The University of Toronto, School of Architecture insisted that I draw, sketch and design, on a daily basis. Five years of this discipline including courses on colour theory as well as a two week sketch camp each fall constituted my boot camp training in the visual arts. While I was at the University of Toronto, I was also cartoonist for the student paper, the Varsity.

By the mid 1980’s, the demands of my professional career and family had eased sufficiently for me to be able to take up painting in a more serious manner. I embarked on the path of transparent watercolour, a medium that has enormous personal appeal because of its spontaneity and difficulty. Since then I have also taken up oils and acrylics.

I’m past-president of the Ottawa Watercolour Society and the Merrickville Artist’s Guild.