As an artist, I am compelled to create art that challenges my skill and interprets the world with deep emotion. I love the use of drawing and colour to create new ways of viewing the objects of our everyday experience, as I strive to capture the spirit that animates the everyday.

My landscapes and figures in oil and watercolour have resulted from my efforts to meet that challenge. I love the rich smooth quality of oil paint, and the way I can carefully blend colours and create textures on the canvas. I also love using watercolour for fresh spontaneous interpretations of a scene, and how freely the colours flow across the paper.

I studied art at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta from 1989-1993, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. While working towards my degree, I studied painting, printmaking, photography, drawing and graphic design. I also refined my technique while taking art classes for several years at a private school (1989-1991).

I exhibited paintings and photographs at the University of Alberta grad show in 1993, and at Artistically Speaking Art Gallery in 1990 and 1991. I also exhibited and sold watercolor paintings at Anosa art gallery in 1995.