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Artist Statement
I began drawing and painting around the year
2000 after retiring from a 30 year career in
Education. I had always been interested in art
and retired early to pursue what has become
my passion. I am particularly interested in the
figure and regularly attend life drawing sessions,
and, as a result, the figure has become the
subject of many of my paintings. I am drawn to
paintings that have some element of narrative
and that demonstrate an imaginative
approach to the subject matter. Many of my
ideas come from hours of “playing” with different
media and drawing from my imagination. I like
to work with a variety of media – acrylic, ink,
watercolour, paper and thread. Many of my
paintings are whimsical and I focus on elements
in my life from which I derive a great deal of
happiness.
I have been in several juried shows and in 2004
I was awarded signature status (AFCA) at the
Federation of Canadian Artists. I have been
port of several private shows – “Through the
Gate” with Doreen King in May 2003; my own
one woman show “A Commitment to Colour,
Whimsy and the Imagination” at the Hillside
Community Gallery in October 2004; “Triple
Play” at the Fort Gallery with Kelaine Divine
and Claire Moore in June 2005; and in October
2005 “Expression Times Five” with Sandra Taylor,
Miriam Friedberg, Donna Wright and Shirley
Rampton at the Tsawassen Long House Gallery.
I was also a participant in the summer gallery
at the Federation Gallery in 2006.
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