Audrey

I am an artist and an adventurer

I was born an imaginative right brained adventurer. I grew up in
Northern Ontario and developed my talent and style mainly through
a lifetime of experimentation and self discovery. Art has always
been my most effective form of expression. As a child I created a
series of symbols and line styles that I would use in a visual
diary that only I could read. At that time in my life my art was
very personal. From a very young age I have felt the call to
travel and experience the world. Throughout high school I spent
my summers on the great lakes working on boats, teaching
seamanship on the great lakes. The adventure of sailing has
always had a strong part in feeding my passion and inspiring
great works of art within me. I achieved top honors at Timmins
High and Vocational School for advanced level visual art and
fashion design courses. During this time I did some volunteer
mural painting for elementary schools and a child and family
services playroom. I also wrote and illustrated comic books that
sold at a local comic book store. I graduated with honors
from George Brown College's Visual Art Fundamentals program,
where I took life drawing classes that helped develop my eye for
realistic, dynamic detail. Toronto can be a wonderful place for
an artist. I drew inspiration from walking through King Streets
hidden art gardens and experiencing the culture that is Queen
Street. During these times I was also greatly inspired by the
works of Brian and Wendy Froud. My work started to stray from the
dramatic black and white images from my dark comedy comics to
playing with colour and more playful subject matter.
"Faeries" became a strong subject of interest. Next
there came a short stay in our beautiful nation?s capital which
sparked the flame that drove me to embark on a journey of self
discovery that took me on great adventures. They started with
working on a 250-foot tall-ship, which brought me to Halifax
where I worked in ship construction and lived on a rusty old
decommissioned hospital ship on the downtown waterfront. There I
met more wonderfully creative, artistic people then I ever had
before. Canada=s east coast is rich with creative culture and
greatly impacted my development as an artist. In this time I had
several commissions for gray scale ink drawings of ships, some
custom tattoo designs and several highly realistic (mainly
children's) portraits in acrylic. The adventures that followed
are too numerous to name but to give you a taste; without a penny
to my name, working for room and board; I experienced the east
coast of Canada from the back of a motorcycle, sailed across the
ocean, crawled through crystal caves in Bermuda, swam with wild
barracuda and bat-rays , sailed through schools of wild dolphins
almost close enough to touch, battled hurricanes and gale force
winds with my hands on the wheel of a three-masted schooner,
listened to a soul altering musical performance played just for
me by a group of Harley riding, Bohemian Rasta music men, and ,
with no land in sight, watched a full moon lunar eclipse on a
crystal clear night, from the middle of the Bermuda Triangle. And
so much more, all of which gave me a new found love of colour,
and the confidence to share my art with the world. I learned that
the world is full of beautiful things, and it is my dream to be a
part of that beauty, through my art. From the lizard on a
colourful cottage wall to the salty ocean wind curling through my
hair at the top of a one hundred foot high ships mast as I sail
through a world of pink and lavender sunset, my discoveries
through exploration constantly impacted the development of my
artistic vision.. My focus turned more and more to beautiful
vibrant colour and invigorating positive energy. This time
changed the way I looked at myself and my art. I gained a
strength and confidence in the importance and possible impact of
my work and a great desire to share it. I returned to northern
Ontario in 2004 where I ran a children?s day camp in Britt. The
program included arts and crafts, story telling, imagination
games, singing and out door adventure play. The program was
designed and ran by myself and one other woman. During that time
I also painted in a little shed out behind The Little Britt Inn
and developed a larger body of work bringing back the use if
strong dramatic lines from my comic style with a newly vibrant
use of colour. I also continued with portrait commissions and
other custom art projects. I also began to meet and learn from
local traveling artists. It was then that I discovered a little
river front cottage in the town of Wanup to become my next
adventure. Here I am inspired by all the natural beauty of
Northern Ontario in my own back yard. March 2005 I held a one
month exclusive art exhibition titled AColour in Motion@, at the
Sudbury Arts Councils galley. The feed back was very inspiring.
Shortly after that I participated in a collaborative art show in
Britt Ontario with a group of established artists. I also
volunteered as a stage painter for the local Northern Lights
Festival while showing some work at Sudbury?s ?Ripe? restaurant.
My progress was temporarily slowed down due to a house fire
that damaged my home, supplies, and studio space during the
opening night of my March exhibition. I am know ready to jump
back in full force and prepare to unleash my vibrantly passionate
artistic style upon Ontario, then Canada and beyond. I worked
as Designer at the March Entertainment animation studio in down
town Sudbury from November 2005 to October 2006. I created
digitally drawn Props, costume changes for main characters and
back grounds. I worked on shows such as ?Chilly Beach season 3
and ?Yam Roll? season 1. My latest show was at Sudburys
?Artist?s on Elgin? gallery space which took place over the month
of October 2006. I have just returns from my latest sea voyage
where I sold ink drawings of sailing ships. My Latest project is
a story book that is still in the creation stage and will
hopefully be published soon. I have just launched my first Art
website and plan set up to sell prints in the near future.

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