Visual Art
Visual Art
They've abandoned Their comfy-boxes, with the triangles on the tops --
Now, they only sit down here, to feed the pigeons: New friends. But still
They question... wanting to ask, if this is a fool’s paradise, to the nobodies.
Why does it seem so... dull? Maybe, They are just the hangovers.
Ashes, after getting butt-kicked; Leftovers from the autumn...
The Exiting Street Life Study is a longitudinal study examining the transition away from homelessness for 51 young people over the course of a year in Toronto and Halifax. The study was funded by SSHRC and the W. Garfield Weston Foundation and was assisted by Covenant House Toronto, LOFT Community Services, SKETCH, Ark, and Supportive Housing for...
Street-involved youth have many stories. However, the nuances of these stories and the experiences they reflect can become lost amid statistics and stigma about “poverty” and “homelessness.”
The unique experience of the individual may be overshadowed by labels, stereotypes, and assumptions about young people and street life.
Toronto Youth Street...
A four floor mixed media on cloth hand painted installation for the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada
Since 1995 I have used the urban situation as a primary destination for my creative concepts through installations that merge with abandoned buildings and forgotten environments. I often deal with socially marginalized people and places,...
Edmonton's city hall is home to a new art project called Street Speak. It's a collection of nine paintings that represent the voices of the homeless in words, doodles, pictures and symbols.
A visual representation of hope. Acrylics, oil pastels, wire and nails on canvas.
A representation of change in the body. Acrylics, oil pastels, screen, wire, nails and photographs on canvas and wood.