- Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists since 2001. Awarded Associate (AFCA) status in 2005. Former president of the FCA Arrowsmith Chapter, Vancouver Island
- Member of the International Guild of Silk Painters since its inception in 1993
- Founded the Vancouver Island Silk Painters in 2000
- Former member of the International Society of Experimental Artists
- Art educated in England and Europe where her interest in art history led her to explore the works of early 20th Century abstract painters, particularly Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger and Wassily Kandinsky
- Influenced by Cubism, The Bauhaus and Vorticism
- Qualified teacher. Retrained in 1993 as an adult educator, teaching silk painting, composition and abstraction
- Trained to paint on silk by Mandy Southan, president and founder of the International Guild of Silk Painters
- Privileged to learn from Japanese Master silk painter Tetsuo Koyama
- Attended workshops with Signature status members of the Federation of Canadian Artists
- Mentored by Don Farrell RI, RBA, SFCA and regularly attended his Talking Art sessions
- Resident Artist, for five years, at The Old School House Arts Centre, Qualicum Beach B.C.
- Taught silk painting workshops and mentored at The Old School House Arts Centre
- Established her first Canadian studio, Pioneer Silk Studio, in 1999, in Parksville B.C.
- Book of 20 silk paintings and poems, "Rose Continuum", printed 2006
- Award winning contemporary artist and master silk painter, with paintings in private and corporate collections in North America and the United Kingdom
"Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible." Paul Klee 1920
"The fact that an artist uses an abstract form or a real form has no importance. The two
forms are internally equal." Vassily Kandinsky
"My imagination throws forward so many innumerable pictures, visions I long to realise."
Lyonel Feininger 1922
Paintings, physical and digital, priced at $2.20 Canadian per square inch. Questions? CONTACT [email protected]
