“THE PROCESS AND PRODUCTION OF IMAGES AND OBJECTS IS A VITAL PART OF MY LIFE. IN UNIVERSITY I GRADUATED WITH A BA FROM UBC. THEN, I ACHIEVED AN MFA IN PAINTING AND LITHOGRAPHY WHILE STUDYING IN MEXICO. I FIRST EXPERIENCED THE TRANSLUCENT, MOLTEN POSSIBILITIES OF GLASS AS AN ART MEDIUM WHEN I WAS TRAVELING IN IRELAND. STARTING IN 1974 AND CONTINUING FOR TWENTY- TWO SUMMERS, I GAINED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF CREATING SCULPTURES WITH GLASS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL STAFF AT THE PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL, SITUATED 80 KM NORTH OF SEATTLE.
ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT WAS WORKING WITH BERTIL VALLIEN, FROM SWEDEN, THE INVENTOR OF THE SAND CASTING TECHNIQUE, AND LEAD CRYSTAL KILN CASTING GLASS WITH JAROSLAVA BRYCHTOVA AND STANISLAV LIBENSKY FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
I HAVE EXPLORED MANY THEMES OVER THE DECADES; INTEREST IN PAST CULTURES: MYTHOLOGY; BUDDHISM; LOST KNOWLEDGE AND LATELY, NATURE THEMES, PARTICULARLY WATER. MY FIRST EXHIBIT WAS THE GLASS INVITATIONAL AT THE SEATTLE ART MUSEUM IN 1975. MY SOLO SHOWS WERE AT THE ART GALLERY OF GREATER VICTORIA AND THE BURNABY ART GALLERY. MY MOST RECENT SHOWS ARE: LUCENT, A CROSS CANADA, CANADIAN GLASS SHOW AT THE ILLINGWORTH KERR GALLERY IN CALGARY AND CAPTURED LIGHT AT SFU.”
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
ART GALLERY OF GREATER VICTORIA; DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS; OTTAWA ONTARIO CRAFTS
COUNCIL COLLECTION AND SEA FIRST BANK, SEATTLE.
