I was born some years ago and I grew up in my father’s stone castle, sheltered and surrounded by forest, just outside of Alexandria, Ontario.  As a kid, I used to ride my bike up and down the gravel driveway on rainy days collecting worms in an old ice cream container.  Another hobby of mine was watching the red ants on the ant hill just in front of the house.   I was so fascinated with their tiny little holes they would disappear into, how they worked, and what they could do.  It was a show stopper when a group of ants was working to get the hugest caterpillar to the hill and down a tunnel, even better if it was still alive. So, I guess my infatuation with the power of nature was stimulated at an early age by my encounters with ants.  The sublime beauty of nature is my ultimate muse and my future painting goal is large-scale historical landscape.  Always having a passion for art, I studied art history at Carleton University in Ottawa, with a minor in geography.  Great art and classes inspired me to focus on creating art.  In 2013, I started my first ongoing series of oil and acrylic paintings featuring a beautiful little town in Quebec called Métis-sur-Mer – a popular summer vacation spot on the coast of the St. Lawrence.  In the meantime I have started (in my mind and on canvas) countless other painting series.  

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I still watch the ant assembly lines that march along the balcony railing up to the eaves, undoubtedly wreaking havoc in the soffit.

 

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