A Canadian Indian First Nation Ojibway, born in 1956.
He studied under Isaac Bignell who taught him the sponge technique of painting. Beyond that, the artist is self-taught.
In 1984 he was honored as Artist of the Year by the Manitoba Bison Alumni Association, which produced a limited edition print of his Grazing Buffalo.
In 1988 one of his prints was chosen for the cover of a book which was distributed to schools and libraries across Canada and was also sold in Japan. Other commissions and exhibitions followed.