She was thinking quiet thoughts...
In a very personal way I have been painting, stitching and assembling in an attempt to air my concerns at the violations of privacy and over-protection in society. Images of claustrophobic city settings and cutout solitary figures are caught in moments of contemplation, anxiety or in mid-conversation with unseen counterparts. These works play with the vulnerability of the individual in city or intimate home-life situations.

I fill antique photo albums with paintings and poetry where I record feelings and memories – a daily meditation. The works wrestle with the need to express and explore my subconscious as well as the desire to hide those same things - to confess and clear the air or to lock them away. I cradle my thoughts in little hideaways or secret drawers, in history and poetry. My work contains secrets, declarations and protests.

I paint mainly in oils on wood, canvas and paper. I assemble pieces with stitching (which piercingly binds my meandering thoughts together), silver leaf (because it tarnishes), gold leaf (because it doesn’t), dictionaries, bronze and fabric. I cherish the beautiful, the delicate, the detailed, the organic and the non-violent but I often paint my experience with violence, despair, the poor and the war-torn.
The Chatty Building
Watercolour 4.25" x 3.5" 2009
Please sign my new guest book
News and Press
Awards and Upcoming Exhibition


  Successful Opening and Conclusion of PROTECTION @ Latcham Gallery
Successful Opening and Conclusion of PROTECTION @ Latcham Gallery, OCT - NOV 2008



  "Transparent", new work in oil and water colour.
Tina is Featured Artist at Jordan Art Gallery, 3836 Main St, Jordan ON 905-562-6680 . The exhibition runs from Wednesday April 1 through Monday April 30. Meet Tina at the opening reception on Sunday april 5 from 2-4pm.

  Performance Art - February 15, 16, 2009 Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Performance Art - with Tribe of One @ the Festival du Voyageur, February 15, 16, 2009 Winnipeg, MB, Canada

  Upcoming Exhibitions
April 1 - 30, 2009 Featured Artist, Solo Exhibition, Jordan Gallery, Jordon ON
Opening Reception - April 5th, 2-4pm
JORDAN ART GALLERY
3845 Main Street, Jordan Village, ON, Canada, L0R 1S0
905~562~6680
info@jordanartgallery.com
www.jordanartgallery.com

'Blanketed' Solo Exhibition, Sept 2009 @ the Red Brick Cafe
8 Douglas St., Downtown Guelph, Ontario N1H 2S9, Canada
519.836.1126
www.redbrickcafe.ca

'New Works' Solo Exhibition, Oct 2009 @ the Main Street Inn
126 Main Street South
Georgetown, Ontario
L7G 3E6
Canada
Phone : 1 (905) 702-5411

 
  FIRST PRIZE AWARD at Lakeshore Arts' 14th Annual Art Exhibition

On June 6, 2007 at Toronto, ON, Lakeshore Arts' 14th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Tina received First Prize for her oil painting 'City Crowd'. The jurors were enthusiastic with praise for the painting comparing it to works by Klee and Kandinsky.




City Crowd, oil on canvas, 36 x 54", 2006/07