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2021 Highlight Reel 1. The moment after I was told

2021 Highlight Reel
1. The moment after I was told I’d officially gotten my waterfront dream home.
2. Putting 15 years of stuff into storage ahead of the sale
3. Getting featured in British Vogue…
4. …and Vogue Retail
5. The view of our little slice of heaven
6. Sitting on the dock
7. A happy collector (who also found her dream home this year)
8. Helping my oldest friend find the perfect spot for a new piece
9. Meeting our new neighbour (I call him Wilson)
10. Our first Christmas in the Country

I’ve been seeing a lot of “Good Riddance” and “Death to 2021!” posts (obviously a hard year for a lot of us). And while I sympathize with every hardship, I will always look back at 2021 as an exquisitely beautiful, bittersweet year of epic change. The year I bought my waterfront dream home, and then 2 weeks after, learned my partner’s mom was ill. The week before my townhouse sold for a dream price, she passed away. I’ve never experienced such a complicated joy - knowing we were on our way to the life of our dreams and at the same time, heartbroken that we had to say goodbye to such a kind and loving soul.

Incredulous joy and overwhelming gratitude at massive dreams come true
AND stinging, piercing heartbreak AT THE SAME TIME was what last year had to teach me.

2021 will always be the year my heart grew to hold it all. So while we look forward to brighter days and happier times in 2022, hearts full of hope, I will remain grateful for the complicated, heartbreakingly beautiful, messy roller coaster that was 2021. And for all of you.

Wishing you a happy, healthy, prosperous & peaceful 2022.

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There’s nothing more fulfilling than delivering

There’s nothing more fulfilling than delivering a (large) piece to a new collector. It’s always thrilling to see where a piece will live once I drop it off. And so, “Mango Shore” is off to it’s new forever home in Toronto. ➡️Scroll through to see details and one of the original source photos I used from a long-ago trip to Costa Rica.

Until we can travel safely again, revisiting these memories and reliving them through my art is helping. Do you have a fave destination in mind for your next trip? (Let me know in the comments.) Going back to Costa Rica is high on mine.

It’s official. I live inside a postcard. 😍😂Constantly grateful for these daily walks, getting to know the trail a bit more each time we venture out.
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This weekend was full of visitors. So far, we’ve

This weekend was full of visitors. So far, we’ve met a couple of bunnies, a chipmunk that loves to leap across the grass in the morning, countless squirrels, a pair of redheaded woodpeckers, a few very beautiful Blue Jays flashing their stunning feathers, the beaver I showed you in my last Reel, and this little frog that hopped up to our front porch (I nearly stepped on it… great camouflage!) Can’t wait to see who shows up next!

The view from my new front door. My gratitude know

The view from my new front door. My gratitude knows no bounds. Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends. 🦃🍂🛶🍁I hope you know how grateful I am for all of your support and encouragement over the years. It’s helped me believe in the “impossible” and go after the life of my dreams. #blessedandgrateful

When you first start out as an artist, your family

When you first start out as an artist, your family and friends (and in this case, friends who ARE family) are your first supporters. The ones who come to all the shows, the ones who buy from you first, the ones who cheer you on and help you believe in yourself and help you realize that it IS possible to have an art career.

This piece, “A Long Time Ago and Far Far Away”, has found it’s new home with the person who I call my oldest friend in life. Someone I’ve known since the age of 11. We grew up as part of each other’s families and have been through all the highs and lows of life together. Terri says this painting makes her so happy every time she sees it “not only because it’s beautiful but because it reminds me of our lifelong friendship - solid as a rock but filled with sweetness.” (See, I really do have THE best collectors going.) It was a great moment to find the perfect spot for it in her beautiful home.
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Spending a few leisurely days getting to know my n

Spending a few leisurely days getting to know my new city while waiting for my things to arrive from Toronto. It worked out really well after the 14 hr move-out day… a few days to chill was just what the doctor ordered.

7 years today with this handsome rascal. ♥️🥰 The timing couldn’t be sweeter for us to be moving into our dream home and starting the next chapter of our lives together. Waterfront adventures await, and I can’t imagine a better person to be with me in the canoe 🛶🥰♥️🍾🥂

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