ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:
ARTIST STATEMENT:
"I enjoy challenging the viewers' visual awareness of our world and by doing so I aim to communicate my interpretation of our perceived reality - join me in my games of perceptual hide and seek. I focus on experimental multi-layered compositions, engaging the viewers
with interwoven colorful trails to follow around my canvases, rewarding them with hidden surprises of subtle hued shapes.
As a colorist I thrive on the vivid intensity of modern dyes and acrylic paints to create strong, innovative, well-balanced paintings."
Paintings, physical and digital, are available for sale. For prices and further information ..... CONTACT [email protected]
- Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists since 2001. Awarded Associate (AFCA) status in 2005.
- Member of the International Guild of Silk Painters since its inception in 1993.
- Founded the Vancouver Island Silk Painters in 2000.
- 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, color theory and abstraction.
- Trained to paint with dye 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., Canada, where she taught silk painting workshops.
- 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 regularly exhibited in juried and invitational shows in North America and the United Kingdom.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
"I enjoy challenging the viewers' visual awareness of our world and by doing so I aim to communicate my interpretation of our perceived reality - join me in my games of perceptual hide and seek. I focus on experimental multi-layered compositions, engaging the viewers
with interwoven colorful trails to follow around my canvases, rewarding them with hidden surprises of subtle hued shapes.
As a colorist I thrive on the vivid intensity of modern dyes and acrylic paints to create strong, innovative, well-balanced paintings."
Paintings, physical and digital, are available for sale. For prices and further information ..... CONTACT [email protected]
