Series 1 & 2: Morality Tales: These relief constructions are strong, politically committed paintings. I finished them shortly after my graduation from the Toronto School of Art in the early 1990's. I envisioned them as constructed objects whose import transcends any physical boundaries that set frames might present. Their impact lies in a universe of modern-day concerns: a loss of our natural environment. For me, the paintings were a first foray into abstraction and an affirmation that ideas could find expression in the juxtaposition of symbols within shifting spaces in an individual work. These concepts form the basis of my paintings, prints and drawings today.