“Growing up in Huntsville, Ontario and spending summers at the family cottage in Temagami, gave me an appreciation for wildlife and scenery. I moved to Gravenhurst at the age of 22 and began to photograph and draw wildlife. I took courses at Gallery on the Lake, Buckhorn School of Fine Art in Haliburton, Ontario. I also volunteered and enjoyed painting murals on the glass at the Centennial Centre and other buildings in the town of Gravenhurst for 8 years”.