I wouldn't consider myself an outsider artist because I have a university degree in painting.

Yoko Ono is someone who's music I've discovered more recently. The current cd rereleases of her albums all had bonus tracks recorded just with a tape recorder and I'm really into these at the moment because they have a great intimate feel.

My main influence are the other members of the Royal Art Lodge, we've drawn together enough that we can't help but influence each other.

I've been very fortunate in my art career. It's something I would never have expected.

Winnipeg has the largest collection of Inuit art in the world, I believe. They can be quite simple in a great way and often have sparse backgrounds and isolated characters. They often have a really great look to them.

When I was a school kid I used to read lots of comics. This started me on drawing, I would make my own comics about my teddy bear whose name happened to be Ted.

I wouldn't consider myself an outsider artist because I have a university degree in painting.