Biography

I am an award winning photographer living on Salt Spring Island on the west coast of Canada, in British Columbia. I've been photographing for over 40 years, working on my personal fine-art projects as well as doing commercial work for clients. 

My particular focus is the social landscape - the touch of the human hand on the landscape. I endeavour to create photographs that capture the dramatic simplicity of the landscape, with their geometric arrangement of shapes and lines.

My photos are widely exhibited in BC, including multiple appearances in the Sooke Fine Art Show, the Salt Spring National Art Prize Parallel Show, and the Pendulum Gallery - Vancouver, as well as being exhibited at PhotoPlace Gallery - Vermont (online), and Salon am Moritzplatz - Berlin.


Exhibitions

  • 2023 Sooke Fine Arts Show: Sooke, BC
  • 2023 Little Pockets of Defiant Beauty: Mixed media group show, as curator/participant, ArtSpring, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2022 Arts Umbrella Splash: Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • 2022 Sooke Fine Arts Show: Sooke, BC
  • 2022 Nature of Memory: Invitational show, Salt Spring Arts, Salt Spring, BC
  • 2021 Gathering of Trees: Invited guest - Salt Spring Gallery of Fine Art, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2021 Arts Umbrella Splash: Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • 2021 Sooke Fine Arts Show: Award of Excellence, Sooke, BC
  • 2021 Poetry of the Ordinary - PhotoPlace Gallery (online exhibition)
  • 2020 Collaborations In A Time of Covid: Writers and Artists of Salt Spring - Margaret Day, Curation: Presented by ArtSpring, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2020 You Are Not Alone - An International Mail Art Exhibition: Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, BC - Salon am Moritzplatz, Berlin
  • 2020 Sooke Fine Arts Show: Award of Excellence (x2), Sooke, BC
  • 2019 This Changing Planet with Juror | Laura Beltrán Villamizar: Centre for Fine Art Photography (online exhibition)
  • 2019 Salt Spring National Art Prize - Parallel Show: Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2019 Sooke Fine Arts Show: Sooke, BC
  • 2019 Easter Art Show - Homage: Salt Spring Arts Council, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2018 Daubs of Yellow: Presented as part of David Wisdom’s Summer Slideshow Series, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
  • 2017 Salt Spring National Art Prize - Parallel Show: Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2017 Daubs of Yellow: Presented by David Wisdom, ArtSpring, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2016 Empty Windows: Presented by the Point Gallery, Salt Spring Island
  • 2015 Six Days Only! Solo show, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2015 Two Yellow Lines: Presented as part of David Wisdom’s Summer Slideshow Series, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
  • 2014 Two Yellow Lines: ArtCraft Showcase, juried solo show, Salt Spring Arts Council, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2014 Sooke Fine Arts Show: Award of Excellence, Sooke, BC
  • 2014 Empty Spaces - Open Places: Mixed media group show about grief, as curator/participant, ArtSpring, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2013 Sooke Fine Arts Show: Sooke, BC
  • 2012 3rd Annual Fine Art Signature Showcase: Curated by Matt Steffich of the Steffich Gallery, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2011 Who Am I & Why Am I Doing This? Two person collaborative show with Thea Chapman, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2009 Masterpiece Weekend Show: Curated by Matt Steffich of the Steffich Gallery, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2008 Through a Glass Darkly: Group collaborative show combining photographic images and writings on a theme, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2007 Through a Pinhole Brightly: Collaborative photographic project with Murray Polson, combining pinhole photographs with an on-site camera obscura, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2005 Nocturne: Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • 2003 G/reyn: Against the Grain: Solo show, ImageWorks, Vancouver, BC
  • 2003 Artists Among Us: Burnaby Arts Council, Burnaby, BC 
  • 2001 St Roch 2 The Arctic: solo show, Photo/Space, Burnaby, BC
  • 2000 St Roch 2 The Arctic: solo show, Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vancouver, BC
  • 2008 identity: Group show, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2007 From a Past Life: solo show, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2003 G/reyn: Against the Grain: Self-curated show, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2004-2023 PhotoSynthesis: Group show, People's Choice Award 2019, Salt Spring Island, BC
  • 2008, 2009, 2012 i2i - Faculty Show: Western Academy of Photography, Victoria, BC
  • 1999-2001 Ampro Photo Workshops, Vancouver, BC 

FEATURED IN

  • “Aqua Magazine”, 2008

  • “See Through Our Eyes”, Salt Spring Arts Council Newsletter, 2007 

  • “Day in the Life of Salt Spring”, contributor, special feature Driftwood Newspaper, 2007 

  • “Aqua Magazine”, 2007

  • “Day in the Life of Salt Spring”, contributor, special feature Driftwood Newspaper, 2006 

  • “The Quarterly”, RCMP Newsletter, 2001 
  • “Focus” (Italy), 2000 

AWARDS

  • Sooke Fine Art Show - Award of Excellence 2021
  • Sooke Fine Art Show - Two Awards of Excellence 2020
  • Sooke Fine Art Show - Award of Excellence 2014

Selected Clients

  • Susan Benson
  • Cheryl Long
  • Josephine Fletcher
  • Susan Huber
  • Jane MacKenzie
  • Karen Reiss
  • Alicjia Swiatlon
  • Karin Milson
  • Shay Kuebler
  • Peter Hatch
  • John Reid
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