Background

I abandoned techniques, styles and concepts that were safe and acceptable and started to explore avenues that had not been previously approached. I must make it clear however, it would be a mistake to disregard and deny the present accessibility and ability to study and learn from previous artists for guidance. I have attempted to absorb these into a new independent style which would allow me to express my individual concepts.

My art reflects a deep personal feeling of man’s situation with respect to daily pressures and struggles, but more broadly in man’s dealing with the human events of war, discrimination, manipulation, and exploitation, and finally man’s situation as a living entity within an infinite universe. Are these situations mutually exclusive, does man contemplate the universe when living, fighting, exploiting or surviving. If and when a human does finally contemplate his situation within the universe are all other aspects of humanity separate and irreconcilable. For me, these feelings and concepts allow an endless supply of inspiration and emotional energy for breaking and challenging contemporary art forms and for exploring a subliminal connection with the universe. I delved into this theme on canvas through fractured images and thoughts that clearly reflect contemporary events and issues. I have produced them as they have been presented to me. Yet they do fit in with my trend towards exploring man’s situation.

Education

1986 B.Sc. (Honors) 1986 .University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

1991 Ph.D. Department of Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

1991-1993 Postdoctoral Training Harvard Medical School

2005 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston