This show was a little bit of a departure for both of us- and that's exactly the point.

For me, it was a return to where I started. My roots as an artist are wildlife, painted in black and white, long before mountains and watercolour became my language. This body of work picks that thread back up and pushes it somewhere new: wildlife rendered in black acrylic paint pen on birch panel, set against impressionistic, felt interpretations of the habitat each animal calls home, built with spray paint. Mural supplies meeting gallery work. Something familiar and something I've never quite done before.

My Aunt Jackie brought a different energy- contemporary florals and landscapes in gouache and acrylic that prioritize feeling over accuracy, composition over representation. Her work is loose and intuitive in the best way, the kind of painting that knows when to stop.

Together we're two artists who love paint, love Alberta, and wanted to make something worth showing up for.