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Popping in to say hello. For those who received my $Popping in to say hello. For those who received my newsletter, I shared that I will have one of my collages for auction to support @drpetercentre ‘s Art Therapy program. Silent auction only open until May 26th. . Go check it out in my profile link and see all the other amazing artists participating. Here’s more info below about Dr. Peter Centre in case you are interested. . Art Therapy at Dr. Peter Centre . Art therapy can lessen the impact of physical and psychological symptoms of HIV, mental illness and addictions. It can help people develop important coping skills, address pain and anxiety, and alleviate physical tension. Art therapy provides a complement to the medication regime of people living with HIV, and it encourages a more consistent engagement in HIV treatment at the Dr. Peter Centre. . Dr. Peter Centre The Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation is a charitable organization that raises funds for programs and services delivered at the Dr. Peter Centre in Vancouver. Dr. Peter Centre provides HIV treatment and other supports for people whose lives are impacted by HIV and the additional challenges of addiction, mental illness, poverty and homelessness. . . Refraction No. 9, 2018 Collage on paper 13” x 15” . . . . . #artforlife #drpetercentre #collage #analogcollage #contemporarycollage #yvrart #fineart #kolaj #cutandpaste #artforinteriors #artconsultant #abstractcollage #abstractart #canadianartist$

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So happy that my sculpture is currently part of Me

Hello…I’m still here and taking it very slow.

I was away and came back to find this incredible m

the edge of colour falls away usurped by a new e

Moving monotype on paper with wire. The inner chil

Thanks to @all.she.makes and @pxpcontemporary for

I wanted to see if I could distill the essence of

It wasn’t until my artist residency in Berlin di

. . Orange Feels Bright Fresh Joyful Bras

One of the many unexpected combinations that I get

Another detail of a new series that I’m building

There’s a freedom to cutting up old paintings. I

Detail of a new series on paper that I’m slowly

Continued from the previous post . I remember feel $Continued from the previous post . I remember feeling frustrated in my perpetual search for some article of clothing that embodied this exact shade of crimson. It also had to be the right kind of fabric. Velvet seemed to have the depth and richness I wanted but it wasn’t always very practical. Maybe red is not the colour of practicality. One day while browsing in a second hand store, I happened to come across the crimson I was looking for. It was a tailored velvet jacket with notched lapels and matching silk lining. The velvet had a very fine smooth pile. Depending on how it draped or when I brushed my hand against it, the shade of red would subtly change in the light. There was a darkness and luminescence about it. . . Refraction No. 9, 2018 Collage on paper 13” x 15” . . . . . . #vanessalam #contemporarycollage #chroma #crimsoncolor #brooklyncollagecollective #papercollage #yvrart #fineart #kolaj #c_expo #cutandpaste #abstractart #abstractcollage #abstracted #in_abstract #new_and_abstract #abstraction #LTMIseemyart #contemporary #artconsultant #artcurator #todaysartreport #artforinteriors #paintersofinstagram #friyay #fridaymood #canadianartist #theideafoundation$

Reading Chroma by Derek Jarman opened me up to app

Seedlings of ideas that are waiting to be nurtured

#throwback to 2019. This piece is called The Feeli

Cutouts from a discarded canvas now moulded into a

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