Elemental Thanks

Conceiving and organizing this show presented a great opportunity for me to begin to learn the biz from the ground up.

These are the people who showed me great kindness, who answered my endless questions and provided physical and mental labour to bring my first solo exhibition to fruition. This was a Big Deal and I am very grateful.

With special thanks to:

Dave Andrews of Digital Art & Restoration Ottawa for his exquisite advice, careful eye and unbounded generosity in investing time (hours of talk therapy!) in helping me jump feet first into the professional ranks of fine art photography.

Sam Hopkins, Dave’s right-hand man, for his kind encouragement and unsinkable positivity and for keeping the wheels on the bus going round and round.

Paz and the staff at Framed!, not only for their impeccable work, but for patiently responding to my repetitive questions about framing and installation best practices.

Terry and Lee at Geronimo for having the BEST space  and most welcoming coffee house for miles around. A special thanks for their patience in letting me “do my thing” in prepping the walls for the installation.

Lulu Hastings for being my perpetual sounding board and voice of reason: smart, thoughtful, unflappable, forthright, persistent, reliable and more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

Maitri Devi Tricya Morrice at TriWolf Shanti Healing for being a one-of-a-kind exquisite human being, a bringer of magic and beautiful energy. She lights up every room she steps into.

Eric Innanen for his humour, persistence and generosity of time invested in the Great Renovation Hoopla.

Jacob Dunning who dropped everything to help with the installation.

Chris Chinkiwsky at COBA for his enthusiastic and good-natured design help.

Craig Lane for his valued advice from afar.

My family who (mostly) willingly rides shotgun on my daily adventures.