Deep Waters (Not for sale)
36” x 48” | Oil and acrylic on canvas

This piece is special to my heart. It tells the story of a time in my life when I was feeling called to dive into the unknown, into the deep. My past has a lot of pain and this painting was a monument of me leaving behind who I was and pressing on toward who I’m meant to be. I painted it the weekend before I started university, something I never thought I would do. And now I’m almost finished a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Visual Studies!

This piece went through a bit of a metamorphosis. I originally painted it all blue and some white as you can see in the second photo, but it wasn’t quite right. I always looked at it and didn’t like it. This represented how I felt about my story and the pain I went through as a divorcee in my 20s.

Two years later, I added the white acrylic paint overtop of it (first photo) and now I love this piece. This ended up representing my changing view of my story over the years. When I think about what I’ve walked through, I think my story is beautiful and I wouldn’t change one thing because of what it produced in my life.