Born in Germany, emigrated to Canada as a child, led a peripatetic life in Canada and Europe, returning to the family home in Barbados consistently since 1976.

1958-62         Drawing from the model with Canadian artist Karl Kronlachner

1973              University of Waterloo, PhD German literature

1978 - 81      Galerie Berger for Canadian Native Art in Germany

since 1999     Art instructor in Canada and Barbados


Selected Awards

2005             K-W Society of Artists, Waterloo, Canada

2001            35rd  Eastern Michigan International Art Exhibition, Port Huron, USA

                    Holbein Award for innovative use of watercolours

                   Canadian Society Painters of Water Colours, Toronto, Canada

2000           30th Annual International Exhibition, Louisiana Watercolor Society, USA 

                    International Watermedia, Pikes Peak Watercolor Society, Colorado, USA

                   Look Show, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia Canada

1999           33rd  Eastern Michigan International Art Exhibition, Port Huron, USA

                   Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant, Canada           

1998           Look Show, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia Canada