A lone gold house rises from the pumpkin patch, breathing light into the fading season. Artists BioI hook nearly everyday. My goal is to live simply, and make hooked rugs that are unmistakably art. I am the author eight books, and had my first solo exhibit in 1999 and I continue to exhibit my work, write and run my gallery and studio in Amherst, Nova Scotia. My work is in private and public collections around the world. Group and or Solo Exhibitions:Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Acadia University Art Gallery Justina M. Barnacle Gallery, University of TorontoThe Rooms Art Gallery of Newfoundland and LabradorThe New Brunswick MuseumThe Mary Black GalleryGroup Show The Canadian Textile MuseumGroup Show Marion McCain Exhibit Beaverbrook Art Gallery AwardsIn 2023, was honoured to receive The Order of Canada for my work in the advancement of rug hooking as an art form.Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Mt St. Vincent University.Canadian Rug Hooker of the Year, Rug Hooking Museum of North AmericaNominee, Atlantic Book Award for Best Published Book in Atlantic Canada Permanent Collections:Canadian Museum of CivilizationThe Rooms Art Gallery of Newfoundland The Art Gallery of Nova ScotiaThe Nova Scotia Art Bank
