I write, design & draw.

I’m a writer, designer and artist liv­ing in Mon­tréal, Canada. I have a Bachelor’s in Archi­tec­ture from Cor­nell Uni­ver­sity and a Diploma in Envi­ron­ment from McGill Uni­ver­sity. After hav­ing taken a per­ma­cul­ture design cer­ti­fi­ca­tion course in 2008, I am also cur­rently in the process of train­ing as a per­ma­cul­ture designer.

In a broader sense beyond archi­tec­ture, my work also focuses on issues of envi­ron­men­tal, eco­nomic and social sus­tain­abil­ity, per­ma­cul­ture, community-building and respon­si­ble design. Some inter­est­ing work expe­ri­ences in the last few years include an earth archi­tec­ture intern­ship at a South Indian eco-village, learn­ing the basics of treehouse-building, and writ­ing for awe­some eco-blog Tree­Hug­ger, a Dis­cov­ery Com­mu­ni­ca­tions com­pany, recently named one of TIME’s top blogs. I’m also a first-time mom and occa­sion­ally write about my par­ent­ing fol­lies over at TLC’s Parenta­bles. You can read some fea­tured pieces in the blog sec­tion, or check out my other works in my port­fo­lio or my CV/résumé.

Artist State­ment

Stem­ming from a train­ing in archi­tec­ture, my draw­ings are illus­tra­tive vignettes explor­ing the con­scious and uncon­scious rela­tion­ships we have with our built envi­ron­ment. These whim­si­cal illus­tra­tions are visual re-interpretations of beloved or mem­o­rable places which give mean­ing to an oth­er­wise anony­mous city. My art­work poses the ques­tion whether spaces can be more than some­thing that is merely moved through, but rather a shared, expe­ri­en­tial consciousness.

Focus­ing on Montreal’s urban spaces, cul­tural life and other com­pelling urban mys­ter­ies, my work hopes to chart alter­nate real­i­ties that are always in the process of unfolding.

Shop

My illus­tra­tions are now avail­able as prints, posters and cards over on Etsy. Check it out!

COMMISSIONS:

I wel­come cus­tom orders for fan­tas­ti­cal draw­ings of that spe­cial place you have in mind. Send me a mes­sage via onecol­lec­tivepsy­che [at] gmail [dot] com, along with a brief descrip­tion of why this par­tic­u­lar spot is so unique to you, as well as any pho­tos or videos you may have, and I will send you an esti­mate for price and time required to com­plete your cus­tom project.

Con­tact

If you have ques­tions or would like to com­mis­sion me for a project, you can email me using the con­tact form below or post some­thing in the comments.

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Thanks for visiting!