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I love faces that show history.
The joyful, the eccentric, the difficult and the ordinary.
Celebrating both the human in us and the infinite
fantasticality of nature.
Primarily working in Gouache and Watercolours, I
consider myself a portrait artist struggling to break
the boundaries of hyperrealism.
My career started back in the days of newsprint, in
the early 70’s, as a designer and illustrator.
Working in community newspapers for most of my
career, my sales success was due to my creative
advertising layouts.
I landed at the Whistler Question in 1989 and from
there I joined three former Questionable staff mem-
bers to create PIQUE newsmagazine, one of BC’s
most successful community newspapers to this day.
I ended my newspaper career in 2017, working as the
photo and graphics editor in Vancouver at the
Province and the Vancouver Sun.
I find photos online or sourced from my extensive
archival of photographs gathered over my years of
designing for print media.
My frames, like the images, are found hiding in
corners of local thrift stores, garage sales and online marketplaces.
