"I paint because I must.  I paint in encaustic because the nature of the medium is a dialogue.  A plan is in place for a painting, but wax disrupts it.  Sometimes what happens is not what was planned for, so I need to stand back and look, and let the new possibilities that have been opened up wash over me.  It's a dance.  Lead.  Pause.  Be Led.  Because my chosen subject is the figure, this approach seems apt.  The story, what the figure has to tell, is a mystery to me.  The pauses, followed by moments of strengthing sections of the canvas, allow for a glance or gesture to emerge in the painting that speaks to the collective unconcious.  My paintings work when a viewer can look at one and feel less alone."

EDUCATION

B.A. Cultural Studies, Trent University, Canada
Tauernhoff College, Austria
Capernwray College, England


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Galerie d'Avignon, Montreal
2006 Barristers Lounge (B.C. Law Courts)
2003 Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver
2002 Atelier 31 Gallery, Seattle
2001 Atelier 31 Gallery, Seattle
2000 Deborah Worsfold Gallery, Vancouver
1999 Dr. Vigari Gallery, Vancouver
1997 Community Arts Council Gallery, Vancouver
1996 Talking Stick Gallery, Vancouver
1996 Community Arts Council Gallery, Vancouver


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006  Galerie d'Avignon, Montreal
2005  Galerie d'Avignon , Montreal
2003  Interurban Gallery, Vancouver
2003  Phthalo Gallery, Vancouver
2002  Bellevue Art Museum Auction, Bellevue
2000  Deborah Worsfold Gallery, Vancouver
2000  Gallery L.V., Vancouver
1997  Flame of Hope AIDS Benefit, Vancouver
1995  B.C. Festival of the Arts, Penticton
1995  Community Arts Council, Vancouver


MEDIA

Parkhurst Exchange - vol. 14 #2, 2006
CBC Television – Zero Avenue
VTV - Vancouver Television