Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta I am most at home with mountains on one side of me and prairies on the other. Having now moved out of the big city to west-central Alberta, I can honestly say that I don’t think there is more amazing scenery anywhere. I am a self-taught artist, having spent an awful lot of my life pursuing an engineering career prior to taking the leap into the art world. Splitting my time between two-dimensional visual art and 3D functional ceramics is a nice balance. I am working mainly with a porcelainous stoneware from Medicine Hat, making both functional and art pieces and have recently added a darker, richer clay to my studio. I mix all my own glazes and fire my work in my electric kilns. When I'm not at my wheel or my glazing table, I can be found drawing or painting. I work in watercolours, chalk pastels, and acrylics, depending largely on the subject matter. After much planning and hard labour, I have a fabulous full ceramic studio in our barn where I spend an inordinate amount of time. The views and the light are perfect and when I need a break, a walk up the hill behind the barn usually gets me going on another project!