Award winning artist.​​​​​​​ A native son of Red Deer, Alberta and presently residing in North Vancouver, Canada Studied Design Communications specializing in photography, television graphics and film. A career spanning 18 years as a TV graphic artist creating opening titles for such shows as BBC’s 'Wildlife on One', news camera and as an award winning Visual FX artist for film and television, most notably Stargate SG1, Angels & Demons, IRobot and Tropic Thunder to name a few. A passion for nature and what lies beneath the waves, scuba diving around the world for some twenty years, it was a natural progression to step into the realm of ocean conservation from armchair warrior. The last thirteen years have seen him on some thirty four global marine based campaigns with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as an officer, ships manager and primarily as a stills photographer and videographer, with images appearing in The NY Times, National Geographic NZ, Oceanographic, Le Point Magazine and Laika magazine.