A life-long love of art began on my grandmother’s knee. She was a well known local painter and teacher.

After graduating from high school I fell in with a group surrounding a local artist who painted portraits as well as landscapes the in style of Canada’s most famous artists - The Group of Seven. Under my influence our group emulated Parisian painters of a hundred years ago and also painted and drew portraits in public places such as pubs. It was during my time with this group that I learnt from our meanwhile well known teacher his technique for teaching drawing which I still use with students of my own.

Eventually our group dispersed to other locations across the land and I went to The Kootenay school of Art in Nelson, B.C. It was there that I fell in love with the medium of water colour and it is still my preferred medium.

A chance introduction to the medium of papier-maché led to a phase of work which is often called "folk-art". Along with my wife I worked for many years making objects and pictures made of papier-maché, painted with water colours all of which were constructed from one hundred percent recycled material. Like many folk artists we strived (and still strive) to maintain an element of whimsy in our work.

In some fields of culture the leap from "folk"to "pop" is not uncommon and so it was with my work. The best pop art is also whimsical. My medium has not changed, only the subject matter has been up-dated to reflect popular culture.