EDUCATION:
1996, 1997, 1998 - Critique Group for Professional Artists - Eileen Raucher Sutton
1995 - Developmental Painting (Critiques) - Eileen Raucher Sutton
1992 - 1995 - Workshops/University of Alberta extension courses with Barbara
Hartmann, Harry Savage, Jerry Heine, Brian Atyeo,
Robert Sinclair, Frances Alty-Arscott, Noboru Kubo,
Gregg Johnson, Joyce Kamikura
1978 - Graduated with Honours in Matriculation,
Spruce Grove Composite High School, Alberta
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1993 - present - Instructing art classes and workshops for children, teens and adult
beginner/intermediate levels at Metro Continuing Education,
AAC of Spruce Grove, and
community art organizations in Alberta
2010 - Access TV Course Connections for
Metro Continuing Education
2009 - Interactive Feature Artist at the Red Deer Artwalk
2009 & 2002 - City TV Breakfast Show Art Demonstration for Metro
Continuing Education
2008 & 2009 - Art Critiques for Edmonton Art Club and Society of Western
Canadian Artists
2007 – 2009 - Alberta Society of Artists – North Branch Public Art Lecture
Co-ordinator
2005 –2007 - Alberta Society of Artists - Councillor at Large
Provincial Executive
2003 & 2012 - Serve on ASA Scholarship Jury
2002 & 2010 - Juror for the Alberta Society of Artists annual membership jury
1996 - 2000 - Alberta Society of Artists - Provincial Exhibition Councillor
2000 - 2002 - ASA Exhibition Co-ordinator for Travelling Exhibition,
“Bridging a New Century”
1994 - 1997 - Federation of Canadian Artists, Edmonton Branch,
Membership Chairperson
1991 - 95 & - Served as Vice President, President and Past President of the
1997 - 1999 Allied Arts Council of Spruce Grove
SOLO & 2 PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
Dec/Jan 2015 - "The Iconic Alberta Rose" - McMullen Gallery, Edmonton
2010/11 - "Studies of Nature" - Misericordia Hospital
2009 - “A Conservation Portrait – Wagner Natural Area” ,
Spruce Grove Art Gallery
2005 – 2007 - “A Conservation Portrait – Natural Habitats and Species” ,
Travelling Solo Exhibitions at Kerry Wood Nature Centre,
(Red Deer), Crowsnest Pass Public Art Gallery,
MCPAG (Stony Plain),
2 Person Exhibition - McMullen Gallery (Edmonton).
2003 - “Captured in Colour” - 2 Person Exhibition - Scott Gallery,
Edmonton
2000 - "Petal Into Spring" - Pacif'ic Gallery, Saskatoon
2001, 1999, 1995, 1994 - "Flower Power I, II, III and IV" - Manulife Place East, Edmonton
1998 - Recent Work (2 Person) - Generations Gallery, Stony Plain
1997 - "Flowers Escapes" (2 Person) - Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton
1997 - "A Breath of Spring" - Special-T-Gallery, Edmonton
1996 - "Flowers" - Rowles & Company, The Carvery/Westin Hotel, Edm
1996 - "Bloom Out the Winter Blues", Walterdale Playhouse Gallery, Edm
1995 - "Endangered Treasures" (2 Person) - Special-T-Gallery, Edmonton
1995 - "Exploring Canadian Flora and Fauna"(2 Person) - Oppertshauser
Gallery, Stony Plain
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2014 - "Wild Alberta" - (3 artists) - MCPAG, Stony Plain, AB
2013 - "Open Water 2013" - CSPWC Juried Exhibition - Leighton Art Centre, Calgary
2013 - "Abundance of Nature" - Akokiniskway Gallery, Rosebud, AB
2012 - "Abundance of Nature" - CAVA Gallery, Edmonton
2012 - "Inspired by Travel" Juried Exhibition - Leighton Art Centre, Calgary
2011 - "Blossoms & Botanicals" Juried Exhibition - Whyte Museum, Banff
2011 - ASA Open Juried Travelling Exhibition - "The Forest Show",
various Alberta galleries
2008 - "A Bird in the Hand - Profiles Public Art Gallery, At. Albert
2008 - 2010 - ASA Juried Travelling Exhibition – “Small is All”,
various galleries across Canada
2006 - “Women in the Landscape–Preserving Habitats and Species” ,
Leighton Art Centre, Calgary
2006, 2000 & 1994 - “Into the Garden" – Juried Group Shows, Red Deer
& District Museum
2005 – 2006 - ASA Juried Travelling 75th Anniversary Exhibition,
“Memory & Identity”, Public Alberta galleries
2004 – 2008 - ASA Juried Group Show – “Child’s Play”, McMullen Gallery,
Edm. & AFA Travelling Program
2004, 03 & 02 - ASA Juried Group Shows, Edmonton City Hall
2001 - 2003 - "Blooming Prairie" - AFA Travelling Exhibition Program,
various Public Venues, Alberta
2000 - "Open Water" - CSPWC 75th Annual Open Juried Exhibition,
Toronto, ON
2000 - 2002 - "Bridging a New Century" - ASA Juried Travelling Exhibition,
various Public Galleries, Alberta
GALLERIES:
Leighton Art Centre, Calgary
Candler Art Gallery, Camrose
The Spruce Grove Art Gallery (Allied Arts Council)
ART AFFILIATIONS:
- The Alberta Society of Artists (ASA) - since 1995
- Allied Arts Council of Spruce Grove (AAC) – since 1991
- AFCA - Associate Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists 1996-98
COLLECTIONS:
- The Alberta Foundation for the Arts
- Alberta Treasury Branches
- Allied Arts Council of Spruce Grove - Arch Art, AB
- Birdsell Grant Gardner, Stony Plain, AB
- City of Spruce Grove (Municipal Purchase 1998, 1995 and 1991)
- Food Beverage Canada, Edmonton, AB
- J.S. Wood Public Library, Saskatoon, SK
- Keith Bowering Professional Corporation - Baker Clinic, Edmonton, AB
- KI Westberg Professional Corporation, Red Deer, AB
- Medical Offices of Dr. Leiberman, Dr. Robert Black and Dr. Gail Black, Edmonton, AB
- Mella Accounting, Stony Plain, AB
- Parkland County, Stony Plain, AB
- Priel & Co. Law Office, Saskatoon, SK
- Saskatchewan Government Insurance, Regina, SK
- Town of Stony Plain, AB
- University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB
- Westgrove Clinic, Spruce Grove, AB
- Private Collections in Canada, United States, Japan and Australia
PUBLICATIONS/COMMISSIONS:
- 2013 & 2014 - The Lung Association Alberta & NWT Artworks Fundraising Campaigns
- 2011 - Commission for City of Spruce Grove, painting for Community Spirit Award
- 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 - Painting Commissions for Wagner Natural Society
- 2006 – The Ark (Spring Edition) Nature Conservancy of Canada Publication
- 2005 – Partners in Preservation (Summer) Newsletter – Alberta Parks and Protected Areas
- 2000 "Alberta Society of Artists, The First Seventy Years"
- 2000 - 2001 Magazin'Art Biennial Guide to Canadian Artists in Galleries
- 1998 Edmonton Transit Art Program, Edmonton, AB
- 1998 and 1997 FEESA Calendars, Environmental Education Society in Alberta
AWARDS:
- 2011 2nd Prize - Masters Category, Open Art Competition, AAC of Spruce Grove
- 2010 3rd Prize - Masters Category, Open Art Competition, AAC of Spruce Grove
- 2008 City of Spruce Grove Award of Excellence in the Arts
- 2004 Honourable Mention, Open Art Competition, AAC of Spruce Grove
- 2001 First Prize - Advanced, Open Art Competition, AAC of Spruce Grove
- 1999 and 1997, 3rd Prize, Juried Art Show, AAC of Spruce Grove
- 1996, 2nd Prize and People's Choice Award, Juried Art Show, AAC of Spruce Grove
- 1995 and 1994 - First in Watercolour Competition, Orchid Society of Alberta