In my 2nd grade art class I drew a picture of the Millenium Falcon and found out that I was a pretty good drawer. Since then I’ve explored the representation of ideas, people, landscapes and other subject matter through my artwork with varying degrees of success. I recently came to realize that as a born and raised Edmontonian, I’ve seen many paintings representing the landscapes of my home town (and home province), the majority of which I would describe as being fairly traditional representations. Upon this realization I decided to create some of my own landscapes in an attempt to capture the Edmonton and Alberta that I have come to love while also attempting to push the boundaries of my creative and technical abilities. My goal when creating these landscapes is to give the viewer a broader experience than simply looking at a nice picture. I enjoy playing around with different colours, textures, patterns and perspectives to achieve this goal. People have called my style of painting pointillist, cubist, digitalist, mosaic, abstract, impressionist, stoner-ist and one little boy commented that a painting I was working on was cool because it “looked like lego.” Whatever the case may be, my greatest hope when I create a painting is that it gives the viewer an experience that only that painting can give them and that hopefully the experience is worthwhile.