Apotropaic Magic & Hair Talismans
Lately I've been thinking about talismans; good luck charms, wards against evil and sickness, objects imbued with some kind of magical...
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What I'm Reading: Chromophobia & Interaction of Colour
Though these are two very different books, I chose to read Chromophobia and the Interaction of Colour at the same time. David Batchelor's...
What I'm Reading: Mirror Images by Whitney Chadwick
For my current research, I'm revisiting a text I read during my MFA years, Mirror Images: Women, Surrealism, and Self-Representation....
What I'm Reading: The Irresistible Fairy Tale part 1
The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre by Jack Zipes Hi, welcome to a series of sharing what research...
Upcoming exhibition at Slate Gallery
#exhibition news!!! I will be sending brand new works Slate Gallery in Regina, for a solo exhibition which will be on display from...
Excerpt 3 - SelfSame: Doubles
I had reason today to review my thesis from a few years ago. I can't help but think it feels like another person wrote it. I feel like my...
Fresh paint
Making work during this time, during a pandemic, is strange. Did anyone else think we would be living through a *literal* pandemic in our...
Shapeshift, a story
There’s a story about a woman who disappeared. When she reappeared, she was changed. Her skin, once smooth, was now covered in hair from...
Shapeshift at Darrell Bell Gallery
I have a new series of works opening this month at the Darrell Bell Gallery in Saskatoon. Shapeshift will have an opening reception on...
Introduction to the Body in Fairy Tales - A Poem by Jeanine Hall Gailey
The body is a place of violence. Wolf teeth, amputated hands. Cover yourself with a cloak of leaves, a coat of a thousand furs, a paper...
New works at Darrell Bell Gallery
Just sent some new pieces to the great team at Darrell Bell Gallery! The support they're giving me as an emerging artist is so valuable <3.
Excerpt 2, SelfSame: The Female Grotesque
The following is an abbreviated excerpt from my thesis, SelfSame. In this chapter I discuss the "female grotesque" (this one is very...
Weekend Artist
A while back I was listening to an artist talk about their art practice. During their discussion they stated (Note: this isn't a direct...
New Works
Recent works just sent to the Darrell Bell Gallery! I'm newly represented there, very happy to be in such good company with other local...
Cate Fricke: Tales for Willful Readers
Cate Fricke writes about fairytales and their significance to contemporary living. In one of Fricke's articles she writes about the...
Excerpt 1, SelfSame
The following is an abbreviated excerpt from my thesis, SelfSame. In this introduction I explain a bit my fascination with doubled...
Seraphim
Lately I've been thinking about Harpies and Seraphim. Feminine-gendered monsters are endlessly interesting to me, I like reconsidering...
Blggng
I have, in the past, unsuccessfully "blogged." Typically the challenges I encountered were that I tried too hard to present some kind of...
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