My principal media are acrylic and oil paint. The common thread through all of my work is that the images are abstracted, expressed with bold color and form, communicate complex and meaningful personal connections to things and nature.
Place of Birth: Windsor , Ontario
EDUCATION
1973 - M.F.A. in Painting/Drawing, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois
1973 - M.A. Painting/Drawing, Northern Illinois University,
Dekalb, Illinois
1971- B.F.A. in Studio Art, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
1977 - B. Ed. Type A Certificate, Art Specialist Certificate,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1982 - Architectural Drafting; Architectural Rendering,
Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, Toronto, Ontario
1984 - Japanese, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1990 - History of Photography, Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, Toronto, Ontario
Workshops with
2004 - Kai Chan Sculpture
1999 - Jane Gordon Figure Drawing
1972-3 - Mr. Wayne Thibaud Painting
- Krishna Reddy (Master Printer) Printmaking (Intaglio)
- Mr. Benjamin Mahmoud Painting
- Mr. J. McCarthy Painting
SHOW RECORD
2008 - CONTACT Photography, DeLong Gallery, Toronto
2007 - CONTACT Photography , Toronto, Art Works Group Show
2006 - CONTACT Photography , Oakville, Art Works Group Show
2006 - Kaleidoscope - Group Exh., Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
2006 - A MONTH IN PHOTOGRAPY, Art Gallery of Peel, 4 Photo-Artists, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
2006 - Engine Gallery, Toronto, Solo Exhibition, April 2006
2004 - Coop Gallery, Scollard St. Toronto
2004 - Toronto Art Expo, Toronto Convention Center
2004 - Village Gallery, Group show, Port Credit, Ontario
2001-2 - The Royal Ontario Museum, J.K.ROM, Toronto
Mysteries of the Physical World, SOLO Exhibition
2000 - Prince Arthur Fine Arts, Between, Into and Through, SOLO, Toronto
1996 - Solo Exhibition "Between Trees", John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
1995 - Lakeshore Arts Committee Annual Juried Show, Toronto
- The Library & Gallery, Cambridge Open Juried Exhibition
1979-81- Studio Exhibitions , Toronto
1978 - Independent Exhibition, paintings/prints, The Great Hall,
- The Bishop Strachan School, Toronto
1977 - Solo Exhibition in connection with Artists with Their Work, A.G.O., Northern College, Kirkland Lake, Ontario
1976 - Solo Exhibition in connection with Artists with Their Work, A.G.O., North Bay Public Library, Gallery
- Studio Exhibition, Toronto
1975 - Merton Gallery Artists, Gairloch House, Oakville
"Hart House, Women" Exhibition, University of Toronto
" Festival of Women in the Arts Exhibition, Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto
1974 - 13th Annual Toronto Art Show
- House for All Seasons, Toronto
- Shaw Rimmington Gallery, Toronto
- Canadian Artists Association, University of Windsor
1974 - Merton Gallery Print Show, Toronto
1973 - Burpee Gallery Annual Exhibition, Rockford, Illinois
- Faculty Select, Northern Illinois University
- North Western University, Chicago, Illinois
- Art Gallery of Windsor, juried exhibition
- Northern Illinois University , One Woman Show
1972 - Solo Exhibition, Newman Center, Dekalb, Illinois
- Student Association, Northern Illinois University
- Faculty Select, Northern Illinois University
1972-73 - Art Gallery of Windsor, Southwest Show
- One Woman Show of Painting, Northern Illinois University
1971 - Group Exhibition, Temple Bethel, Toronto. Four Artists
- Northern Illinois University, One Woman Show of Painting
1971-70 - Faculty Select, University of Windsor
1970 - University of Toronto, National Competition
AWARDS
- Ontario Art's Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2006
- MAC "Established Visual Artist" Award - finalist. 2005
- Ontario Art's Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2004
-Arts Etobicoke, Jury prize, Fall 2004, Toronto
- Ontario Art's Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2001
- Ontario Art's Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 1996
-Jury Prize - 1995, Juried Exhibition, juried by T.Piezchuck
