Keliah

KeliahMeet "Keliah" who is an amazing human and was a part of the Epilepsy Portraits, which has been a wonderful ongoing project with the Edmonton Epilepsy Association, and Lauren Dary (our amazing photographer). I first proposed this project to the EEA in 2024, and it has been a wonderful year of interviewing participants, photographing them, and then painting their portraits. The portraits themselves are meant to be vibrant, joyful and evoke an overall

To me though

The title inspired by the expression "It's all Coming Up Roses" - meaning that your life

My brother found a path right off the side of the road and we all followed him down it

inspired by my love of music

Sometimes when you title a painting

"She is Sunshine" is an abstract original mixed-media painting that is much like a bouquet of flowers

"Field Day" is an original acrylic painting on wood block

the world is just getting ready to have a period of rest

Autumn - so many thoughts on this which is probably why I continue to come back to the same reference photos year after year

and got a beautiful view of Rundle Mountain

I was trying out a new inflatable paddle board that I got this past summer

This painting wraps around the sides of the wood block