Born  
    
  and  
    
  raised  
    
  in  
    
  Ottawa,  
    
  Ontario,  
    
  I  
    
  grew  
    
  up  
    
  with  
    
  a  
    
  love  
    
  and  
    
  fascination  
   
  for  
    
  nature  
  and  
    
  the  
    
  great  
    
  outdoors.  
    
  Years  
    
  of  
    
  nature  
    
  photography  
    
  led  
    
  me  
    
  to  
   
  turn  
  my  
  creative  
    
  attention  
  to  
  the  
  visual  
    
  arts,  
    
  and  
  I  
  took  
  courses  
    
  in  
    
  drawing  
    
  at  
   
  the  
  Ottawa  
    
  School  
    
  of  
    
  Art  
  (OSA).  
    
  After  
    
  several  
    
  courses  
    
  in  
    
  different  
    
  media  
    
  at 
  the  
  OSA  
    
  and  
  the  
  Visual  
    
  Art  
    
  Centre  
    
  Orléans  
    
  (VACO),  
    
  I  
  redirected  
  my  
  studies  
  to 
  private instruction and  personal  experimentation.
    
  I  
  work  
  in  
  a  
  variety  
  of  
  media,  
  primarily  
  watercolour,  
  acrylic  
  and  
  oil.  
  My  
  preferred  
   
  subjects  
    
  include  
    
  landscapes,  
    
  often  
    
  featuring  
    
  still  
    
  water  
    
  and  
  reflections,  
  old 
  farm buildings and rural town settings as well as  still-lifes, especially bottles.
  My  
  paintings  
    
  can  
  be  
  found  
    
  in  
    
  private  
    
  collections  
    
  across  
    
  Canada,  
    
  the  
  USA,  
    
  the  
   
  UK  and  Europe. 
  I  
  have  
  participated  
    
  in  
  many  
    
  solo  
    
  and  
    
  group  
    
  exhibitions  
    
  in  
    
  various  
    
  locations  
   
  including  
    
  Galerie  
    
  Old  
    
  Chelsea,  
  VACO  
    
  Gallery,  
    
  Ottawa  
    
  Folklore  
    
  Centre,  
   
  Mouvement  
  d'implication  
    
  francophone  
  d'Orléans  
    
  (MIFO),  
    
  Coloris  
  sur  
  la  
  baie,  
  Wall  
   
  Space  
    
  Gallery,  
    
  Ristorante  
    
  Il  
    
  Primo,  
  Old  
  Stick  
  Studios,  
  the  
  Shenkman  
  Centre 
  (Baz’Art,  
  AOE  
  Gallery,  
  Artini,  
  Orléans  
  Fest),  
  Heron  
  Centre  
  Gallery,  
    
    
  and  
  was  
  a 
  member of the Orléans Art Studio tour for 10 years from 2008 to 2017.
 
 
  
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