The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.
Sir David Attenborough
A mission to use art for nature
Our earth is threatened by climate change and other impacts of human activity. As a mother and a grandmother, I want a safe world for my children and their families. I also feel a fervent responsibility to all other creatures that share the earth with us.
In my life and in my art, I minimize the environmental impact of my activities as much as I can. And through my paintings, I hope people hear my environmental message and share my goals.
As part of my mission, I donate 50% of sales to the Canadian nature-focused organizations listed below. And if you find a painting that resonates with you, I invite you to select which of these organizations will receive the donation from your purchase. I hope you’ll enjoy your new art even more knowing that your purchase helps protect our natural world.
Nature-focused organizations
Pacific Salmon Foundation engages in multiple projects to protect West Coast salmon from the effects of climate change in participation with First Nations.
Georgia Strait Alliance protects and restores the Georgia Strait, its adjoining waters, and communities, with a focus on saving the southern resident killer whale (orcas) and Pacific salmon.
Nature BC The Nature Trust of British Columbia is dedicated to conserving BC’s biological diversity through securement and management of ecologically significant lands. Since 1971 it has acquired more than 500 conservation properties in British Columbia.
Raincoast Conservation Foundation uses science and research to safeguard coastal BC by focusing on maintaining healthy waterways, ocean, rainforest, coastal forests, wolves, salmon and whales.
Autumn leaves against cool blue stones
Rhythm and reflection
Hostas in their golden years
An offering of endless summer days
Daylilies glowing in late afternoon sun
Changing leaves above a blue stream
Wind-whipped waves in Boundary Bay
A solitary magnolia blossom against a deep blue sky
Cloud spirits above the beach
Together
People on a pier savour the sunset
Sunset at the beach
Sand waves
Lichen adding its own branches to a branch
A dandelion sheds its seeds
Mushroom cap camouflage
Delicate pinks of clover blossoms
Even in decline, the hydrangea's beauty is on display
Dewdrops on a rose
Intense green
Driven to abstraction when even common items catch your eye
Dew drops on a feather
Sunlight caught in waves
Pollen spores, rhododendron blossom
Red leaves through rain storm
Magenta looks good on you