I’m truly honoured to have been selected as the Artist “Client of the Month” by a Montreal non-profit organization, in recognition of my intertwined art practice and patient advocacy. YES Montreal provides three different streams of programs and services; one for artists, another for employment Read More …
Last night was the Vernissage or opening night for the 128th Annual Art Show of the Women’s Art Society of Montréal (WASM), with two of my watercolour paintings on display. The WASM was established back in 1894, at a time when women weren’t yet permitted to join (men’s) Read More …
“Bringing people together, inspiring, soothing and sharing: these are the powers of art” (1) according to the Director-General of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Today is World Art Day, a UNESCO “celebration to promote the development, diffusion and enjoyment of art” (2), Read More …
Almost as soon as I was diagnosed with a rare disease known for causing significant – or ‘high impact’ – chronic pain in 2016, I began using my nature photography as a means to raise awareness of pain. I’d already been using my photos for Read More …
If you’ve been following along on this journey – of a bioethicist become rare disease patient and chronic pain advocate – then you’re probably already aware that I started learning to paint two years ago. Almost two years to the day, but not quite. I Read More …
A new art exhibition opened yesterday, to raise funds for the on-going maintenance costs of a local historic building. The Trestler House – la Maison Trestler in French – was built in 1798, two hundred and twenty-five years ago. I’m honoured that one of my Read More …
