I am a visual artist, Born in The Netherlands in 1960. My father, Leo Mes was also a visual artist and I grew up doing life drawing with my father and learning all about the different media and their applications. Conversations where rich about the arts in our home. I have been drawing and painting since I was a child. As an adult I studied and apprenticed with Artist and Creative, Jan de Kok in Culemborg for about a year, The Netherlands. In 1991 I made a permanent move to Vancouver, Canada and was able to take courses at Emily Carr University of Art and...more