I first began painting in 1981 and for the first 8 years, while I lived in Aylmer, Quebec, I basically developed my style(although, In 1983, I actually exhibited in my first public art exhibition, at the tender age of 15 and with, what I would now consider to be far too few years of experience as an artist at the time, looking back in hindsight). In 1989, I joined the Aylmer Arts Council and participated in public exhibitions (at which I had sold several works) with them until I purchased my house in Bells Corners, Nepean, in 1995. Also in 1991, I had met Gaston Therien, curator of the Ottawa Art Gallery in the Byward Market building and exhibited and sold my artwork there until 1997 when my son, David, was born and the Byward Market building temporarily closed for renovations.
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