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1952

Born Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1966

Edmonton Art Gallery Group Show
Edmonton Exhibition Group Show

1968

Westmount Mall Group Show

1969

Coutts Hallmark Scholarship
Graduated Eastglen High School

1974

B.F.A., University of Alberta
S.U. Gallery B.F.A. Group Show

1975

S.U. Gallery Solo Show

1976

B.Ed., University of Alberta

1977

Ponoka Jr. High School, art instructor

1978 ~ 2001

Avalon Jr. High School, art instructor

1979

Walter Ilkiw Memorial ‘Swim 1’(commission)

1981

Off Whyte Gallery  Solo Show (flower paintings)

1983 ~ 1986

Woltjen-Udell Gallery Group Shows

1987

Birth of daughter, Barclay Mercedes Martin

1989 ~ 2001

1989 ~ 1993

Canadian Rodeo News (free-lance photographer)

Calgary Stampede Western Gallery and Auction

1991

CRN (September ‘The Rodeo Cowboy’)
West End Gallery Group Show
Edmonton Journal (article with image)
‘Chinks’ purchased by the Alberta Art Foundation

1992

‘Low Tone at Sundre’  (commission Hanna Pro Rodeo)
Gallery on 124th Street Solo Show  (western work)
Trip to Paris, France

1993

CRN (front cover, June)
‘BR1’ Elkana Rodeo (poster and t-shirts)
Cody Snyder’s Bullbustin’ PBR (free lance photographer)
‘Surcingle and Glove’ CFR Bareback Champion, Darrell Cholach

1994

‘Lea Park 40’with limited edition fine art prints(commission Lea Park Rodeo)
‘Saddlebronc’ CFR Saddlebronc Champion, Rod Hay
‘Bill Kehler’ (commission Skoal Inc.)
Calgary Stampede Souvenir Rodeo Program (photographs)

1995

Grassland Gallery Group Shows
CRN (Feburary )
CanWest Brahma Boots Catalogue
RodeoNews (U.S.A. publication, photographer)
‘Skoal Inc.’ (commission National Tobacco)
‘Duane Daines’ (commission Welsh’s Saddlery)
‘SB1’ Edmonton Journal public raffle during CFR 95
WornOut West (two t-shirts)
Tudor Tack Shoppe (commission two logos)
‘Bull Rope’ CFR Bullriding Champion, Wes Cyr
‘Boots, Chutes and Spurs’ calendar
Buck ‘n Ball Reno, Nevada (photographer)
United States Tobacco (photo of Kingsway Skoal press kit)

1996

Breast cancer
‘Coors Chute-Out 96’ (commission Molson Breweries Canada)
CFR Skoal Inc (free-lance photographer)
United States Tobacco (photo of Kingsway Skoal press kit)
RodeoNews (U.S.A. publication, April front cover)
PBR Las Vegas (free-lance photographer)
CanWest Brahma Boots Catalogue (cover)
CanWest Brahma Boots (t-shirt)
NFR (photo shoot of Mark Cain, Copenhagen ProBullrider)
Buck ‘n Ball, Reno, Nevada (commission and photographer)
The Corner Post Newspaper, Reno, Nevada (article)
Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno, Nevada (article)
Wrangler ‘s Champion Endorsee Program (member)

1997

‘Coors Chute-Out 96’ posters (Molson Breweries Canada)
CBC Women in Sports Documentary
‘Enriching the Lives of Children Society’ (3 photos of Gizmo Williams on Northcott’s Trigger Happy, poster)

1998

Calgary Stampede CD-Rom (Folgard Group, photos)

1999

Breast cancer

2000

Western Horseman, April, article with images

2001

Greenlight Entertainment Brochure

2007

‘Western’ solo show, BZKA Architectural Firm

2008

‘Sweet Magnolias’ solo show, BZKA Architectural Firm