Bachelor of Fine Arts
Oil Paint
76.0 x 61.0 cm
2023
About
Mirror was a finalist in The Kingston Prize, Canada’s national portrait competition. “Mirror” is a painting of my friend, Mandy, who I’ve known since high school. She is a talented, dedicated performer who sacrificed a simple, comfortable life ...
Mirror was a finalist in The Kingston Prize, Canada’s national portrait competition. “Mirror” is a painting of my friend, Mandy, who I’ve known since high school. She is a talented, dedicated performer who sacrificed a simple, comfortable life to pursue her art. This painting portrays something of her and of our relationship. The simultaneous strength, energy, vulnerability, and risk required to perform as she does seems foreign to me. How can she expose so much of herself? This composition puts me in the room with her, close enough to place a hand on her shoulder and brush back her hair. But even standing so close, I realize I don’t have the same view she has. She is lost in her reflection in a moment of quiet contemplation – but for us, the shabby mirrored doors fracture her reflection, and I know I can’t see what she sees. No matter how public the figure is, we just see pieces.
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View AllBorn in 1976 in Brandon, Manitoba. Currently residing in Toronto, Ontario .
Awarded Honourable Mention Best of Painting Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Awarded Best of Painting at 55th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
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