I live, paint & play in beautiful Edmonton, Alberta. I have a deep appreciation for the landscape. The Rocky Mountains, ravines, forests, trees & lakes inspire me to paint original, joyful paintings layered with vibrant colour and lively brushstrokes.

Every painting tells a story, holds a memory and creates connections.

The perfect medium for my impatience is acrylic. Its fast drying nature allows me to paint spontaneously and quickly. I begin intuitively, with layers of glazes—building up rich, translucent colour. Dripping and lifting colour and scratching or using tools to create interesting marks is part of this underpainting too. Sometimes I’ll add papers, fabric, or use stencils to enhance pattern and add texture. Then it’s a push and pull of opaques and glazes to find the subject. I delight in negative painting and usually paint my background last. I want the viewer to see hints of my first layers and explore up close passages that look abstract.

BRING THE OUTSIDE IN

I paint the things that I find beautiful and interesting. Often those things are overlooked because they seem ordinary. I'm always looking up -- watching clouds move and morph or marvelling at the sunlight pass through a thick canopy of trees.

If your plan is to bring some joyful, original art into your life and home, I'd love to make that plan happen.

So I love making pottery. Currently the available pieces are at NOA Gallery in Bonnie Doon Centre, Edmonton.

My favourite pieces are my Three Sister's mountain mugs. But I've discovered an amazing Granite clay that feels just like stone. So I've created some cool modern designs with that clay too.