A self-taught Vancouver artist, I am inspired to bring new life to discarded materials through art, repurposing them with sculpting compounds and resin to bring a 3 dimensional aspect to my paintings.  As a mixed media artist, my experiments with substrates inform the artworks that arise from them. A contractor by day, I reclaim a variety of materials, including raw wood, tempered and broken glass, and discarded building supplies. I also use organic matter such as crushed egg shells and dried orange peels to create subtle textures in my work.