Exploring photography as a site for intuition and curiosity to lead my behavior, I see my work as a form of psychedelic magic. I think about psychedelic from its etymology; psyke meaning the mind, the soul or the spirit, and delos meaning to reveal or uncover. This act of revealing something in what is photographed and in the viewer has always been a driving force in my practice. My interest in magic is two fold, and stems from Charlotte Cotton's 2015 book titled "Photography is Magic" where she makes a great connection between Photography and sleight of hand illusion/deception based magic. I'm also interested in the similarities between the roles of the artists and Witches and Wisemans' mystical uses of magic; that is, to use their spells and supernatural abilities to help people deal with their anxieties and insecurities in life. Having come to Photography through a love of music, I always try and make pictures can make someone feel better.
I was born and raised on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia and am currently working towards obtaining a BFA degree at Concordia University in Montreal, with a major in Photography.
