AFFILIATED WITH :   Connections Fibre Artists, Guelph.

BIO :   College of Applied Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Diploma Royal College of Art and Design, s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.

Many private commissions as well as large works for public buildings in North America. Participated in exhibitions in Canada and abroad. Grants from The Canada Council and Ontario Arts and Crafts Councils. Adjudicator for various fibre art exhibitions in Canada and the USA.

Teaching : Workshops include: Callaway School of Needle Arts, Georgia; The Council of American Embroiderers (2-week study retreats); Fibreworks, Kingston; Canadore College, North Bay; Metchosin International Summer School for The Arts, Vancouver Island; Quilt Canada (in Ottawa and Vancouver);
Embroiderers' Association of Canada; Sheridan College, Oakville;   Textile Art Guild of Michigan; Textile Alliance of the Cleveland Museum; teaching/lecture tour throughout Australia and New Zealand resulting in 24 workshops; summer courses at the Haliburton School of The Arts since 1981.

SKILLS :   Various fabric collage workshops on different themes; combinations of mixed media techniques; machine embroidery; emphasis on colour and design; sources of inspiration. A list of workshop descriptions can be obtained upon request.

FEES :   Workshop fee is $ 400.00 per day (for 6 hours) Slide show/presentation $300.00.
Two-day workshops are prefered, but will adjust content to one-day class if that is the amount of time available.

TRAVEL :   Will travel anywhere by train, bus or air, providing travel expenses are reimbursed.

OTHER :   Interests :   Mixed media fabric collage, free-style machine embroidery, design, colour, painting, architecture, anthropology.

Comments :   I enjoy developing new workshops, especially when themes are connected with the focus of my own work. With a fascination for many visual art forms and a passion for colour, teaching feeds my own ideas and insights, and satisfies a natural desire to share these with others to nurture confidence, enthusiasm and above all, the imagination.