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My first eight years of education
were in a one-room school at Boyne Lake, Alberta. We were encouraged
by our teachers to draw and paint, mainly to decorate the drab walls
and blackboards. I loved it! The resources were few, but I discovered
my greatest source of inspiration from nature. I observed the many
details of land formation, trees, fauna, life and culture. I painted
the way I saw it, and have developed my realistic style.
I now work from my own photographs, still life, sketches and on
location. I enhance my composition to create an aesthetic balance
and rhythm, in an array of beautiful rich colors to create a pleasing
reality, fading into a visionary background.
I first started painting
in oils, then acrylics, watercolors, and dyes on rice-paper...watercolors
being my favorite medium.
Although I am mainly self-taught,
I have refined my art with the many courses I have taken throughout
the years.
Art Education:
Mainly self taught , but with Continuing Education, U of A Extension,
Harold Allison, Meredith Evans, George Weber, Frank Haddock, Edmonton
Art Gallery, Sutton School of Art, Jerry Heine and Isabelle Hunt
Johnson.
Subject Matter:
Landscape, florals, still-life and genre
Medium:
Oil, Acrylic, Watercolors and Dyes on Rice-paper
Shows:
1991 Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alta
1991 Multicultural Heritage Centre, Stony Plain, Alta
1991 collections Gallery, Edmonton, Alta
1992 Heritage Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1994 Grasslands Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1994 Oppenhauser Gallery, Stony Plain, Alberta
1994 Livingroom Cafe Gallery Edmonton, Alberta,
1995 Livingroom Cafe Gallery Edmonton, Alberta,
1997 Stathcona Place Center, Edmonton, Alberta
2000 Strathcona Place Center, Edmonton, Alberta
2001 Misericordia Hospital Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
All group shows with Edmonton Art Club since 1986 to present, averaging
four shows per year.
Special Awards:
Edmonton Northlands Fair 1982 - 1987...seven first and three second
prizes for oil and acrylic paintings, plus The Division Sweepstakes
Award in 1987. in 1988 received The Golden Brush Award for a watercolor
painting at The Edmonton Art Club' Critic' Choice Show.
Memberships:
Edmonton Art Gallery Docent 1985-1989
WECAN Society since 1989
Edmonton Art Club Since 1986
Studio-71, 2001 CONTACT
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