159:. In 1976 his work was chosen for exhibition at Place Bonaventure in Montreal for the all-Canadian Olympic show. In 1977 he completed a mural for the Winnipeg Convention Centre of a prairie scene, half-fashioned in chromed steel. His work then went on a travelling show organized by the Winnipeg Art Gallery, titled
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Through his work which includes silkscreen prints made at the Grand
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