Bau-Xi Gallery Toronto - ‘Mapping Nature’ - March 2026 Solo Show
A huge thank you to everyone who joined me last night at Bau-Xi Gallery Toronto | Dufferin for the opening of Mapping Nature. This is my first solo show with Bau-Xi Toronto, and it was very rewarding to meet so many collectors, fellow artists and friends who braved a wet late-winter evening to attend the opening reception. Visiting with individuals who have supported and collected my work is the main reward of these events.
Thank you particularly to Gallery Co-Director Kyle Matuzewiski and the Bau-Xi Toronto Team for their warm welcome and hard work in bringing this show to life. And to the Bau-Xi Vancouver Team as well for facilitating the safe transport of these works across Canada to Toronto!
The Dufferin gallery is an impressive converted factory space which affords the chance to really step back and see the exhibition in its entirety. If you are in Toronto this month I think this is a fantastic opportunity to experience my work.
The exhibition is open through March 30th, 2026.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
With Mapping Nature, I sought to explore the experience of being immersed in a wild setting, navigating that visceral experience through careful observation and contemplation. The resulting body of work is intended to capture the sense of discovery that occurs when we allow ourselves to slow down and engage with the vibrancy and energy that nature has on offer.
As Tatum Dooley points out in her introduction to my new book "Mapping Nature," my work is like a map to places I have been. Although they are not maps in a literal sense, the resulting forms and trace lines between areas of the painted surface are an echo of maps I had drawn in my youth. I loved to illustrate the stories I wrote by beginning each piece with a carefully crafted bird’s-eye-view drawing of the places the reader was about to enter. I felt inclined to articulate these tales through visual clues, as an aide to the reader, allowing them to follow along my journey to places populated by wise mountain dwellers and ocean creatures who guided those brave enough to follow. I have carried that sense of wonder into my practice, both consciously and subconsciously.
It was not until I read Tatum’s description of my work that I recalled these earlier creations in my life and realised that my paintings somehow do feel like maps to the places I have journeyed. I find it quite amazing that this link to my inner child has been a line of continuity through my entire career, both as an art director and an artist.
Ultimately, if my paintings can inspire not only an emotional reaction in the viewer, but an appreciation of nature which will be everlasting, then I will feel that my practice is reaching something worthwhile.
BAU-XI GALLERY | DUFFERIN
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TORONTO, ON M6H 4C8
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UNDER A MOONLIT TRANCE - oil and oil stick on canvas - 54” x 64” - 2025
KONUKSON PARK VIBES - oil and oil stick on canvas - 34” x 50” - 2025
BRANCH MEETING - oil and oil stick on canvas - 54” x 70” - 2025
THREADED PATHWAYS - oil and oil stick on canvas - 54” x 64” - 2025
