• Okanagan born of a pioneer family

• Graduate of the Vancouver School of Art

(now Emily Carr)

• Studied at the Ontario College of Art and

Okanagan College in the Fine Arts Program

• Taught at the Kootenay School of Art

• Taught Adult Education classes in Kelowna, Pentiction and Vernon

• Taught summer sessions in the Okanagan Summer Art School, Penticton

• Taught at Elliot Lake Summer Art School, Ontario