Biography Highlights
Artist Statement
" Art has always been my passion, since I could hold a pencil, I've been creating some form of art"
Education:
1970 - Banff School of Fine Arts - Scholarship
1990 - Pro Art Workshop, Big Tmber Montana
Instructors - Jessica Jemsky, Jack Heinz, John Seerey Lester
1994 - Whiterock Center for the Arts ( Whiterock B.C.)
1995 - Making Art Your Business
2012 - Portrait Class with Mr. Xin Yu Zheng
2016 - Workshop - live model figurative with Cheng Lian
Solo Shows:
-Rocky Mountain Art Galleries Calgary Alberta, Canada
-Canada House- Banff, Alberta, Canada
-Grasslands Gallery Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
-Picture This Gallery Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
-Editions Gallery
Group Exhibitions:
-Calgary Stampede Western Art Show , Juried 1995- 2011 consecutive
-Picture This Invitational "Masters in Miniature" 2005 - 2019
-Art Essential
-Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show
-Whiterock Gallery, Whiterock B.C.
-Reflections West Art Show - Invitational 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
"Artists on Tour" Saskatchewan 2012
Awards and Achievements:
- Banff School of Fine Arts Scholarship
- Trout Unlimited Artist of the Year 1999
- Ducks Unlimited - 2011 Portfolio artist
- Ducks Unlimited - 2013 Portfolio artist
- Margaret D'Youville - Artistic Achievement
- Inducted into the artist guild "West Guild" as a "Master Artist" and founding member,
in a ceremony held at the prestigious Hyatt Regency Hotel,
Calgary Alberta, Canada, February 2011
Winner of Royal Canadian Mint coin designs 2014, 2020