As far back as I can remember I've been drawing. As a child my drawings reflected the simple narratives of a boy's fantasy life; as a youngster a fascination with cars and planes; as a teenager fantastic, obsessive landscapes and copies; as a young adult first a quest for perfection, then a move towards gesture drawings; as a student at UVic large drawings where sometimes streaks of blood mingled with the graphite and charcoal from attacking the paper. Drawing is, and always has been, the touchstone of my art making.