After finishing university I moved to Vancouver, Canada where I saw some three-dimensional holograms made by Al Razutis. I was so awe-struck by his images that I asked him to teach me how to make holograms. He agreed and when the lessons ended, he hired me as his assistant to help him make his Visual Alchemy exhibition that mixed holograms with sculptures.

Razutis's studio was also part of a vibrant art scene that included the animator Shelley McIntosh, the artist Gary Lee-Nova, the painter Catherine McTavish, the choreographer Evelyn Roth, the holographer Jerry Pethick, the animators Marv Newland and Al Sens, the art lecturers Ian Wallace and Sam Carter, the filmmaker David Rimmer as well as the contemporary art curators Bau-Xi Huang, Jack Hardman, and Alvin Balkind.

I want to thank all of these people for encouraging me to make art.