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Sometimes our minds hold visions and dreams that we do not fully understand
and yet, for an artist, there is the compulsion to express
them...to explore their substance, and to share them. Self-taught, this has involved a process of experimentation continuing
from the earliest days to the present.
Every
artist, I believe, brings to the easel a rich palette of all life experience ~ the colours of their own emotions, the brush of their talent, and the many hues
of joy and pathos. Realities are filtered through a unique and prismatic vision, finding a voice which resonates in the heart
of at least one other. And so, we obediently follow the Muse to the unknown ~ to grow, to bloom again, to infuse the work with freshness and vitality.
In the beginning, my work was almost always representational
and figurative. The realism of the early watercolours gave way later to other media and more stylised work depicting
creatures and places which seem to belong to a time other than the present. Born in my imagination, they reflect many of my
own interests and passions: music, literature, theatre, and dance.
As
my life changes, so does the work. It cannot be otherwise. In whichever direction the work moves, it is always my hope
that it will touch and uplift and ignite something in the observer. This, to me, is where the work finds its completion and
its purpose. And this is why
I am an artist.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009
‘Healing
Through Art: 'Justice for All'’
Canadian Mental Health Association
Canadian Club Brand Centre ~ Windsor,
Ontario
February 21st through March 7th
Opening Reception: Saturday February 21st - 8:00 p.m.
Leamington
Arts Centre ~ Leamington, Ontario
March 19th – April 19st
2008
‘Healing Through Art: 'It's Natural'’
Canadian Mental Health Association
Art
Gallery of Windsor ~ Windsor, Ontario
March 19th through April 19th
Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 19th,
6-7 p.m.
Leamington Arts Centre ~ Leamington, Ontario
March 21st – April 21st
'ART WALKerville'
Magana Gallery ~ Windsor, Ontario
July 25th
2007
‘Healing
Through Art: 'Everything Isn't Black or White'’
Canadian Mental Health Association
Art Gallery of Windsor ~ Windsor,
Ontario
February 24th through 28th
Opening Reception: Saturday February 24th - 8:00 p.m.
Leamington Arts Centre
~ Leamington, Ontario
March 21st – April 21st
2006
'ART WALKerville'
Magana Gallery ~ Windsor, Ontario
July 21st
‘In Your Face’ ~ Canadian Portrait Exhibition
Art Gallery of Ontario – Toronto, Ontario
July
1st ~ December 31st
‘Healing Through Art: Unveiling the PersonBehind the Mask’
Canadian Mental Health Association
Art Gallery
of Windsor ~ Windsor, Ontario
February 25th
Leamington Arts Centre ~ Leamington, Ontario
March 22nd
– April 22nd
2005
'ART WALKerville'
Magana Gallery ~ Windsor, Ontario
July 22nd
Exhibition of
original figurative works
Art Galia - Tecumseh, Ontario
Ongoing
from February 1st
2004
'The Art of the Miniature XII'
Snow Goose Gallery ~ Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
May 2nd - June 12th
2003
'Close to my Heart'
collaborative exhibition to benefit breast cancer
Artspeak
Gallery ~ Windsor, Ontario
October
'Art for Women's Sake'
International Breast
Cancer Research Foundation
October
The Art of the Miniature
Snow Goose Gallery
~ Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
May ~ June
'Tree Poems' Solo Exhibition
Artspeak Gallery ~
Windsor, Ontario
April
2002
Featured Artist ~ Art for Womens Sake
International
Breast Cancer Research Foundation Madison, Wisconsin
2001
First Annual Exhibition: Canadian Society
of Miniature Painters, Gravers and
Sculptors,
Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The Art of the Miniature IX: The Snow Goose Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
2000
The
Annual Juried Miniature Show: Michael Gibson Gallery London, Ontario, Canada
Jubilee: The Bible: 2000 Years and Beyond:
Israel Society of Miniature Art Travelling Exhibition ~ Israel
Second World Exhibition of Miniature Art: Australian
Society of Miniature Art Hobart, Tasmania
The Art of the Miniature VIII:
The Snow Goose Gallery Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
3rd International Exhibition of Miniatures and Small Pictures:
S.A.M.A.P. Chateau de Bernicourt, Saint Amand Forest, France
Biennale Internationale DArt Miniature 2000: Bois ou
Papier: Salle Augustin~Chenier Ville~ Marie, Quebec, Canada
Silver Anniversary Exhibition: Miniature Arts Society
of Florida St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
1999
Annual International Miniatures Show: Society of Miniature Painters,
Sculptors and Gravers Washington, D.C.
The Annual Juried Miniature Show: Michael Gibson Gallery London, Ontario, Canada
Annual
Miniatures Show: Park Lane Gallery Kirkland, Washington, U.S.
The Spring Annual in Venice: Art Addiction Gallery Palazzo
Correr, Venezia, Italy
International Miniatures Show: Seaside Gallery of the Outer Banks Nags Head, North Carolina,
U.S.
Annual International Miniatures Exhibition: Miniature Art Society of Florida Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
1998
The
Annual Juried Miniature Show: Michael Gibson Gallery London, Ontario, Canada
Annual International Miniatures Art Exhibit:
Nevada Artists Association Carson City, Nevada, U.S.
International Miniatures Show: Seaside Gallery of the Outer Banks
Nags Head, North Carolina, U.S.
Annual International Miniatures Show: Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and
Gravers Washington, D.C.
1997
The
Annual Juried Miniature Show: Michael Gibson Gallery London, Ontario, Canada
Annual International Exhibition of Miniature
Art: Del Bello Gallery Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1996
The
Annual Jured Miniature Show: Michael Gibson Gallery London, Ontario, Canada
'For Canada...With Glowing Hearts': Travelling
Exhibition: Neilson Park
Creative Centre, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Biennale Internationale DArt ~ Bois ou Papier:
Salle Augustin~Chenier Ville~Marie, Quebec, Canada
1995 Solo
Exhibition: Magana Gallery Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art: Del Bello Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
AWARDS
2001
Bronze Award: 'Best
Surrealistic or Abstract Painting ~ Any Medium'
First Annual Adjudicated Show of the Canadian Society of
Miniature Painters,
Sculptors and
Gravers Society,
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1999
8th Place Award:
Annual International Exhibition of Miniatures, ParkLane Gallery, Kirkland, Washington
1998
2nd Place ~ International Category:
Annual
International Exhibition ~ Miniature Painters, Gravers & Sculptors Society of Washington, D.C.
1998
3rd Place: Mixed Media Category:
Annual Miniatures Exhibition
~ Nevada Artists Association, Carson City, Nevada
1995
2nd Place: Drawing Category:
Annual Exhibition of Miniature Art ~ DelBello Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
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