About the Artist

My dad and I owned a picture framing shop that had a small gallery space. We hosted art shows and events, such as painting classes. We enjoyed supporting emerging artists and providing attractive and affordable art to our clients.

I had painted and dabbled in calligraphy before, but did not have a venue to show or sell my work. When I had "painted myself out of the house", I decided it was time to take the leap and start selling my work.

I paint mainly in oils. Like many artists, I love using other mediums and love experimenting. A lot of the work I create is illuminated calligraphy and lately I have been working on practicing new fonts.

Education and Training:

• Basic Calligraphy Class, Vermilion College, 1991
• Beginner Watercolor Class, Willie Wong weekend workshop, 1995
• Beginner Acrylic Class, Bridgit Hawkins, 1996
• Pros Art School, Beginner Oil classes, 2002-2003
• Beginner Airbrush, NAIT, 2012
• Bachelor of Business Administration, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, 2022

Publications:

• 2016 - Imago Mundi - Luciano Benetton Collection, Oh Canada West  pages 294 and 295

Group Shows:

• 2016 Imago Mundi Project of Luciano Benetton: Western Canadian Artists, Group show, Verona, Italy

Awards:

• 2022 - Platinum Jubilee Medal, Alberta. Awarded for contribution to the arts.