It took four years at the Alberta College of Art (Calgary) to realize that commercial art was not my calling. For the next few years, focusing on my family became my priority. In recent years, I have discovered stained glass, wood, clay and photography, loving each medium.

Glass Work

Glass came into my world about 9 years back, as I searched for years for "my" medium. I recall a certain instuctor in Art College, trying to break my habit of that LINE I seemed to use in all of my drawings... And maybe thats what drew me to the medium - that heavy line?!

All of my designs are my own and with my students, I emphasize the need to keep it an ART, with no tracing or projecting.

Glass is on of the most labour intensive art forms, but also one of the most satisfying. It still continues to be a gamble of uncertainty up until its very end when finally able to hold it up, whether it's a "WOW" piece, or a "WHAT WAS I THINKING" ??? piece.

Clay

Clay became a passion in the Summer of 2006 while I was working on a mermaid in stained glass. Any figure work I find a challenge. With stained glass an additional challenge, the complexity of breaking down the lines and still making the design "work".

While midstream in glass and frustrated - I decided I needed something to draw from. The idea came of perhaps forming the figure first in clay, creating something to then draw from. And so the mermaid series began...

Taking it a step further the series has now been cast in a limited edition bronze series with the first two castings out of twelve now for sale.