Birth Place
Calgary, Alberta

Residence
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta

Education
2007, Master Spinners Certificate with distinction, Olds College, Olds, Alberta
1989, Professional Photography Certificate, New York Institute of Photography, U.S.A

Art Related Experience

• 2008, Master Spinners Instructor- Level 3, Olds College, Olds, Alberta
• 2008, Instructor Skills Workshop, Olds College, Olds, Alberta
• 2006-2007, wrote level 3 course materials for Olds College Master Spinners courses, Olds, Alberta
• 2005, presented Spinners Palette and Spinning Fine Shetland Lace Workshops for the Deep Cove Spinners and Weavers Guild, British Columbia
• 2005, presented "Got Your Goat" workshop and Shetland Wool lecture for Salt Spring Island Fibre Arts Guild, British Columbia
• 2004, presented Spinning Fine Lace Yarns workshop for Edmonton Weavers Guild, Alberta
• 2004, presented Spinning Fine Lace Yarns workshop for Salt Spring Island Fibre Festival, British Columbia
• 2004, presented Spinning Fine Shetland Yarns workshop at Olds College Fibre Week, Olds, Alberta
• 2004, presented Spinning Fine Lace Yarns and Spinners Palette workshops at Fibrefest International
• 2001, presented horsehair braiding workshop for Rocky Parks and Recreation, Alberta
• 1992, presented 5 day photography workshop for Rocky Parks and Recreation, Alberta

Selected Awards

• Placed in annual international photo contest in Photo Life Magazine, 2009
• 3^rd place People's Choice award , Diversity 2007 VAAA Show, 2007
• 1^st place; hand knitting category, Focus on Fibre Arts Show, Alberta Art Gallery, 2006
• Grand Prize, Focus on Shetland NASSA Show, Olds College, Olds, Alberta, 2004
• 1^st place in Canada, 8^th in World, Highland International Spin In - finest thread competition, Bothwell, Tasmania, 2003
• 1^st place photography, Springbank Fall Fair, Springbank, Alberta
  

Professional Associations

VAAA- Visual Arts Alberta Association
Carfac- Canadian Artists Representation

Website
http://www.uncommondepth.com/

Bibliography

• Finalist in annual photography contest, Cowboys and Indians Magazine, 2009
• Featured in annual international photo contest, Photo Life, 2009
• Featured in showcase, Photo Life, 2008
• Note Book Magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 5, 2008
• Featured article by Felix Russo, PhotoEd, 2008
• Published photo "Anticipation", File Magazine, 2007
• Printed portfolio of photography, Land of Possibility, 2007
• "Get your Hackles Up", Spin Off (Interweave Press), 2007
• "Unleashing Your Creativity", Spinners Quarterly, July 2006
• 1996-2004: several written and illustrated articles related to the fibre arts published in leading agricultural and fibre arts publications, such as Interweave Press, Chasmirror, American Livestock Breeds Conservancy New and more.

Group Exhibitions

• 2009, Looking Glass Joint Show, VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• 2009, Exposure 2009, Arts on Atlantic, Calgary, Alberta
• 2008, Western Showcase, Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, Calgary, Alberta
• 2008, The Works Art and Design Festival, VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• 2008, Open Photo Show, VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• 2008, Visions of Light, Kerry Wood Nature Centre, Red Deer, Alberta
• 2008, Spring Fling Show and Sale, Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, Red Deer, Alberta
• 2007, Tamarack Motor Inn Art Show, Tamarack Motor Inn, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
• 2007, Medicine Hills Arts Festival, Bentley Ag Center, Bentley, Alberta
• 2007, Diversity 2007, VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• 2007, We Are All Photographers Now, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
• 2006, Tamarack Motor Inn Art Show, Tamarack Motor Inn, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
• 2006, Focus on Fibre Art, Alberta Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• 2004, Focus on Shetland, Olds College, Olds, Alberta
• 2004, HWSDA Juried Show, Lethbridge College, Lethbridge, Alberta
• 2003, Spun, VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• 2003, Fibre Works, VAAA Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• 2003, Highland International Spin-In, Bothwell, Tasmania