Please enjoy browsing through the Artwork galleries, and the Links page where you can access my writings as well as the other Websites I've done. Feel free to Contact me with any comments or site design requests...

Thanks for visiting!

This site is to serve as both personal and professional self-representation, so you'll find it to be a stylistic mix of formal and informal. I have been creating drawings, paintings and writings all my life, but started learning Website design in 2003. I find it makes good use of both my visual and organizational skills, and it's so nice to now be able to display my work.

If you're interested in seeing some of the other sites I've built, the URLs are listed on the Links page. I am also posting my Poetry and Essays for your reading entertainment. Should you be inclined to want copies of any of my Artwork, Poems or Essays, please just ASK for my permission first. I'd like to uphold my idealistic notion that the things we create belong to everyone.

Requisite Bio blurb:

I was born in 1969 and grew up in Montreal, Quebec. In 1988 I left for Ontario to take a course in Recreation & Parks Operations. I thought I might like to be a Park Ranger so that I could spend my time outdoors. (Oddly enough I have ended up mostly sitting in front of a computer!).

From 1993 to 2000, I attended the University of Toronto, while parenting my wonderful son who was born in 1990. I graduated with a BA degree in Psychoanalytic Thought, Religious Studies, and Fine Art Studio. My goal is to, at some point, earn an MA in Counselling and to practice Art Therapy.

For the time being I am focused on developing myself, on both a personal and professional level, in ways I haven't been able to until now. I am busy challenging myself and evolving through my relationship with my partner as well as by undertaking a variety of business ventures. This Website marks the first public showing of my work. I am honored to share it with you...

Content and Design © Jess Layton 2005