About Me
Awards
July 2020 - Society of Canadian Artists; Antoinette Stevens Award for Best Acrylic
June 2019 - Society of Canadian Artists; Award of Merit
May 2014 - Colborne Art Gallery, juried art show; Mayor's Choice Award
November 2010 - Pineridge juried art show; Award of Merit
Contributions to the Artistic Community
Guest Curator and Juror for the "Ordinary No Ordinary", Art & Photography Exhibition through Tall Sequoia Gallery, August 2020
I have donated artwork to the Art of Giving charity auction organized by United Way and York Region to benefit those in need, 2017 & 2020
One of two jurors for the Belleville Art Show in September 28, 2019.
Commissioned to paint the farewell gift of Deputy Chief Tom Carrique as he embarks on his new position as Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police, 2019
April 2019 I participated as a Wild Card Artist in the TV program, Landscape Artist of the Year Canada, in Cobourg ON (Marble Media) September 22, 2019, (Televised Feb, 2020)
I was invited to be the guest feature artist and I donated artwork for the 32nd Annual Sportsman Night run by the Cobourg Rotary Club, February 2017
I helped run and organize the Uninstructed Figure Drawing class in Port Hope and Cobourg, 2016 - 2019
I was a guest competitor in a local portrait competition (subject Lou Rinaldi, MPP) run by Spirit of the Hills, Nov. 2017
Memberships & Affiliations
Federation of Canadian Artists, FCA
Society of Canadian Artists, SCA
Ontario Society of Artists, OSA
The Noodle Gallery, ON
A Gift of Art Gallery, Newcastle, ON
Spirit of the Hills, Northumberland, ON
Informa Exhibitions, Toronto, ON
Artists Network, Toronto, ON
Westland Gallery, London ON
Art Exhibitions
2021 Together Again, Art Casa, Toronto, Sept 11 - Jan 11
www.canadianartconcepts.com
2021 Drawing for Art, Station Gallery, Whitby, Sept 30
www.stationgallery.ca
2021 Rooted and Refreshed, Westland Gallery, London, Aug 10 - 28
2021 Square Foot Show, Westland Gallery, London, Nov 24 - 30
www.westlandgallery.com
2021 Square Foot Show, Online April 21 & Nov 3
www.squarefootshow.com
2021 TOAF, July 2 - July 11
www.torontooutdoor.art
2021 Riverdale Artwalk, Toronto, June 18 - July 02
2020 TOAF Toronto Online Art Fair, based in Toronto, ON
2020 The Artist Project Toronto, Better Living Centre - Exhibition Place, ON
2019 Society of Canadian Artists (members only)
Juried Art Show- Award of Merit
www.societyofcanadianartists.com
2019 The Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Philip Square, Toronto
2019 The Artist Project Toronto, Better Living Centre - Exhibition Place, ON
2018 The Artist Project Toronto, Better Living Centre - Exhibition Place, ON
2018 Riverdale Artwalk, Jimmie Simpson Park, Toronto, ON
2017 The Artist Project Toronto, Better Living Centre - Exhibition Place, ON
2016 The Artist Project Toronto, Better Living Centre - Exhibition Place, ON
2015 The Artist Project Toronto, Better Living Centre - Exhibition Place, ON
2015 The Northumberland Hills Studio Tour, Northumberland
www.northumberlandstudiotour.com
2015 “REversion - A Figurative & Portrait Art Exhibition”
Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015 “Connections” Arta Gallery, The Distillery District, Toronto, ON
2015 Solo Show – A Gift of Art Gallery, Newcastle, ON
2014 Solo Show “Moments and Destinations” The Kent Farndale Gallery,
Port Perry, ON
www.scugoglibrary.ca/artgallery/
2013 Solo Show “Painted Ladies” Impresario Gallery, Cobourg, ON
www.impresarioartisanmarket.ca
Publications
2020 - Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine (in print and on-line version)
Run by the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada - Quebec
2018 - Published in MAAM (Musee des Arts et Affaires de Montreal)
2014 - Northumberland Arts Annual (including cover)
Professional Development
I graduated from George Brown (Toronto) Graphic Design Program majoring in Advertising. Since 1997 I’ve been the co-owner of Seastar Images Inc. a graphics company located in Ajax, and although I’m still involved in the graphic design industry my passion has always been fine art.
I have enjoyed furthering my personal artistic development by attending workshops such as jewellery making, encaustic painting, detailed portraiture and Figurative Abstraction Classes.