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Address: 4039 Comanchi Rd. N.W.

Calgary, AB   T2L 0N9

 Tel: 403-289-6106

Senior CIPA member since 2001

STATEMENT

The portraits that I paint are based on people I have encountered and who enriched our community by reflecting different walks of life and diverse cultural and religious backgrounds. Drawing from life experiences allows me to put more of myself into each painting.

Water media has intrigued me for years, I like the way the paint moves then sinks into the paper to create a variety of edges, textures and brush strokes. Transparent pigments that sit next to opaques offer me a wonderful variety of visual interest. Water media provides a challenge and allows me to take a personal approach to my work.

AFFILIATIONS

Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists (CIPA)

Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (C.S.P.W.C.)

Alberta Society of Artists (A.S.A.)

Federation of Canadian Artists (SFCA)

California Watercolor Association (CWA)

EDUCATION

B.P.E., University of Calgary – Major in Fine Arts

B.Ed., University of Calgary – Major in Fine Arts

SELECTED AWARDS

• 2003 - Opus Award (2nd) – Paintings on the Edge International Exhibition - Vancouver
• 2003 – Finalist – Artist's Magazine – Portraits - U.S.A.
• 2003 - Silver Medal, Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists - Canada
• 2002 - Gold Medal, New York Adirondacks International Exhibition - U.S.A.
• 2002 –Honorable Mention – Artist's Magazine Competition - U.S.A.
• 2001 - A.W.S. - Silver Medal of Honor - U.S.A.
• 2001 - C.W.A. - Silver Medal - U.S.A.
• 2001 - Finalist - Artists Magazine - Portraits - U.S.A.
• 2000 - C.S.P.W.C. - S.J. Sloan Award - A Brush with History - Ontario
• 2000 - C.S.P.W.C. - H. K. Holbein Award - Open Watercolour Exhibition - Ontario
• 2000 - Watercolour West - National Watercolour Society Award U.S.A.
• 1999 - Honorable Mention - Artists' Magazine - Portraits - U.S.A.
• 1999 - The Evans Award - Vancouver, B.C.
• 1999 - 1 st Place - Signature Show, Western Canadian Artists F.C.A. - Alberta
• 1998 - 4 th Place - Windsor and Newton International Watercolour Competition - U.S.A

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

The First Seventy Years - Historical Book A.S.A. - 2000

Our World in the Year  2000 - Windsor and Newton

Canada's Who's Who  2002, 2003 Edition

International Artist  2000, 2001, 2002

Watercolor Magic  2001, 2002,2003,2004            

Artist's Magazine  1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

EXHIBITS

• 2003   Paintings on the Edge, federation Gallery, Vancouver
• 2003   N.W.W.S. 63rd exhibition, Artists Gallery, Seattle
• 2002   Interntional Watercolour Exhibition, National Watercolour Museum, Mexico City, mexico
• 2002   Search for the Human Essence, Traingle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• 2001   A.W.S. 134th International Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, N.Y., N.Y
• 2001   Royal Collection Exhibition, travelling Exhibition: Canada House, London, England; O'Connor Gallery, Toronto, Ontario,; Arts & Letters Club, Toronto, Ontario
• 2000   A Brush with History: The first 75 Years, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Ontario
• 2000   Your World in the Year 2000, International Exhibition, Winsor& Newton Travelling Exhibition; new Yourk (United Nations); London England, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1999 Mexico / canadian Watercolour Exhibition, Mexico