Artist's Statement

I have viewed the world as a close up in small pictures. I am curious in knowing how objects appear beneath the colourful surface. I was most interested in the formations and structure of what lies underneath the colourful surfaces. Many of my paintings depict rocks, feel the texture and the temperature of the stones; show the smooth and rough textures of the rocks.

Another aspect of my work are my line drawings. These are a series of work done completely with lines using one drawing pen. They depict rocks, trees, sky and water with line drawing, each line created from the previous one until a picture emerges. These are painstaking and I have spent many hours creating these drawings. Again, they are born of wanting to know what might lie beneath the surface of what we see in nature. This is of course my own interpretation, and always premised with "what if".

Biography

Born in downtown Toronto in Kensington Market.

Studied at The Three Schools of Art - Drawing, Painting and Art History
York University - Visual Arts Programme

Exhibitions

• Mill Pond Gallery
• Praxis Gallery
• Group Show at Town Hall - Richmond Hill ground breaking ceremony
• Two Person Show - Mill Pond Gallery
• Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery
• Three shows and Sunnybrook Hospital
• Permanent ceiling tile at Sunnybrook Hospital