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Born: Vancouver, B.C.,Canada January 20, 1959.
Lives: Cultus Lake, B.C.,Canada
Education: Received Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts with Honours
1984-85 University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.,Canada
1980-84 David Thompson University Centre, Nelson, B.C.,Canada
Awards: 2001 Former Prime Minister of Japan Award (shows top award), Contemporary Art Expo, Tokyo, Japan
On top of Mount Seymour 2003 Tim Watson Photo
2020 "Love This land" O'Connor Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
2001 Plasket Gallery, New Westminster, B.C., Canada
2000 Downstairs Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
2020 Art Junction Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada
2015 "Upstream – Moving Images of Salmon" Roundhouse Community Centre Great Hall, Vancouver. BC.
2013 Cultural Centre, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
2011 Grey Area Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
2010 "Tribute to Dr. Norman Bethune", Guangzhou Library Museum, Guangzhou, China.
2010 "Tribute to Dr. Norman Bethune", Vancouver Chinese Cultural Centre, Van., B.C., Canada
2008 "Tribute to Dr. Norman Bethune ", Chilliwack Museum, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
2007 West Coast Gallery, Whistler, B.C., Canada
2004 National Museum of China, Beijing, China
2004 Canadian Embassy, Beijing, China
2003 Contemporary Art Expo, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2003 Aaron Ross Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
2002 "Three For Trees", Langley Centennial Museum, Fort Langley, B.C., Canada
2001 Artropolis 2001, CBC Building, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1999 Art Works Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
1998 Centerville Co-op Gallery, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada
1998 Marshall Road Gallery, Abottsford, B.C., Canada
1994 Big Red Dot Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1993 Artropolis 93, Old Woodwards Building, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1992 Black Orpheus Gallery, Harrison Hot Springs, B.C., Canada
1992 56 Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1990 Mind and Matter Gallery, White Rock, B.C., Canada
1989 Langley Centennial Museum, Fort Langley, B.C., Canada
1986 X-Changes Gallery, Victoria, B.C., Canada
Private collections throughout Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia.
"Sanctuary", acrylic on canvas, 54"x 65",1989 Private collection Hollywood, California, USA
Along the Journey
First year at Art School, age 22, Nelson, B.C. Canada 1981
"The Last Shot", oil on panel, 18"x 24", 1981
Tree planting, near Williston Lake, Northern BC. 1987. "Supernatural B.C.", oil and acrylic on canvas, 48"x72", 1986.
Geophysics, near Spatzizi Plateau, Northern BC, 1987. "Ridge Walker 1", acrylic on canvas, 16"x20", 1998.
Geophysics, Brunne Lake, Northern Manitoba, 1988. "Old Trappers Cabin", acrylic on canvas, 22" x 30", 1992.
Lindeman Lake, BC, 2012 "Summer Afternoon, Lindeman Lake No. 2", acrylic on canvas, 42"x 60", 2008
On Top of Mount MacFarlane (Mt. Slesse in background) 2007 Tim Watson Photo
In the studio, working on "Fire and Ice, Black Tusk", acrylic on panel 32" x 72", 2018.
One of my favourite art quotes:
"I have been in love with painting ever since I became conscious of it at the age of six: I drew some pictures I thought fairly good when I was 50, but really nothing I did before the age of 70 was of any value at all. At 73, I have at last caught every aspect of nature — birds, fish, animals, insects, trees, grasses, all. When I am 80, I shall have developed still further, and I will really master the secrets of art at 90. When I reach 100, my work will be truly sublime, and my final work will be attained around the age of 110, when every line and dot I draw will be imbued with life." Hokusai, 19th Century Japanese Painter
When I came upon this quote it really struck a chord with me. I've always felt excited when thinking about the paintings that I would do as I became older and hopefully wiser, bringing together the collective knowledge of a lifes dedication. I'm continually inspired by the notion that "my next painting is my best painting". This is what fuels me everytime I'm faced with a blank canvas or panel.
2020, On top of Needle Peak 2095 M/6,873 ft, Coquihala Recreational Area, shared territory of the Nlaka'pamux, Sto:lo, and Yale First Nations people.
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