2015 - present Maders Cove, NS, Canada
studio works in Maders Cove
live painting at St. John's Church, Mahone Bay, NS
eco-printed textiles
home design and build (general contractor)
2007 - 2015 Kelowna, BC, Canada
gallery affiliation: White Stone Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
interior design Sacred Space Kelowna General Hospital
home design collaboration residential home
hand-painted linen fabric
design linen wraps for Jigsaw Clothing
1994 - 2007 Vancouver, BC, Canada
textile design business: Februar Textile Design
interior custom textiles @ Willian Switzer Fabrics
silk scarves design and hand-painted for Holt Renfrew
custom painted perfume bottles for Holt Renfrew
acrylic mixed media paintings
gallery affiliation: Kurbatoff Gallery, Vancouver, BC
gallery affiliation: Bellevue Gallery, West Vancouver, BC
2006 - 2008 Delta, BC
studies under Joanne Beaules-Ruggles
workshops: figurative painting
1990 - 1994 Karlsruhe, Germany
freelance art director
directing photoshoots interiors and fashion
catalogue layout design and production
1989 - 1990 Nürnberg, Germany
senior art director @ McCann Erickson
Coca Cola Light advertising campaign and others
1988 - 1989 Milano, Italy
architectural drawings
collaboration publishing house Oemme Edizioni
sketches and drawings
1986 - 1988 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
graphic design freelancer
New England School of Art and Design
1983 - 1986 Hamburg, Germany
art director: catalog design and layout
freelance fashion illustrations
freelance graphic design: Coca Cola Light ad campaign
1980 - 1983 Munich, Germany
Deutsche Meisterschule für Mode
communication design
graphic design
designer: home textiles
fashion illustrations
installations & exhibits
YEARLY during Lent St. John"s Lutheran Church, Mahone Bay, NS, Canada
STATIONS OF THE CROSS exhibit during Lent each year
2018 St. John"s Lutheran Church, Mahone Bay, NS, Canada
Live painting of the STATIONS OF THE CROSS
2017 St. John"s Lutheran Church, Mahone Bay, NS, Canada
REFORMATION BANNER textile banner printed and painted
2015 Taylor College and Seminary, Edmonton, AB, Canada
HEALING AND RESURRECTION SERIES (7 paintings)
2008 South Hill Church, Vancouver, BC Canada
REVELATION and ACTS (6 wall panels 49" x 82")
2003 First Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC Canada
UNTITLED and EASTER MORNING (2 paintings 10" x 48")
workshops
I designed and facilitated
2019 Maders Cove, NS
Private with person of special needs
2018 Mahone Bay, NS
St. John's Lutheran Church
Q&A walking through the Stations of the Cross with a youth group followed by painting workshop
2010 - 2012 Kelowna, BC
Rotary Centre of the Arts
What is Your Story?
Your Story in FairyTales
2010 - 2012 Kelowna, BC
CARIS society (women in recovery)
Expressing Your Own Story
2010 Manila, Phillippines
Community and Self
Life Painting during worship
2009 Calgary, AB
Self expression through painting
Life Painting during worship
2009 Kansas City, MO
Heartland Presbyterian Retreat Ctr
Pages and Passages of Your Live
Life Painting during worship
2005 Calgary, AB
Workshops: Self expression through painting
Life Painting during worship
2004 Vancouver, BC
Embracing Life (chronic and terminal illness)
2003 Calgary, AB
Entheos Retreat Center
Self expression through painting
Life Painting during worship
2002 - 2005 Vancouver, BC
First Baptist Church
Meditating on Scripture through painting
2001 - 2002 Vancouver, BC
ELST STUDIO
Book-binding
Creative book making
studio works in Maders Cove
live painting at St. John's Church, Mahone Bay, NS
eco-printed textiles
home design and build (general contractor)
2007 - 2015 Kelowna, BC, Canada
gallery affiliation: White Stone Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
interior design Sacred Space Kelowna General Hospital
home design collaboration residential home
hand-painted linen fabric
design linen wraps for Jigsaw Clothing
1994 - 2007 Vancouver, BC, Canada
textile design business: Februar Textile Design
interior custom textiles @ Willian Switzer Fabrics
silk scarves design and hand-painted for Holt Renfrew
custom painted perfume bottles for Holt Renfrew
acrylic mixed media paintings
gallery affiliation: Kurbatoff Gallery, Vancouver, BC
gallery affiliation: Bellevue Gallery, West Vancouver, BC
2006 - 2008 Delta, BC
studies under Joanne Beaules-Ruggles
workshops: figurative painting
1990 - 1994 Karlsruhe, Germany
freelance art director
directing photoshoots interiors and fashion
catalogue layout design and production
1989 - 1990 Nürnberg, Germany
senior art director @ McCann Erickson
Coca Cola Light advertising campaign and others
1988 - 1989 Milano, Italy
architectural drawings
collaboration publishing house Oemme Edizioni
sketches and drawings
1986 - 1988 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
graphic design freelancer
New England School of Art and Design
1983 - 1986 Hamburg, Germany
art director: catalog design and layout
freelance fashion illustrations
freelance graphic design: Coca Cola Light ad campaign
1980 - 1983 Munich, Germany
Deutsche Meisterschule für Mode
communication design
graphic design
designer: home textiles
fashion illustrations
installations & exhibits
YEARLY during Lent St. John"s Lutheran Church, Mahone Bay, NS, Canada
STATIONS OF THE CROSS exhibit during Lent each year
2018 St. John"s Lutheran Church, Mahone Bay, NS, Canada
Live painting of the STATIONS OF THE CROSS
2017 St. John"s Lutheran Church, Mahone Bay, NS, Canada
REFORMATION BANNER textile banner printed and painted
2015 Taylor College and Seminary, Edmonton, AB, Canada
HEALING AND RESURRECTION SERIES (7 paintings)
2008 South Hill Church, Vancouver, BC Canada
REVELATION and ACTS (6 wall panels 49" x 82")
2003 First Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC Canada
UNTITLED and EASTER MORNING (2 paintings 10" x 48")
workshops
I designed and facilitated
2019 Maders Cove, NS
Private with person of special needs
2018 Mahone Bay, NS
St. John's Lutheran Church
Q&A walking through the Stations of the Cross with a youth group followed by painting workshop
2010 - 2012 Kelowna, BC
Rotary Centre of the Arts
What is Your Story?
Your Story in FairyTales
2010 - 2012 Kelowna, BC
CARIS society (women in recovery)
Expressing Your Own Story
2010 Manila, Phillippines
Community and Self
Life Painting during worship
2009 Calgary, AB
Self expression through painting
Life Painting during worship
2009 Kansas City, MO
Heartland Presbyterian Retreat Ctr
Pages and Passages of Your Live
Life Painting during worship
2005 Calgary, AB
Workshops: Self expression through painting
Life Painting during worship
2004 Vancouver, BC
Embracing Life (chronic and terminal illness)
2003 Calgary, AB
Entheos Retreat Center
Self expression through painting
Life Painting during worship
2002 - 2005 Vancouver, BC
First Baptist Church
Meditating on Scripture through painting
2001 - 2002 Vancouver, BC
ELST STUDIO
Book-binding
Creative book making