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Him & Her, rope, twine, acrylic medium & paint,  2023  | 
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left to right: Emotional Daze, Lights are on, Sage Advice, Blue Genes, Open Windows, dye on sewn canvas, 44"x38", 2023  | 
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Shadow puppets,  63"x74"(left) Wanderlust, 73"x57.5" (right), dye and ink on sewn canvas, 2023  | 
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Pieces to the puzzle, dye on sewn canvas, 55” x 62” / 140cm x 157.5cm, 2023   | 
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Quiet Thoughts, dye on sewn canvas, 30”x24”/ 76cm x 61cm, 2023  | 
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Support Systems, rope and walnut wood, 21”x 17”x 9”/ 53cm x 43cm x 23cm, 2023  | 
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Undercurrent, dye on sewn canvas, 90”x75”/ 229cm x 190.5cm, 2023  | 
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Left: Counter forces in the geometry of a day, dye on sewn canvas, 87”x98”, 2022   | 
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Right: Lifeline, dye on sewn canvas, 98x86”, 2020  | 
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Rik Rak, dye on sewn canvas, 40”x36”, 2022   | 
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Left: Awkward Phases, acrylic on linen with cedar frame, 18”x14”, 2022  | 
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Centre: Moving Pictures, acrylic on linen with cedar frame, 8”x10”, 2022  | 
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Right: Pawn, acrylic on linen with cedar frame, 14”x11”, 2022  | 
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Left: Lineage, dye on sewn canvas, 60”x78”, 2021   | 
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Right: Collecting and Purging, dye on sewn canvas,72x70”, 2021  | 
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Close, but never touching, dye on sewn canvas, 76”x94”, 2022   | 
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The elusive equilibrium of domestic labor, dye on sewn canvas, 72”x80”, 2022   | 
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The shape of water, dye on sewn canvas, 62”x74”, 2021   | 
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Binary Loophole, dye on sewn canvas, 60”x72”, 2021   | 
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Holding a line in your hand, Kamloops Art Gallery installation, 2021  | 
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What is a body? dye on sewn canvas, 96”x78”, 2021  | 
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Holding Space for a Break, paint on manilla rope, 2019          | 
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Fading Pathways, dye on sewn canvas, 104”x88”, 2021  | 
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To grow and to shrink, dye on sewn canvas, 104”x80”, 2021  | 
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Breaking waves, dye on sewn canvas, 104”x80”, 2021  | 
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Breaking waves, dye on sewn canvas, 104”x80”, 2021  | 
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Obstructed View, dye on sewn canvas, 28x22”, 2021  | 
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Watching the sea from the edge of the woods, 173cm x 203cm / 68" x 80", 2020  | 
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Cosmic Organisms: studio installation of 12 paintings, dye and ink on sewn canvas, 20"x16", 2021  | 
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Sitting on a pin (left)/ Rain on a tin roof (center) / Over nurtured wet feet (right) acrylic, dye and ink on sewn canvas, 20x24”, 2021  | 
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How do you hold water?(left) / Seed pod (center)sewn canvas, 25"x20”/The space between us, dye on sewn canvas,30"x24”, 2021  | 
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