrylic on canvas

You Be the Judge, 24x48, acrylic on canvas

Social observation is a lifelong passion of mine and I like to experience my city through other people’s narratives. I’m curious what draws people to a place and how they mark it. The earliest origin for my Reality Bites series - the glowing heart of it - is my memory of walking down Granville Street as a young girl with my grandfather. I remember the street was aflame with the colour and energy of the neon signs and I sparked to that glamour. But for this series I chose to use the iconic lure and colourful nostalgia of many key Vancouver locations to present some honest stories and hard truths that live in their shadows. The scenes are intended to be fragmentary - mystery stories that serve as microcosms of this city’s social hierarchy and intimate character studies that explore faces and people that I’ve felt compelled to notice. These are slices of life and the viewer may complete the narrative. But for me, these are stories of a city that while troubled and hard-bitten always remains alluring.

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