He has been represented by several galleries in British Columbia and now by the West Wind Gallery of Langley, the Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery on Granville Island, Hambleton Fine Art Services of Vancouver, The Seymour Gallery of Deep Cove, and the Boat Show Gallery of Bellingham Washington.

Seaspan International, the largest tug company on the west coast commissioned him to paint five large pieces for their entrance gallery. His paintings hang in private and corporate collections in Canada and the United States.

Art Education
1964  Began painting in oils to provide a break from PhD studies in Mathematics.
1965  Vancouver School Board Evening class in oils 1966-1981 Continued to paint in oils
1981  Evening class in watercolours from Alan W. Edwards, President of Federation
           of Canadian Artists. Alan became one of my chief mentors.
1981  Attended FCA Workshop in watercolours on Salt Spring Island
1982  Attended FCA Workshop in watercolours on Salt Spring Island
1983 -1988 Coordinated and attended the FCA Workshop on Salt Spring for two weeks
            each summer. The instructors included Kiff Holland, Bob Genn, Mike Svob, Alan Wylie,
            Liz Smiley, Rex Brandt, Joan Irving, Linda Doll, Judi Betts, Christopher Schink,
            Carl Christopherson and Richard Nelson.
1983  attended a one-week summer watercolor workshop with Rex Brandt and
            Joan Irving in California.
1986   Florence Italy, attended a three-week workshop with instructors Harry Heine
            and David McLaulgin.
1988   attended a one-week watercolour workshop with Christopher Schink
            on Vancouver Island.
1995   attended a weekend workshop with Kiff Holland at Capilano College.
2001   attended a 3-day oil workshop with Alan Wylie 2002- February, Attended a 5 day oil
             workshop with Mike Svob 2002- September, Attended a 5 day oil workshop with Mike Svob

Professional Activities
1983  One-person show in North Vancouver City Hall
1983  Started showing in the Grosvenor Gallery of Vancouver
1983 -1988 Coordinated FCA Salt Spring Summer Workshops (See above)
1985  One-person show in West Vancouver Library
1985 -1995  Showed in 10 galleries in British Columbia and Alberta-e.g. Pegasus Gallery
            on Salt Spring, Humberston Edwards in West Vancouver, Creekhouse Gallery on
            Granville Island.
1988  Cates tug painting juried into North Shore Credit Union Calendar
1989  awarded the prestigious signature of AFCA. (Associate of the Federation of Canadian Artists)
            by my peers in the Federation of Canadian Artists.
1990  Commissioned to do Miki Tug painting for the cover of “The Westcoast Mariner” magazine,
            March issue.
1990  Commissioned by Seaspan International to do five tug paintings for their entrance lobby. These
            were in the lobby until Seaspan was sold. Seapspan also did 100 prints of three paintings for gifts.
1991  (Approximately) One-person show in Ferry Building Gallery
1993  (Approximately) One-person show in Seymour Art Gallery
1991-1994  Taught mathematics during the summer months in Indonesia. This took time away
             from painting, but gave me good subject matter.
1992  (Approximately) Served as juror for Seymour Art Gallery Shows
1993  (Approximately) Seymour Art Gallery purchased one of my paintings.
1998  Retired as a mathematics instructor and started painting full time.
1998 -2001 Revived and coordinated the FCA Saltspring Island Summer Workshops
2000  Juried into FCA international AIM show (First Prize $25,000)
2001  Juror for an Art Show for FCA Gallery with Robert Genn and Tin Yan
2001  Juried into 3 shows in FCA Gallery including the prestigious Medal Show.
2001  Tug painting juried into Foss Tug calendar. (Foss is the largest tug company on the
            west USA coast.)
2001  Painting in FCA, Paint by Numbers show.
2002  Participated in the Harmony Arts Summer Studio Visits program
2002  Painting in FCA, Paint by Numbers show 2002- November- Juror for FCA Show
2002  November- Juror for West Vancouver Sketch Club with Susanne Northcott
2003  March - Demo for West Vancouver Sketch Club
2003  August - Juried into FCA International Show-Painting on the Edge
2003  December - One Person (One month) Show at Seymour Art Gallery, Deep Cove
2003  December - Selected as sole Juror for Dynamics Chocolate Box covers competition.
2004  January through February Taught 5 weekly classes in watercolours for the Port Kells Art
           Club in Langley BC
2004  February - A featured artist in the Boat Show Gallery of the Vancouver Boat Show
2004  March- One month as Feature Artist at Hambleton Fine Art Services in Vancouver.
2004  September - Invited to participate in the FCA Paint by Numbers Show.

Travel
Sketched and photographed in all of the following locations:
Asia (mainly Indonesia): 8 months
Europe: 6 months
Auto trip across Canada: 2 months
Many visits to Western USA and Western Canada
Cruised Alaska, Caribbean, Hawaii and Mexico down to Panama

Artist's portrait by: Tom Huntley