I cannot remember a time in my life when horses and saddles did not fascinate me, so it was fortunate that I grew up on a farm. There, I learned early in life how to handle horses, ride, and understand their nature.

My passion for horses joined my passion for drawing, and as a youngster I filled the margins of my schoolbooks with doodles of horses. My artistic ability later led me to the Ontario College of Art & Design, followed by a career—now spanning 25 years—of drawing and selling comic, advertising and editorial illustrations, as well as fine art paintings and portraits.

But though I’ve been creating art for a quarter of a century now, often I feel as though I am just getting started, for there are many wonderful images inside my head that have yet to be painted.