I was born in Toronto in 1950 and, at an early age, I discovered that art was my soul mate. I sold my first painting for $13.00 when I was 11 years old. For the first time, I felt the joy of a stranger liking my work enough to pay for it.

After high school, I attended Central Technical School and studied under the talented artists there. I am proud to say that Doris McCarthy, one of our great painters, was one of my mentors. Although I studied commercial art, I found fine arts more appealing.