Primarily a landscape artist, he was born in 1940 and raised in the small Acadian community of Surette’s Island in Nova Scotia.  In the late 1950s he moved to Ottawa and began a federal government career that spanned 37 years.  Now retired, he lives in Gatineau and devotes his full time to painting.

He is a self-taught artist who has studied relentlessly the technique of painting in oils.  He draws his inspiration from nature, particularly from the shores of Nova Scotia and rural Québec.  His travels throughout the world reinforced his appreciation for the medium and finally in 1995 he resumed his passion and joined the Ottawa School of Art.  His keen eye for contrasting colours, lights and shadows, has sharpened even further as he paints sweeping landscapes and water scenes. His work now hangs in Ontario, Québec, the Maritime provinces, British Columbia, in the United States (Maine, New York, Virginia, California, Minneapolis), as well as in France.  His solo show, “Mon Acadie,” was presented at the Théatre de l’Ile in Gatineau; also, the "3 Medi-Hommes show at the Old Chelsea Gallery.