From a cozy studio, Irwin prolifically produces oil paintings, drawings, stone sculpture, stories, and poems. A graduate of Georgian College and NSCAD, she has been creating, gardening, teaching, and infusing art into the Hacketts Cove community since 2004. Her work is shown at 14 Bells Fine Art Gallery and at Betty's, and she is currently working in marble for a show launching this September at the Craig Gallery in Dartmouth.