About the Artist

Iain attended Emily Carr in the late 1970's, but is otherwise self taught.

As a child he would sketch mountain scenes one moment and then muscle cars and logging trucks the next. Light, shadow and perspective were always important.

Early teenage years were heavily inspired by the human figure. The beauty of strength, weakness, anger and love. The emotion in a gesture of the hand.

A great art teacher named Craig Campbell (George Bonner Jr. Secondary) introducted Iain to printwork, paint, and clay. But the greatest lesson was the importance of focusing on your work.

"My seat was in the supply room behind Campbell's desk. If not for him no work would have gotten done. I was either clowning around or trying to impress the girls". Thank you Mr. Campbell!"

From Iain's late teens to his mid 40's tradional art took a distant backseat to life, as is common if you lose focus. But whatever job he was doing, creativity came in to play.

Now in his 50's he's here, sculpting wood. Aware of the world's distracting noise and trying to create pieces that will help other people focus.