Drawn freehand directly on the computer and printed on an inkjet printer, my drawings do not contain any photographs nor scanned material.

An inherently hybrid process combining the languages of drawing and computer imaging, my practice brings together the opposite notions of handmade and technological, of organic and mechanical, of physical and virtual. Combining technology with subjectivity, the work draws the viewer to an awareness of the devices of image construction and to the complexities of fiction. In addition to dealing with familiar concepts such as drawing and photography, we are now affected by the recontextualizing effect of the new field of imaging.

Several related concerns run throughout the work: an investigation of image making, the hybridization of the languages of drawing and computer imaging, and a focus on the constructed landscape.

The subjects of my work may be interpreted equally as models for planned communities or as aerial views of fictional suburbs, reflecting the dual role of the computer as a tool for urban planning as well as image capture. Encouraging a reflective attitude by its perpendicular and distant viewpoint, the aerial view is used here to comment on society's occupation and transformation of the natural landscape. In addition, the obviously invented nature of these suburbs exaggerates existing situations and drives the subject matter into the investigative domain of science fiction. Examining the relation between design and actual lived experience, the works subvert the apparent rationality of urban design, exposing conflicts that lurk beneath the surface. These digital drawings are a comment on the fears as well as the dreams expressed in suburban culture.

born: 1952, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

education

Concordia University, Montreal, Graduate Diploma in Computer Science, 1985
Concordia University, Montreal, MFA, 1984
Université du Québec à Montréal, BFA, 1978

selected awards/honors

Purchase Award, Delta National Small Print Exhibition, Arkansas State University, AR, 2009
Hunterdon Museum Purchase Prize, National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ, 2008
Johnson & Johnson Purchase Prize, National Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ, 2008

selected publications

North American Print Biennial, The Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA, 2009
Delta National Small Print Exhibition, Arkansas State University, State University, AR, p. 20, 2009

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Like The Spice Gallery, New York, NY, 2008
Fly Gallery: Two of My Favorite Machines, Toronto, Ontario, 2001
Harcourt House Gallery: Strange Attractors, Edmonton, Alberta, 1999

selected group shows

International Print Center: New Prints 2009/Winter, New York, NY, 2009
Boston University: North American Print Biennial, The Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA, 2009
The Front Room: The Ballot Show, New York, NY, 2008
Cristinerose Gallery: From Above and Beyond, New York, NY, 2008