Although
I often tell people art is my first love, the real love of my
life, of course, is my wife of 29 years, Colleen ... and my three
children;
Jessie, Lucy, and Ritchie. Colleen is the Chief Negotiator for the Treaty Process of the Gwa'sala-"Nakwaxda'xw Nations. Without her
support and encouragement I'd never have been able to paint - or do much of anything else. In the past few years we have both taken a greater
interest in our family roots. For myself I was thrilled to discover that my mother's family were descended from Eduard Marion a prominent
metis from Manitoba who was connected to Louis Riel and the Manitoba Rebellion. The picture that linked you here is of Jules Marion,
a great uncle, who was a sharpshooter in the Buffalo Bill Cody Show. Last year we went to Scotland and Ireland to further trace
our family ties.
Jessie, Lucy, and Ritchie. Colleen is the Chief Negotiator for the Treaty Process of the Gwa'sala-"Nakwaxda'xw Nations. Without her
support and encouragement I'd never have been able to paint - or do much of anything else. In the past few years we have both taken a greater
interest in our family roots. For myself I was thrilled to discover that my mother's family were descended from Eduard Marion a prominent
metis from Manitoba who was connected to Louis Riel and the Manitoba Rebellion. The picture that linked you here is of Jules Marion,
a great uncle, who was a sharpshooter in the Buffalo Bill Cody Show. Last year we went to Scotland and Ireland to further trace
our family ties.