As a life-long learner committed to exploring my own creativity and to helping others discover their abilities, I’ve devoted the past several decades to creative exploration through writing and the visual arts.

I enjoy sharing my skills and experiences with people to help them discover the joys of creativity and owe a great deal to the artists and other creatives who have inspired and encouraged me along the way.

Over the past ten years, I’ve discovered and explored a passion for painting and drawing, in particular abstract portraits, landscapes and non-representational work using a variety of media—oil and cold wax, acrylic, charcoal and ink. During this time, I travelled to Italy, Mexico City and the north coast of Scotland to study painting.

In 2019, after living in Canada’s far north (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) for almost twenty years, I relocated to Edmonton, Alberta. The people, landscapes and artists I encounter continue to inspire me and I’m excited to be sharing my work with you!

As a life-long learner committed to exploring my own creativity and to helping others discover their abilities, I’ve devoted the past several decades to creative exploration through writing and the visual arts.

I enjoy sharing my skills and experiences with people to help them discover the joys of creativity and owe a great deal to the artists and other creatives who have inspired and encouraged me along the way.

Over the past ten years, I’ve discovered and explored a passion for painting and drawing, in particular abstract portraits, landscapes and non-representational work using a variety of media—oil and cold wax, acrylic, charcoal and ink. During this time, I travelled to Italy, Mexico City and the north coast of Scotland to study painting.

In 2019, after living in Canada’s far north (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) for almost twenty years, I relocated to Edmonton, Alberta. The people, landscapes and artists I encounter continue to inspire me and I’m excited to be sharing my work with you!

In my work I explore the nature of continuous change, drawing inspiration from the effects of time and the elements on buildings, people and the natural world. I’m fascinated by how the present state of people, places and things—faded flaking paint, lichen on rock, lined faces, half-demolished overgrown buildings—hold clues to both the subject’s past and future.

Several years ago I discovered the combination of oil paint and cold wax medium, a mixture of bee’s wax and resin. The combination is perfect for adding multiple translucent and opaque layers that add depth and mystery.

Some of my pieces have only a few layers, others 20 or more. I make marks, add, subtract, scratch into surfaces, sand, gouge and pour to reveal glimpses of the history of both the subject matter and the painting itself—what lies beneath. It’s both the intentional effects and unintended discoveries that keep me interested in the process of making art, and hopefully draw the viewer in.

In my work I explore the nature of continuous change, drawing inspiration from the effects of time and the elements on buildings, people and the natural world. I’m fascinated by how the present state of people, places and things—faded flaking paint, lichen on rock, lined faces, half-demolished overgrown buildings—hold clues to both the subject’s past and future.

Several years ago I discovered the combination of oil paint and cold wax medium, a mixture of bee’s wax and resin. The combination is perfect for adding multiple translucent and opaque layers that add depth and mystery.

Some of my pieces have only a few layers, others 20 or more. I make marks, add, subtract, scratch into surfaces, sand, gouge and pour to reveal glimpses of the history of both the subject matter and the painting itself—what lies beneath. It’s both the intentional effects and unintended discoveries that keep me interested in the process of making art, and hopefully draw the viewer in.