Who am I?

So, art, right. How did it start?

Well,

I grew up in Calgary on the east side of town. Most of my youth was a healthy mix of activities like:

• climbing skinny poplar trees and medium sized maples

• pretending to escape walking down train-tracks until sunset

• mostly falling off of DIY scrap bike jumps

• being a bonafide Pokemon trainer sneaking around farmers fields

• all of the Nintendo video games I could whine for

• any available cartoons (some favourites being Ninja Turtles, Pokemon, and Dexter’s Lab)

• mountains of lego

• dancing and flailing to classic rock/pop records with the family

• awkward birthday parties

• trying hard to be a real nerd in school but mostly getting distracted drawing (thanks ADHD)

• and of course countless hours of arts and crafts!

These things have stayed with me in some form or another, and evolved into many new branches of discovery and depth of creative hobbies. I love being physically engaged and active, venturing and exploring habitats, and making beautiful, delicious, and innovative things with my hands.