Bio
Art has been central to my education and experience since the mid 80’s and has culminated in the present artists statement. At the age of 8, I was introduced to classical ballet. 8 years later, I had studied in a number of different companies including the National Ballet of Toronto. At 16, my interest in dance shifted to music. As a lead guitarist and singer in a rock/blues band, I participated in the recording of personal compositions and live performances. At 17, I had the opportunity to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York city which boasted such former students as Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. These early experiences revealed an implicit relationship between music, dance and theatre. At 19, I left for Montreal where I earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, from Concordia University. Following the break up of an important relationship, I painted furiously to cure my solitude and discovered therapeutic properties inherent to the creative process. This eventually led me to complete a second undergraduate degree in Fine Arts. While the first degree cultivated my interest in cognition and behaviour, the second enabled an experiential understanding of those things through the non-verbal process of painting. Eventually I discovered a field which combined Psychology and art into one hybrid discipline and I earned a master’s degree in Art Therapy. I have come to view Art Therapy as the most relevant artistic movement of our time.