About The Artist

I grew up in a pulp mill town in BC's interior and moved to Vancouver over 20 years ago. I am a full-time expressionist painter with a surrealist edge. I specialize in vibrant paintings of familiar urban and residential places. As an avid runner and cyclist, I portray the feeling one might have when moving through a scene. Certain landmarks hang in your head and then you see another point of interest; in your mind, it all seems closer together and brighter because of endorphins, fresh air, and good weather. Sometimes there are days when the ordinary becomes absolutely beautiful due to whatever effects of light or season or one's own mood. My stylized exaggeration of architecture often represents the people who inhabit the neighbourhood scenes. I personify buildings so they look like the people that live in them and I use vivid colours and symbolism to create scenes that are whimsical and meaningful. There is so much joy and motion around us; my hope is that those who like my work get a jolt of vital familiarity.