I was born with a degenerative eye condition which presents me with 4% functional vision. I have struggled with my sight since birth and attended a school for the blind for parts of my education. There I learnt sculpting, painting, music, and I discovered the Paralympic sport movement.

I competed for Canada in 3 Paralympic Games, earning seven medals, in two sports--becoming the first Canadian female to win gold medals in both summer and winter Games. In 2013 I retired from competitive sport after multiple injuries and neurological damage due to many concussions. Painting has become a significant part of my healing journey and brings purpose to my life to share beauty from around the world through my eyes.

In 2021 I reconnected with painting after attending a try-it event with friends. Since that emergence, I have painted over forty landscapes, portraits of people and animals, and tactile abstract pieces. My work is vivid, expressive, and prompts reflection.

I am eager to interact with the art community to learn and share my love of art.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

My art is an extension of my life’s journey from the podium to the palette. Living with 4% functional vision, I have a fascination for light and colour creating dramatic palettes. I use the vision I must paint what I see and remember.

After a career spent pushing physical boundaries as a Paralympic athlete, painting has become my healing journey—a way to translate the speed of the ski slopes and the intensity of the goalball court into the stillness of a canvas.

My medium is acrylic paint on canvas or tiles using a variety of techniques including brushes, knives, fluid pouring, and blooming to create organic, earthy pieces.

Through bold strokes, high-contrast palettes, and textured surfaces, I invite the viewer to step into a world where sight is secondary to soul.