My art is rooted in the land and rough beauty of Ontario. Born in Petawawa, then moving to the shores of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, I gained from these places a profound appreciation of the natural world, its harmony of land and water. The land has always been my anchor.
Colour, texture and light are the language of my paintings. I evolved naturally into an abstract painter to access the emotional strength of colours.
My work is inspired by everyday events and images. The sights and sounds of ordinary life offer profound discoveries to my sensibility.
Since my graduation from art college in 1983, I have done many commissioned works for individuals and organizations. My paintings reside in many private and public collections in Canada. I have also had the pleasure of selling paintings to collectors in New York, New Zealand, France and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2010:
Group Show – Engine Gallery, December 2009 January 2010, The Distillery District, Toronto
2009:
Ties That Bind – New Works, October 3 – November 5, Arts on King, 169 King Street East, Toronto
2008:
Yellow Quill, Engine Gallery, 1112 Queen Street W., Toronto
New Works, Arts on King, Toronto
Diverse Abstractions, Gallery@129 Ossington, Toronto
Selected Works, Engine Gallery, the Distillery District, Toronto
2007:
New Works, Arts on Queen, Toronto
Selected Works, Engine Gallery, 1112 Queen Street West, Toronto
2006:
Searching for Higher Ground, Arts on Queen, Toronto
2005:
There is No Bohemia, Harbour Gallery, Kincardine, Ontario
2004:
Weather, Wagner-Rosenbaum Gallery, Toronto
2003:
Indelibile, Wagner-Rosenbaum Gallery, Toronto
Group Show, Triangle Studios, Toronto
2002:
Bed, Wagner-Rosenbaum Gallery, Toronto
Fealty, Wagner-Rosenbaum
2001:
Selected Works, Triangle Studios, Toronto
Selected Works, Barbara Greene Fine Art, New York
Selected Works, Toronto Dance Theatre, Toronto
2000:
Two Artists Solo, Academy of Spherical Arts, Toronto
1999:
High Water Mark, Nikola Rukaj Gallery, Toronto
1998:
Two Artists Solo, Academy of Spherical Arts, Toronto
1997:
Selected Works, The Foundation Gallery, Toronto
1995:
Selected Works, St. Joseph Printing Co., Concord, Ontario
1994:
Georgian Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
1990:
Canadian Auto Workers Education Centre, Port Elgin, Ontario
1989:
York Community Services, Toronto
1987:
Group Show, Housing – A Right, Power Plant, Toronto
1986:
Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts, Toronto
1985:
Group Show, Weller Potofsky Gallery, Toronto
1984:
Canadian Labour Congress, Ottawa
Breaking Ice, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
Commissions
Canadian Auto Workers, Port Elgin
James, Bickerton & Moore, Toronto
Government of Ontario, Toronto
Institute for Work & Health, Toronto
Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, Toronto
Ontario Federation of Labour, Toronto
Ontario New Democratic Party, Women’s Caucus
United Steelworkers of America
Many individual commissions
Collections:
Academy of Spherical Arts, Toronto
Canadian Auto Workers, Port Elgin
Georgian Gallery, Owen Sound
Goldstone Studios, Toronto
Foundation Gallery, Toronto
Hatrick & Associates, Barristers, Toronto
The Strategic Counsel, Toronto
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound
Triangle Studios, Toronto
United Steelworkers of America, Toronto
Wardle Daley Bernstein LLP, Barristers, Toronto
Workers Health & Safety Centre, Toronto
York Community Services, Toronto
Many Private Collections
