Bio

I have been painting since 2002, and mostly showing at Argyle Fine Art in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in solo shows, group shows, and as a part of their regular inventory. By day I'm a Financial Planner, working with Credit Unions throughout Nova Scotia. I enjoy this balance between left brain/ right brain work. I have also been known to dabble in Film and Television, as an actor and writer.

My early painting style was very much influenced by Alex Colville, and to a certain extent, the Dutch masters, and German Romanticism. For a brief period, as we moved from Scotsburn Nova Scotia to take a position with a large insurance company, and while my three children were younger, I stopped painting for a few years. As we became settled, I picked up the brush again and became very interested in plein-air painting, and the techniques of capturing light and tonal values quickly to capture a scene, as opposed to the methodical and very structured yet simiplified compositional organization that I used to pursue in my earlier years.

Now I look for everyday scenes or landscapes that have an interesting aspect or an element of beauty that strikes me, or makes me pause. I like to look for the beauty in the rough. The way the sunlight will hit a piece of machinery in a quiet scene, or some forgotten objects in a backyard.