My work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions across Canada and many of the paintings now reside in public, private, and corporate collections throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia.
The group of artists in the photo to the right are the members of the Burns Visual Art Society. Our studios were in the Nielsen Building on the Stephen's Avenue Mall in Calgary.
Artist Experience
In The Studio
Regionalism lies at the heart of my work. I paint what I see and cherish around me, both as a hiker and as an artist who calls Canada home.
For decades, preserving Canada's fragile ecological systems has been my deepest concern. Through bold, vibrant colour, I strive to capture not just the beauty of our natural world, but the urgency of protecting it. Each brushstroke carries the passion and emotion I feel for these wild places that have given me so much.
About the Artist
The inspiration for my work comes from my deep love of the Canadian landscape, both as it can be enjoyed as a lover of nature and art, and as an artist, perceived with paint.
The Arctic Institute of North America, Mt. Logan
For several summers, (10 days each time) I was an Artist in Residence with several other artists at the Kluane Lake Research Station, (The Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary), located 220 km northwest of Whitehorse on the wild shores of beautiful Kluane Lake.
We were hosted many times through the generosity of Mr. S. Robert (Bob) Blair, then CEO of Nova Corporation and Husky Oil and also by Mr. James Hanley of MacLeod Dixon law firm in Calgary. From these awesome trips, Yukon Arts Centre invited me to exhibit a one-person show of many of my large scale acrylic paintings, of which this was one.