Biography

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010    Point of View, Amicus Gallery, Chester, NS. (Group invitational)

2009    Drawn from the Past, Amicus Gallery, Chester, NS. (Group invitational)
           Canadian Society of Painters in  Water Colour (CSPWC), CSPWC Members Exhibition,
                St. Francis Xavierr University Art Gallery, Antigonish, NS  (Group)
          Art Off the Map, FRED, Halifax, NS (Group)

2008    Marine Paintings, Maples Gallery, Bedford, NS. (Group invitational)
          Pieces of Eight,  Amicus Gallery, Chester, NS. (Group invitational)
           Art off The Map, FRED, Halifax, NS

2007    CSPWC Members Exhibition, Craig Gallery, Dartmouth

2006    Solo Exhibition, Maples Gallery, Bedford, NS,
           Shorelines, Amicus Gallery, Chester, NS. (Group invitational)

2005/2006 - Limitless Potential  an 80th anniversary travelling exhibition of the  CSPWC. Stewart Hall
                 Art Gallery, Point Claire QC, Mullan Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Varley Gallery, Markham ON.

2005    Endless Possibilities, an 80th anniversary juried exhibition of the CSPWC, Roberts Gallery, Toronto, ON.            Unlimited Potential, an 80th anniversary curated exhibition of the CSPWC, Homer Watson Gallery,              Kitchener ON.
           Fairways, Amicus Gallery, Chester, NS. (Group invitational)

2004/2005 - Atlantic Watercolour Showcase, works by Atlantic Members of the CSPWC,
              Government House, Halifax, NS. (Group)
           Local Colour, The Gallery at Paula MacDonald Pottery, Chester, NS. (Group)

2003    Corners in Chester. The Gallery at Paula MacDonald Pottery, Chester, NS.
           Water. Juried Exhibition. CSPWC Gallery @ Wallace Studios, Toronto.

2002    By the Sea, Visual Arts Nova Scotia. (Group)

1999    Notions from The Oceans, Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, Halifax.

1998    Far and Wide, Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS)  Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS), University of Cape            Breton Art Gallery (UCCB) and AGNS Yarmouth. (Group Juried)

1997    From the Sea, ARTsPLACE, Annapolis Royal, NS. (Solo)

1996    Far and Wide, Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) Biennial Juried Exhibition. AGNS) and UCCB. (Group)

1995    From the Sea. Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. (Solo)
           Passages. Dalhousie Art Gallery. (Solo)

1994    Far and Wide, VANS 1st Biennial Juried Exhibition. Dartmouth Heritage Museum. (Group)

COMMISSIONS

1995 - 2011: Collectors in Halifax, Bedford and Chester, Calgary AB, Great Britain, Bermuda and the USA. Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. CFB Shearwater Helicopter Squadron.

COLLECTIONS

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Purchase)
Nova Scotia Art Bank, 3 purchases, 1994, 1998 and 1999
Private collections in Halifax, Dartmouth and Glen Haven, Nova Scotia; Fredericton, New Brunswick; Granby, Quebec; Ottawa, Toronto, Cambridge, Guelph, and Gormley, Ontario; Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta; Sweden, Great Britain, Bermuda, and the USA

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour
Canadian Artists Representation (CARFAC)
Visual Arts Nova Scotia

EDUCATION

Master Of Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD)
Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Arts in Art Education, NSCAD
Associate, Ontario College of Art

I was born in Cornwall, Ontario and moved to Halifax thirty-seven years ago. I have lived, as well, in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick.

I hold a BFA and an MA in Art Education from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. I studied painting with Art MacKay at
the Regina College Art School and Kenneth Noland at the Emma Lake Workshop, Saskatchewan, and watercolour painting with Kay Stanfield, Marie Koehler-Vandergraaf and Jeannie Edmonds-Hancock in Nova Scotia. Earlier, I studied Advertising Illustration and Typography at the Ontario College of Art, receiving the Associateship (AOCA) of the College.

I worked first as a typographer and designer for the Ryerson Press in Toronto, The University of Chicago Press in Chicago, and free- freelance in Regina, Saskatchewan, and Fredericton, New Brunswick. I have been active in the art-scene in Halifax, writing reviews for Arts Atlantic and Visual Arts News, presenting workshops and seminars, and working in art galleries and museums. I have been painting full-time since 1996.

 

lance in Regina, Saskatchewan, and Fredericton, New Brunswick. I have been active in the art-scene in Halifax, writing reviews for Arts Atlantic and Visual Arts News, presenting workshops and seminars, and working in art galleries and museums. I have been painting full-time since 1996.

In 1988, after painting in acrylics for many years, I discovered the fun and challenge of watercolour painting. Searching for subject matter, I began to paint the skies, water and weather. Now, my paintings emerge from the experience of sailing the coastal and offshore waters of Atlantic Canada for nearly thirty years. I have done much of the navigation on voyages as far afield as Boston and Newfoundland, and this experience is central to much of my work.

In November, 2002, I was elected to membership in the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (CSPWC).