About

At the very foundation of my art, my very existence, is an insatiable desire to adventure into, and explore the natural world. To wander and wonder in the great outdoors fulfills my need to be surprised, delighted even frightened which in turn lights up my senses and charges my desire to express and create.

Haida Gwaii is a remote archipelago of about 150 islands off the north west shores of British Columbia. My journey here includes a formal art education and an admiration for Canadian landscape painters of the Group Of Seven and eventually as I moved west their contemporary Emily Carr. The latter who I saw as a fearless icon of feminine strength undertaking the mammouth adventures she did to pursue her need to explore and paint about the coastal First Nations. Even now, 100 years later it’s a crazy logistical challenge to get to the locations she painted.

After living here for more than 15 years I am not nearly finished painting this place, and as my connection to my Haida Gwaii community grows and my understanding of the Haida Culture and their connection to land, sea and sky expands I feel there is an added dimension to my work that is just beginning to unfold.