I was born in Vancouver B.C. to an Irish Father and Dutch Mother. I have had many stops along the way since then, both in the US and Canada, but I happily reside in my hometown today.

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As a child, I was more directly influenced by my Mother who was an artist than my father who was a Pentecostal Preacher. I suppose this is obvious in my choice of Art over the Ministry.

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The Work.

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My subject matter is broad and varied and generally focused on the figure and its relationship to its environment.

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For me, Art originates in the ecology of our everyday lives. Everything around us has the potential to stimulate our interaction with what it means to be human and present. I am more interested in capturing an essence of a moment or emotion through the interplay of figures or objects by a variety of means than the repetition of one style or path in my work.

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Usually the starting point of new works begins with a photo that either I have taken or one I have come across when searching for an idea. Nothing has a plan or purpose other than when I find some deeper meaning or visual obsession to investigate further.

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Sometimes I will digitally alter the photos in a completely haphazard way by printing in reverse or on the wrong paper, whatever is going to give me the desire to move ahead.

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