hello welcome to

Cool Pie

I’m Brittany. I’m an artist, printmaker and designer from Toronto.

silk screen

art

design

creative nonsense

silk screen art design creative nonsense

Recent work

Wild Child

Silkscreen print on paper
2024

Memento Vivere

Silkscreen print on paper
2024

Nice to meet you.

I work mainly with silk screen printmaking, a medium I find deeply therapeutic. It takes an intensive process, attention to detail, and experimentation. I have to do math, measure, make constant micro-adjustments, stay tidy, and stand for hours. That may sound unartistic and even unpleasant, but for me it leads to a focussed flow-state that brings peace to a stormy mind.

Much of my work explores themes of death, existentialism, stoic philosophy, and metaphysics. The end result of that mix can feel a little psychedelic, slightly creepy, or evocative of an old ‘oddities and curiosities’ shop. Sometimes, though, I just make things I find funny and weird.

My most recent pieces use collage as a way to explore concepts and designs. Photography and vintage textbook scans, combined with my own drawing, allow me to build designs and tell a story. I like to play with typographic elements and geometric shapes as well. Stylistically, I’m still finding my voice. Individual pieces may get finished, but I don’t think art ever is.

Originally a painter, I studied Fine Art at the University of Guelph, then graphic design at Humber College. I currently work in Toronto, Canada as a graphic designer in addition to my artistic practice.