A product of cities – Montreal and then Toronto – I have been living in rural Ontario since 1990, which has provided me the gift of studio space as well as opportunity for involvement with more than one arts community. I graduated from OCA(D) with honours (fine art drawing and painting,1991). Since 2021 I have been Curator at the Art Gallery of Bancroft. I am also currently Chair of the gallery’s board of directors.

A visual artist whose primary focus in recent years has been abstraction, my repertoire has also embraced more conceptual work, including large, multifaceted installations. My habitual art practice tends toward dramatic gesture and emotional colour; art that may respond to and reflect the tumultuous sociopolitical issues of our time, or the less world-shaking issues of interpersonal relationships and sometimes, the ever-changing beauty of my surroundings. I am drawn equally to intense colour, texture, and intent, all reflected in my work. Dialogue with the viewer is everything.

Over the past 30+ years my artistic practice has explored such diverse themes as democracy and international politics (The Democracy Project, Art Gallery of Peterborough, 2004), the AIDS pandemic (Impact Aids, Rebecca Gallery, 2006), familial relationships, and always, the abstract nature of our universe.