About

My art education began at l’École des beaux arts du Québec where I studied sculpture, but my heart was always taken by small objects. The school did not offer a metals program, so later I studied silversmithing and jewellery making at Algonquin College in Ottawa and Haliburton School of the Arts, in addition to taking seminars and workshops.

I worked for the Federal Government in communications and senior management for over 35 years ,all the while studying and making jewellery and attending craft fairs. Since retirement in 2009 I’ve been working on my craft full-time. My husband is also an artist, and we share space at Moondance Gallery in Clayton.

My art education has proved valuable: I am a French docent at the National Gallery of Canada. Being surrounded by great art, and sharing my love of it with the public, especially school children, has definitely influenced my work.