She instructs Fashion Illustration (both Analogue and Digital) as well as Accessory and Textile Design. She studied fine art at the University of Windsor and then completed a Master of Fine Art at Louisiana State University. She lectures on current trends in illustration having been featured in Objects—Journal of Applies Arts in conjunction with Illustrative Illustration festivals in Paris and Berlin. She was a guest artist for Manolo Blahnik and Jo Malone at Holt Renfrew and has been published in Education Today Magazine and in Borealis Magazine.Colleen is pursuing textile studies in Material Art and Design at OCAD University and at Central St Martin’s in London England.