Christmas commissions are open until December 15, 2025
Solo Exhibition: September 1, 2025 - September 29, 2025
Beneath The Surface; Bringing Awareness to Silent Battles
We all carry stories the world cannot see. Beneath the Surface draws you into the hidden spaces of the human experience — where invisible illness, mental health, and quiet resilience intertwine. It asks viewers to pause, look closer, and honour the unseen strength that keeps us here. Through colour, texture, and symbolic storytelling, the exhibition illuminates the resilience that lives beyond what meets the eye.
Samantha has walked the long and challenging road of healing, and continues to navigate life with chronic illness and invisible disabilities. Through her art, she hopes to spark conversation, foster understanding, and bring awareness to the realities often hidden from view.
She is deeply committed to giving back — a portion of sales from this exhibition will be donated to Workman Arts, a multidisciplinary arts organization that promotes a greater understanding of mental health and addiction through creation and presentation. Workman Arts empowers artists with lived experience while challenging and expanding public perspectives on mental health.
Another portion of sales will go directly to Ontario Shores, in support of their ongoing work to help individuals living with mental health challenges. Samantha is incredibly grateful to Ontario Shores for providing the space to share this exhibition, as she believes that mental health, chronic illness, and invisible disability need to be talked about more to build empathy and awareness.
"Beneath The Surface" is a ten piece exhibition that explores mental health and invisible illness.
Kintsugi
Size: 24x36"
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Year: 2025
"A meditation on resilience and the beauty found in imperfection. Healing is not about erasing the fractures, but embracing them as part of the story. Strength emerges in the delicate balance between vulnerability and endurance, and the spaces once broken can become the most luminous." *watermark present*
Eyes Behind Reality
This painting returns from 2024 show. Medium: Alcohol Ink, Acrylic Paint
Size: 36”x36”x1.5” Canvas
Date: 2022
"One may not realize the emotions hiding behind the wall that is projected to the world."
*watermark present*
Past Lives - A Self Portrait
Medium: Charcoal, Graphite, Conte, Pan Pastel
Size: 20”x30” on Illustration Board
Date: 2025
"Drawn from a moment before illness reshaped my body and life, this work reflects on the distance between who we were and who we become. Identities once lived but no longer visible, yet never fully gone. It is both a remembrance and a letting go, inviting reflection on the inevitable transformations, chosen or unchosen, that shape us."
*watermark present*
Unleashed Serenity
This painting returns from 2024 show.
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Size: 30”x40”x1.5” Canvas
Date: 2024
"A moment of profound introspection and inner peace. Lost in the depths of one’s thoughts, embracing tranquility amidst a storm of emotions. Learning to release anxieties and emotions, creates a harmonious balance between chaos and calm. This painting is a visual ode to the serene power of self-acceptance, and the beauty found with constructively releasing emotions."
*watermark present"
Radical Acceptance
This drawing returns from 2024 show. Medium: Graphite, Charcoal, Pan pastel, conte, gold dust
Size: 30”x40” Illustration Board, Framed Date: 2024
"Radically accepting all emotions about one’s current reality without judgment or resistance is like striking gold. The ability to radically accept is an important step to healing, and is a powerful tool. Radical acceptance will reduce suffering one experiences from resistance."
*watermark present*
Self Care
Size: 16x20"
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Year: 2025
"A gentle invitation to nurture the mind, body, and soul. Soft blooms and tender colours evoke the quiet rituals that sustain us, the pauses we give ourselves amidst life’s demands. This work is a visual reminder that self-compassion is both revolutionary and restorative, and that tending to oneself is an act of profound courage."
*watermark present*
Tethered
Size: 16x20"
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Year: 2025
"A quiet exploration of invisible burdens that follow us. This painting is a visual meditation on the tension between living freely and carrying what cannot be seen, honouring the strength it takes to navigate life while tethered to inner struggles."
*watermark present*
Disappearing Act
Size: 20x30"
Medium: Charcoal, graphite, conte, pan pastel on illustration board
Year: 2025
"A contemplation of identity lost and found. When life and illness erode familiar parts of ourselves, the challenge is to recognize the self beneath, and to hold onto fragments that still carry light. There is quiet beauty in the persistence of being, even when feeling diminished."
*watermark present*
Soul In Bloom
This painting returns from 2024 show.
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Size: 24”x36”x1.5” Canvas
Date: 2024
"Becoming in tune with one’s journey will help personal growth. Learning how to progress with releasing emotions is an important step in the healing process."
*watermark present*
Sticks and Stones
Medium: Acrylic paint with UV paint
Size: 20”x24” on canvas
Date: 2025
"A luminous reflection on the hidden realities of chronic illness. This painting is a visual exploration of the tension between personal experience and external perception, revealing the courage it takes to exist authentically in a world that doesn’t always see or understand."
*watermark present*
Solo Exhibition: September 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024
The Story Isn't Over; A Journey Through Mental Health Healing
This art exhibition is an intimate exploration of the multifaceted experience of mental health, presented through a series of expressive artworks that mirror the stages of healing.
Each piece in the collection represents a distinct phase of this journey-from the darkness of despair and isolation, through the turbulent process of self-discovery, to the eventual emergence into light, hope, and empowerment. This show invites viewers to walk alongside Sam, as she navigates the complexities of inner struggle, resilience, and transformation, offering a visual narrative of pain, growth, and ultimately, self-liberation. Through vibrant colours, dynamic compositions, and deeply personal symbolism, the exhibition seeks to not only express Samantha's own healing process but also to inspire and resonate with others on their paths to mental wellness.
Giving back: Samantha is someone who has gone through the long and challenging process of a healing journey, and still constantly finds herself practicing what she has learned. She would love to be able to donate a portion of any sales made from paintings during this show to Workman Arts. Workman Arts is a multidisciplinary arts organization that promotes a greater understanding of mental health and addiction issues through creation and presentation. They are empowering artists with lived experience while challenging and advancing perspectives on mental health. Additionally, another portion of sales will go directly to Ontario Shores, to help them continue doing amazing work and helping people. Sam is so thankful that Ontario Shores has given her space to display this art exhibition, as mental health needs to be talked about more to bring awareness.
"The Story Isn't Over;" is a nine piece exhibition that explores the journey of mental health healing.
Eyes Behind Reality
Medium: Alcohol Ink, Acrylic Paint
Size: 36”x36”x1.5” Canvas
Date: 2022
Number: 1/9
"One may not realize the emotions hiding behind the wall that is projected to the world."
*watermark present*
It's Not Over;
Medium: Graphite, Charcoal, Pan pastel, conte
Size: 30"x40" Illustration Board, Framed
Date: 2024
Number: 2/9
"The emotions of a fallen angel fights between the heaviness of sorrow, and the potential for transcendence. The wings, both protective and burdensome, allows one to feel the duality of strength and fragility. It is okay to meditate on isolation, self-protection, and the quiet resilience found in moments of solitude. Remember; it's not over."
*watermark present*
Inner Clarity
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Size: 24"x36"x1.5" Canvas
Date: 2024
Number: 3/9
"Being aware of ones emotions is a big step in an emotional healing journey. Clarity can be found in even the most intense moments, as long as one takes a moment to slow down."
*watermark present*
Radical Acceptance
Medium: Graphite, Charcoal, Pan pastel, conte, gold dust
Size: 30”x40” Illustration Board, Framed Date: 2024
Number: 4/9
"Radically accepting all emotions about one’s current reality without judgment or resistance is like striking gold. The ability to radically accept is an important step to healing, and is a powerful tool. Radical acceptance will reduce suffering one experiences from resistance."
*watermark present*
The Soul's Mirror
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Size: 36"x36"x1.5" Canvas
Date: 2024
Number: 5/9
"Even when an emotional storm is present, one may find peace and purity amidst the movement of rain.
Invite one's self to reflect, and find calmness in the surroundings."
*watermark present*
Unleashed Serenity
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Size: 30”x40”x1.5” Canvas
Date: 2024
Number: 6/9
"A moment of profound introspection and inner peace. Lost in the depths of one’s thoughts, embracing tranquility amidst a storm of emotions. Learning to release anxieties and emotions, creates a harmonious balance between chaos and calm. This painting is a visual ode to the serene power of self-acceptance, and the beauty found with constructively releasing emotions."
*watermark present"
Soul In Bloom
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Size: 24”x36”x1.5” Canvas
Date: 2024
Number: 7/9
"Becoming in tune with one’s journey will help personal growth. Learning how to progress with releasing emotions is an important step in the healing process."
*watermark present*
Integration to enlightenment
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Size: 30"x40"x1.5" Canvas
Date: 2024
Number: 8/9
"The journey to enlightenment is different for everyone.
Sometimes there are more twists and turns, sometimes there is a point where one must go back for something that was forgotten."
*watermark present*
Dance of The Phoenix
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Size: 36"x36"x1.5" Canvas
Date: 2024
Number: 9/9
"A moment of dynamic transformation: A powerful representation of personal growth, empowerment, and the unleashing of one's true potential. The last piece of the series in the steps of mental health healing"
*watermark present*
The Colouring Book Project - Quote Box -
Submit A Quote
This box is a place to share quotes that have touched your heart — words that have guided you through difficult times, lifted you in happy moments, or simply stayed with you. I’m collecting real quotes from real people to be part of an ongoing mental health project: a colouring book filled with meaningful quotes and affirmations. These will inspire the images I create for others to colour, offering a space for reflection, relaxation, and healing.
All quotes will remain anonymous.
Christmas Is Coming!
Explore many unique Christmas gifts for your loved ones. Custom/personalized options are also available. Cards, ornaments, candles, coasters and more. Make sure your order is in by December 15, 2025!