Opening reception:
Friday, June 2 | 7:30 pm
Discovery – be it subject matter, design, or materials and where it leads – is why I do this work. Regardless of the painting concerns below, I try to maintain some of the visual experiences and ideas that catch my sense of awe and other intangibles. It is my hope that these are passed on to the viewer. Objects and figures are largely represented and there is a story aspect to my work, but I try to limit perspective illusion. (Although, I do wander off this path when seduced by nature.) At the same time I want to maintain the modeling of form; closer in some respects to pre-renaissance paintings. I think line, shape, colour and texture can be emphasized more with this approach while still working via realism. I am interested in many themes and have a strong pull towards musicians. More of my recent works have been in landscapes because interest in Canada’s wonderful rural and wilderness beauty.
Much of my previous working life was in engineering (pulp and paper) both as a designer and project manager. I started painting and drawing about the age of three or four. I remember waking up in the middle of the night and drawing in my father’s day-timer, so drawing was in the blood. So, interest in art has always been there throughout my working. I have been full time as an artist for more than twenty years.
I have a BA from University of Waterloo. I formally studied studio painting, drawing, graphics, printmaking and art history, at Sir George Williams University (Concordia). I am an elected member of The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour and a Fellow of The Ottawa Watercolour Society. I have shown at several galleries in Toronto, Montreal, Brampton and Eastern Ontario. My works are in private, and institutional collections across Canada and elsewhere.
I have conducted workshops in encaustic in various locations in eastern Ontario, taught at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre, City of Ottawa, Wallacks, as well as other venues.