Almost everything I paint is within five miles of my home. The exceptions being pictures taken during holidays of our travels throughout B.C., and later painted with a healthy dose of imagination. Although based upon reality, my paintings quickly transform to a world where design and colour overrule what was actually there. The painting is much more important than the original image. I usually throw my original photo out after the first five minutes of painting. Within an hour, there is very little similarity between photo and painting. The beauty of painting is how we can let our imagination takeover and lead us to new places.

Education: Secondary Art Education degree from U.B.C. 1978

Post University: Fine Furniture diploma 1994-95 from Camosun College wood technology program.

Serious Art influences: Folk Art Group of Seven E.J. Hughes

Current & Upcoming

Shows

ArtCraft 2022

Salt Spring Island Art Show

June 10 – September 18

10:00am – 5:00pm

Mahon Hall

166 Lower Ganges Rd

Salt Spring Island, BC

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The largest and longest-running exhibition of its kind in BC, Artcraft Gallery + Shop is open annually from June through mid-September and in the four weeks leading up to Christmas. Proceeds from Artcraft support Salt Spring Arts programs in the community.

Showcase Exhibitions are rotating curated exhibitions held on the stage at Mahon Hall during Artcraft in the summer. They feature fine art, craft or conceptual works by Southern Gulf Island artists. Exhibition proposals can be submitted by individual artists, groups and guilds, or curators.

Mahon Hall

166 Lower Ganges Rd

Salt Spring Island, BC

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