Sometimes we get to where we are going in roundabout ways. I always wanted to be an artist of some sort, but art school after high school was too big a leap. Instead, I studied Norwegian language and literature at Camrose Lutheran College, now Augustana University, where I was also sidetracked with the sport of Biathlon. After almost a decade on the Canadian National Biathlon team and participating in two winter Olympics (1992 and 1994), I decided to pursue the 'real' dream. In 1998 I completed a Fine Arts Degree at the University of Alberta. Settling in the Yukon Territory, I have found that the outdoor activities I enjoy take me into the environment that inspires my work.

Nature is the starting point for my painting. I try to represent visually both the seen and unseen, known and imagined aspects of the world around me. My home in the Yukon provides dramatic subject matter with diverse landscapes, intense shifts of season, and abundant wildlife. Of particular interest to me are the cycles within nature; seasonal rhythms, wildlife migrations and adaptations, smaller cycles within larger ones and the interconnections between all things. The natural world offers up knowledge and wisdom in many ways; the possibility of gaining insight from different perspectives seems endless.