Currently, I live in Vietnam working as an educator, teaching both Art and English, which I have done for the last 3 years. In my spare time I undertake private freelance work and personal art projects.

Around-about 2019 I began an unassuming 5 x 9cm sketchbook drawing trees with 0.5mm fine tip Sakura Micron pens. This was started as a way for me to continue drawing while working too many hours working random labour jobs. This sketchbook was small enough that it fit in my pocket and was with me at all times so that I could continue to make art while in transit, on breaks, sneaking away and hiding while I was supposed to be working or after hours at a pub or cafe after work.

I choose trees because growing up in Canada I have always been very observant and appreciative of the nature and the fauna that surrounded me. My artwork has always been influenced by an understanding of natural anatomy and repetitive patterns and textures I saw around the world, upon my travels. 

The thought was that trees would provide plenty of inspiration and that it was a concept that I would be able to come up with innumerous illustrations without running the well dry. There was also the pairing of trunk and leaves, pillar and canopy, bole and laminae and the juxtaposition of the two and the endless possibilities to experiment with texture and tone with the limited arsenal of one very fine pen.