I live in Utopia, a small farming community near Barrie, Ontario. It's a wonderful setting and I am surrounded by forest where I often can be found wandering around with my dogs, sketch book and camera.

My love for animals started early and my gift for capturing their images with my hands did too.
My own children can tell the same story. We have had rabbits, goats, chickens and roosters, turkeys, peacocks and lots of cats and dogs over the years. I am truly grateful to spend each day doing what I love.
 

An animals whiskers are like our thumbprints.
I like to portray the odd little things some of our pets have. Such as the funny ear that doesn't quite sit right, or the eye that droops.The underbite lots of smaller dogs have. These traits are what help complete the resemblance.

...to capture the complete love and utter devotion our pets have when we look into their eyes.  Always.
That is my mission statement.

I am mostly a self taught artist though recently have studied with Master Pastelists Lesley Harrison and Albert Handell.
Living in a country setting with my two children, two dogs and three cats I have finally come to now. I paint full time.
Career goals began to develop at an early age with encouragement from my family and my high school art teacher who purchased my first commissioned portrait of her dog.

My work is created using Soft Pastels on velour.  Pastel is the oldest medium known, having been used my the Old masters dating back to the 1500's.

I am currently a Signature Member of the Pastel Artists of Canada.