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Education:
BA, Carleton University, Ottawa Canada

Continuing Studies/Art:
Sir Sanford Fleming College of Art, Haliburton Ontario, Dennis Cliff
Workshops with Charles Spratt and Lucy Manley

Subject/Medium:
Landscapes/ Coastal/Wildlife/occasional Portraits – oil & acrylic
Abstract landscapes/wildlife – wool, natural fibers – handwoven tapestries

Art Tours:
Canadian Arctic and Greenland: 1975, 1984, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006
Canada – Ontario, Quebec: 1973 – present, Newfoundland: 1980’s and 1990’s
Southwest USA – Texas, New Mexico and Arizona – 2002- present
Antigua, BWI – 1999

Affiliations:
PAG – Polar Artists Group - historical liaison, board of directors
WNAG – Worldwide Nature Artists Group
SCA – Society of Canadian Artists (elected)
ECOAA – East Central Ontario Art Association (Exhibition coordinator, annual Algonquin Park Show)
MVST – Madawaska Valley Studio Tour (past Chair)
Plien Air Ensemble
VAO – Visual Arts Ontario

Group Shows:
Vancouver Maritime Museam – 2006-7, permanent collection
Linkway Gallery, TD Centre, Toronto, 2006
Win Henstock Gallery, Oakville Ontario, 2006
Sotheby Auction, Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, 2006
Gallerie Old Chelsea, Chelsea Quebec Canada, 2001, 2007
Eclipse Gallery, Deerhurst Resort, Huntsville Ontario Canada, 2006
Gallery on the Grand, Waterloo Ontario Canada, 2006
Visual Arts Centre Orleans, (VACO), Ottawa, 2003-4
ECOAA Exhibitions, Ontario venues, 1999 – present
South of 60 Arts Centre, Barry’s Bay Ontario Canada, 2000- present
Algonquin Park Visitor Centre, Algonquin Park, Ontario Canada, 2003-present

2-3 person Shows:
“Wild Women, Painters of the Wilderness”, Eclipse Gallery, Deerhurst Resort, Huntsville Ontario Canada, 2006
“Arctic Landscapes”, Cedar Ridge Gallery, Scarborough Ontario Canada, 2004
“Algonquin Trails”, Britannia Gallery, Ottawa, 2003

Lectures, Demonstrations:
History of Painting in the Arctic – slide presentation, South of 60 Arts Centre, 2003
Painting from Nature - Demonstration South of 60 Arts Centre, 2003
History and Inspiration in the Arctic Landscape – slide presentation, at sea in Davis Strait, 2002 & 2006

Collections:
Represented in private, public and corporate collections in Canada, USA, Europe, China and Australia

Awards:
Renfrew Art Fair – 1st prize, 1999
Barrie City Hall, - honourable mention, 2000
South of 60 “Landscapes” – 2nd prize, 2006