CV (Changes) b.1986, Canada. Grows up in Nova Scotia. Pleasant childhood, spent sailing 2004 Leaves Nova Scotia for the first time; encounters Tsunami 2005Ends up in Cuba. Receives scholarship to study painting at Nova Scotia College of Art & Design 2008Father is lost at sea; returns from Chicago.2009Takes studio beside the painter Gerald Ferguson. Lawrence Weiner's eulogy asks "why didn't Jerry leave Halifax?"2010 Visits Paris with award from the French embassy in New Brunswick. 2011 Travels to Germany; "Five Studies" causes doubts about images 2013 Painting "Taste Test" is shortlisted for Canada's painting prize 2014 Rents small studio in Berlin. 2014-2025 Work becomes increasingly private; hermetic work "Sea voyage to France." 2017 Returns to Cape Breton Island to make "Immortal Invisible," produce in part by the National Filmboard of Canada2018 Begins clearing land in Cape Breton and living outside; the painting "Yellow Bird" is a breakthough 2020 Paintings start opening up again. Attributes to "rural life; colors between mountains; watching behaviour of light, plants and animals." 2021Begins building summer studio on Cape Breton Island 2022-2024 *WHAT ABOUT MOMENTS WHEN I'M WRITING ON A BENCH.