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At the age of seven I had decided to be an artist and not really knowing what that would look like, I was excited to go surfing and to one day be painting something.

I spend my fourth year of elementary school drawing –

drawing characters every day. As it turned out I did not pass grade four,

Although I did get a few gold stars for my drawings.

Grade seven I had the best afternoon, although donut day and book is a close second. From 12 noon till 5pm, I spent the afternoon in the art supply room,

the door wasn’t locked.

I made a float-plane frame out of balsa wood strips –

the wing span was as long as my arms.–

Grade 9 art class, half my drawings where taken and so my grade was low I was a little bothered by it.

After high school, I started to paint.  

 B.F.A. from Emily Carr University, with a Major in Visual Arts.

Independent author who has worked as an artist in residence, art instructor, children’s book author-illustrator, in-home muralist.

A surfer of the streets and the ocean.

My greatest desire and primary motivation is to paint, encourage and engage children of all ages. Art is the question you create an answer for.

Although the only one I can encourage as well to motivate would be my seven year old self.

To paint and that painting creates more paintings. On discovering how wonderful Reading, writing, more reading, drawing, riding a whale of a long-board, going street surfing can be and will lead you to be totally stoked in the pursuit of happiness. 

Continue to be stoked and continuing to paint.

 Creating a safe fine balance on the boards and in life.

 MONKEYS ARTS STUDIO