Born in Saltcoats, Saskatchewan in 1939 and hold a B.F.A. from the University of Manitoba and a M.A. and M.F.A. degrees from the State University of Iowa. I taught art at the University of Alberta from 1965 to 1996. Since the 1980's I also taught art at the Banff School of fine Arts and continue to teach at the Red Deer College Summer Series Program. I run my own watercolour workshops combining art and awareness techniques to explore the connections between creativity and physical/spiritual well-being. I am a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour."
