Since I was a toddler, I’ve been gathering sticks, and my earliest memory is being provided with wood scraps, a hammer, and nails. Today, my reverence for wood and craftwork continues, now informed by a BFA from Queen's University and years of managing my furniture-making company, Alternative Woodworks Ltd. At every opportunity, I evaluate the influence of trees and the nature of wood to inform how I navigate the world.
Through a multifaceted approach that integrates traditional woodworking with artful techniques, my practice investigates wood’s attributes to foster a holistic account of our surroundings. By working with its effects—how it expresses itself and how it's perceived—I celebrate wood’s value in poetic and practical terms.
My endeavours have resulted in my furniture, studio, and public artworks being showcased across Canada. I’ve curated exhibitions and artists’ residences and also cultivate community
through family-friendly workshops and educational initiatives.
CV-
PUBLIC ART
-Oct 2025- ongoing. Shaping the Found. Brooklin, Ontario.
-July 2025- ongoing. Fluence. Westwood Lake Park. Nanaimo, BC.
-Jan-Feb 2025. Luminus Paths: Nanaimo’s 150 & Beyond. Nanaimo, BC.
-July 2024- May 2025. Adage. Municipality of Oak Bay, Arts Alive Sculpture Walk. Victoria, BC.
-August 2024. Installations at the ArtisTREE Festival. Government House, Victoria, BC.
-Nov 2023-2028. Compelling Agency. City of Nanaimo’s Temporary Public Art Program, Nanaimo, BC.
-Oct 2023. Reclaim Public Art presentations. Rotunda Building, Victoria, BC.
-Sept 2023. Reconversion. N!GHT L!GHT Festival, Victoria Park neighbourhood, Calgary, AB.
-Aug-Oct 2023. Endlessness. Allthingy Multipurpose Platform, Salt Spring Island, BC.
-Nov 2022- Feb 2023. Pliant. Victoria Arts Council’s Window Gallery at Studio 531 Architects, Victoria, BC.
-Nov 2022- Dec 2023. Reposition. Ministry of Casual Living’s Window Gallery, Victoria, BC.
-July 2018- ongoing. Interweave. Lobby of the Cowichan Community Center, Duncan, BC.
-Jan-March 1998. Water and Architecture. Stauffer Library at Queens University, Kingston, ON.
SOLO SHOWS
-Jan-June 2027. Untitled exhibition, View Gallery at the VIU’s Nanaio Campus.
-Jan 2026. Green Parallax. Hourglass Gallery as part of the new VIVAS building celebration. Victoria, BC.
-March 2025. Conversing Gestures. Little Fernwood Gallery, Victoria, BC.
-December 2024. Ject. The Vault Gallery, Victoria, BC.
-July-Sept 2024. Imprints. VAC Airport Satellite Gallery, Saanich. BC.
-Sept-Oct 2024. Conversing Gestures. Gibsons Public Art Gallery, Gibsons, BC.
-May-June 2022. FOUR-FOUND. arc-hive artist-run centre, Victoria, BC.
-Sept-Oct 2021. Timber Timbre. Cedar Hill Art Gallery, Saanich, BC.
-Apr 2018. Out of Seen. The Ou Gallery, Duncan, BC.
-Jan 2013. Impressions: Art, Craft, Poetry. Martin Bachelor Gallery, Victoria, BC.
GROUP SHOWS
-Nov-Dec 2025. Near at Hand. arc-hive artist-run Center, Victoria, BC.
-April-May 2025. Shifting Ground. Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
-March 2025. Self-portrait Exhibition. Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC.
-Aug-Sept 2024. Palimpsest. Metchosen Art Pod, Metchosen, BC.
-March 2024. PRINT: imPRESSions. arc-hive artist-run Centre, Victoria, BC.
-July-Aug 2023. Sooke Fine Arts Show. Sooke, BC.
-Apr-May 2022. Extractions: Resources Through an Artistic Lens. CHA, Coquitlam, BC.
-Jan-Feb 2021. Eco Echo. Victoria Arts Council’s ‘Vault’ Gallery, Victoria, BC.
-Nov-Feb 2020. OneTree Exhibition. Robert Bateman Centre, Victoria, BC.
-July-Aug 2019. Sooke Fine Arts Show. Sooke, BC.
-May-July 2019. Alternator Artmart. Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC.
-Apr. 2019. Imprint. Fort Gallery, Fort Langley, BC.
-Mar-Apr 2019. Luminescence IV. Deer Lake Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC.
-Apr 2018. Harmonized Motion. Ou Gallery, Duncan, BC.
-Mar 2018. Under/Where? The Ou Gallery, Duncan, BC.
-Nov 2017-Jan 2018. OneTree Exhibition. Robert Bateman Centre, Victoria, BC.
-Nov 2015-Jan 2016. OneTree Exhibition. Robert Bateman Centre, Victoria, BC.
-Aug 2015. Decored. Martin Bachelor Gallery, Victoria, BC.
-May-June 1999. Headlock. Union Gallery/Ontario Hall, Kingston, ON.
-Dec 1996-Jan 1997. Cruz. Union Art Gallery, Kingston, ON.
-Sept 1995. Emergence/See. Definitely Superior Artist Run Centre, Thunder Bay, ON.
RESIDENCIES
-Sept 2027. Untitled Land Art residency, Empire of Dirt, Creston, BC.
-June 2026. Harvest Moon Society. Clearwater, Manitoba.
-Aug 2025. Intervene: part of STEPS Public Art's RECLAIM Residency Program. Mill Bay, BC.
-June 2024. Joya. Vélez Blanco, Spain.
-May 2024. Empire of Dirt. Creston, BC.
-Aug 2023. RECLAIM. Pat Martin Bates Gallery with The Victoria Arts Council and STEPS Public Art. Victoria, BC.
-Aug 2022. Outlier (Ou Gallery). Gabriola Island, BC.
NOTABLE ACTIVITIES
-Sept 2027. Curator of untitled Land Art residency, Empire of Dirt, Creston, BC.
-Oct 2026. Curator of Homestead, the Victoria Print Society's annual show at VIVAS's the Hourglass, Victoria, BC.
-April 2026-ongoing. Woodworking Instructor, Sunrise Waldorf School, Cobble Hill, BC.
-Jan 2026-ongoing. Workshop facilitator, Nanaimo Art Gallery’s Artist in the Schools Program
-Aug 2025. Host and key facilitator of INTERVENE: part of STEPS Public Art's RECLAIM Residency Program. Mill Bay, BC.
-2024-ongoing. Member of the Public Art Advisory Committee, District of Tofino, BC.
-2024-ongoing. Member of the Urban Design Roster. Nanaimo, BC.
-Feb 2023. ‘Touch’ Creative Mornings Talk. Victoria, BC, and broadcast globally.
-2022-ongoing. Member of the Victoria Print Society
-Dec 2010–April 2012. Owner, Creative Director and Artist, Points Art Gallery, Duncan.
-2004-ongoing. Owner, Operator and Creative Director of Alternative Woodworks Ltd
EDUCATION
-1996-1999. Bachelor of Fine Arts (accredited) Queens University.
-1995-1996. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Lakehead University.
Through a multifaceted approach that integrates traditional woodworking with artful techniques, my practice investigates wood’s attributes to foster a holistic account of our surroundings. By working with its effects—how it expresses itself and how it's perceived—I celebrate wood’s value in poetic and practical terms.
My endeavours have resulted in my furniture, studio, and public artworks being showcased across Canada. I’ve curated exhibitions and artists’ residences and also cultivate community
through family-friendly workshops and educational initiatives.
CV-
PUBLIC ART
-Oct 2025- ongoing. Shaping the Found. Brooklin, Ontario.
-July 2025- ongoing. Fluence. Westwood Lake Park. Nanaimo, BC.
-Jan-Feb 2025. Luminus Paths: Nanaimo’s 150 & Beyond. Nanaimo, BC.
-July 2024- May 2025. Adage. Municipality of Oak Bay, Arts Alive Sculpture Walk. Victoria, BC.
-August 2024. Installations at the ArtisTREE Festival. Government House, Victoria, BC.
-Nov 2023-2028. Compelling Agency. City of Nanaimo’s Temporary Public Art Program, Nanaimo, BC.
-Oct 2023. Reclaim Public Art presentations. Rotunda Building, Victoria, BC.
-Sept 2023. Reconversion. N!GHT L!GHT Festival, Victoria Park neighbourhood, Calgary, AB.
-Aug-Oct 2023. Endlessness. Allthingy Multipurpose Platform, Salt Spring Island, BC.
-Nov 2022- Feb 2023. Pliant. Victoria Arts Council’s Window Gallery at Studio 531 Architects, Victoria, BC.
-Nov 2022- Dec 2023. Reposition. Ministry of Casual Living’s Window Gallery, Victoria, BC.
-July 2018- ongoing. Interweave. Lobby of the Cowichan Community Center, Duncan, BC.
-Jan-March 1998. Water and Architecture. Stauffer Library at Queens University, Kingston, ON.
SOLO SHOWS
-Jan-June 2027. Untitled exhibition, View Gallery at the VIU’s Nanaio Campus.
-Jan 2026. Green Parallax. Hourglass Gallery as part of the new VIVAS building celebration. Victoria, BC.
-March 2025. Conversing Gestures. Little Fernwood Gallery, Victoria, BC.
-December 2024. Ject. The Vault Gallery, Victoria, BC.
-July-Sept 2024. Imprints. VAC Airport Satellite Gallery, Saanich. BC.
-Sept-Oct 2024. Conversing Gestures. Gibsons Public Art Gallery, Gibsons, BC.
-May-June 2022. FOUR-FOUND. arc-hive artist-run centre, Victoria, BC.
-Sept-Oct 2021. Timber Timbre. Cedar Hill Art Gallery, Saanich, BC.
-Apr 2018. Out of Seen. The Ou Gallery, Duncan, BC.
-Jan 2013. Impressions: Art, Craft, Poetry. Martin Bachelor Gallery, Victoria, BC.
GROUP SHOWS
-Nov-Dec 2025. Near at Hand. arc-hive artist-run Center, Victoria, BC.
-April-May 2025. Shifting Ground. Dundarave Print Workshop and Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
-March 2025. Self-portrait Exhibition. Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC.
-Aug-Sept 2024. Palimpsest. Metchosen Art Pod, Metchosen, BC.
-March 2024. PRINT: imPRESSions. arc-hive artist-run Centre, Victoria, BC.
-July-Aug 2023. Sooke Fine Arts Show. Sooke, BC.
-Apr-May 2022. Extractions: Resources Through an Artistic Lens. CHA, Coquitlam, BC.
-Jan-Feb 2021. Eco Echo. Victoria Arts Council’s ‘Vault’ Gallery, Victoria, BC.
-Nov-Feb 2020. OneTree Exhibition. Robert Bateman Centre, Victoria, BC.
-July-Aug 2019. Sooke Fine Arts Show. Sooke, BC.
-May-July 2019. Alternator Artmart. Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC.
-Apr. 2019. Imprint. Fort Gallery, Fort Langley, BC.
-Mar-Apr 2019. Luminescence IV. Deer Lake Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC.
-Apr 2018. Harmonized Motion. Ou Gallery, Duncan, BC.
-Mar 2018. Under/Where? The Ou Gallery, Duncan, BC.
-Nov 2017-Jan 2018. OneTree Exhibition. Robert Bateman Centre, Victoria, BC.
-Nov 2015-Jan 2016. OneTree Exhibition. Robert Bateman Centre, Victoria, BC.
-Aug 2015. Decored. Martin Bachelor Gallery, Victoria, BC.
-May-June 1999. Headlock. Union Gallery/Ontario Hall, Kingston, ON.
-Dec 1996-Jan 1997. Cruz. Union Art Gallery, Kingston, ON.
-Sept 1995. Emergence/See. Definitely Superior Artist Run Centre, Thunder Bay, ON.
RESIDENCIES
-Sept 2027. Untitled Land Art residency, Empire of Dirt, Creston, BC.
-June 2026. Harvest Moon Society. Clearwater, Manitoba.
-Aug 2025. Intervene: part of STEPS Public Art's RECLAIM Residency Program. Mill Bay, BC.
-June 2024. Joya. Vélez Blanco, Spain.
-May 2024. Empire of Dirt. Creston, BC.
-Aug 2023. RECLAIM. Pat Martin Bates Gallery with The Victoria Arts Council and STEPS Public Art. Victoria, BC.
-Aug 2022. Outlier (Ou Gallery). Gabriola Island, BC.
NOTABLE ACTIVITIES
-Sept 2027. Curator of untitled Land Art residency, Empire of Dirt, Creston, BC.
-Oct 2026. Curator of Homestead, the Victoria Print Society's annual show at VIVAS's the Hourglass, Victoria, BC.
-April 2026-ongoing. Woodworking Instructor, Sunrise Waldorf School, Cobble Hill, BC.
-Jan 2026-ongoing. Workshop facilitator, Nanaimo Art Gallery’s Artist in the Schools Program
-Aug 2025. Host and key facilitator of INTERVENE: part of STEPS Public Art's RECLAIM Residency Program. Mill Bay, BC.
-2024-ongoing. Member of the Public Art Advisory Committee, District of Tofino, BC.
-2024-ongoing. Member of the Urban Design Roster. Nanaimo, BC.
-Feb 2023. ‘Touch’ Creative Mornings Talk. Victoria, BC, and broadcast globally.
-2022-ongoing. Member of the Victoria Print Society
-Dec 2010–April 2012. Owner, Creative Director and Artist, Points Art Gallery, Duncan.
-2004-ongoing. Owner, Operator and Creative Director of Alternative Woodworks Ltd
EDUCATION
-1996-1999. Bachelor of Fine Arts (accredited) Queens University.
-1995-1996. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Lakehead University.