Calgary Renovation Show
Calgary, AB
January 17-20, 2020
BMO Centre
Stampede Grounds
CRLC Rock and Gem Show
Calgary
May 1-3, 2020
Vivo Recreation Centre
Calgary, AB
Western Showcase
at the
Calgary Stampede
July 3-12, 2020
BMO Centre
Western Oasis
Bellevue, WA
New York, NY
Empire Ammolite, Banker's Hall
Calgary, AB Canada
Glenbow Museum in the
Calgary Telus Convention Centre
Calgary, AB Canada
Keynote Building, Lobby
11th & 1st St. SE
Calgary, AB Canada
Western Showcase 2019
Calgary Stampede
Calgary, AB Canada
About the Artist
My abstract art is elegant jewelry for walls, shimmering, dazzling, vivid, swirling movement, color and texture. My need to play, and the freedom and energy that make me feel truly alive, along with profound ties to the beauty and intricacies of the natural
world motivation me to create and I invite you to take that journey with me where the flames of
emotion are fanned and inspiration takes root.
My paintings incorporate a background, spanning a lifetime, in art and design. My latest work is
lavished with rare Alberta ammolite. Ammolite is a vivid opalized gemstone with gorgeous metallic
colorations found in no other place in the world. I am the only artist in the world creating collage
paintings from this beautiful gemstone. I can often be found on ammonite hunting expeditions
where I become a living part of the landscape as I imagine what it may have looked like aeons ago
when all was covered by a shallow sea with living cephalopods swimming about attacking prey and
being hunted by mosasaurs. Only the genus, Placenticeras, produced the lovely metallic shell that
we now refer to as ammolite. What a special place to be lucky enough to live in!
I was born in Washington State which imprinted on every cell of my being, oceans, mountains and
rain forests. My southern roots influenced me in art and culture, where i was specifically drawn to modern art. Some of my favourite artists are Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Klimpt, and Kandinsky.
You will often find Pollock-esque type backgrounds subtly woven into my designs.
I have lived in Canada since I was twelve and call Calgary, Alberta home. The wide-
open prairies, rolling hills and breathtaking mountains have wrapped their roots around my soul and
I am forever captive. Alberta's unique characteristics make it a magical place, hills covered in wild
flowers, streams flowing over colorful pebbles hiding silvery fish, buried treasure of ammonite and
ancient dinosaur fossils, deer running free, eagles soaring high and friendly peace loving people who
aren't afraid to don the odd cowboy hat and dance the night away to a rousing country tune.
Art is my true passion and I feel like I am spending the days playing, not working. It has been my lifelong goal and I am very
thankful to be able to be fulfilling that goal. I plan on painting until I'm 110 years old!