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Currently, my research focus is on the figure. The painted mages are inspired from my day-to-day life, through a series of dress rehearsal vignettes, the underlying concept of which relates to growth and evolution.
I completed a BFA from Concordia University in 1998, & have exhibited at The Arts Club, Arts NDG, & The Gallery at Victoria Hall in Westmount, among other venues.
International Artist.com Magazine Favorite Subjects challenge No. 28 awarded third prize for "Dress Rehearsal 3" & subsequently published an article on my artwork in their June/July 2006 issue.
My artwork hangs in private collections throughout Canada.
The underlying concept of my artwork relates to growth and evolution. While growth often appears most obvious and immediate in the symbolism of flowers, personal growth is often less tangible and measured or recognized long after it has manifest an evolution.
Currently, my research focus is on the figure, images inspired from my day-to-day life, most particularly elements from my teaching career, and exemplify, through a series of dress rehearsal vignettes from a college fashion show, individuals approaching graduation. The energy of the vignettes relates to that of the fresh bloom, full of life, intense and dynamic; a moment in a cycle but moving beyond at the same time, growing and evolving. These images describe a type of "going through the gate", a moment connecting an ending and a beginning, a point of anticipation, excitement and sadness, a departure and a personal moment shared .
Regarding my floral paintings and their environments, the gardens & parks research includes those in: Westmount, Montreal, Vancouver, St. John's, Gros Mourn National Park, Boston, New York, and various cities & villages in England, France and Italy. I will be returning to Italy this summer to explore more thoroughly the human form in all the resplendent interpretations to be found, especially in Florence & Venice.
EXHIBITIONS
Art Westmount 2006: 25 Somerville , Westmount, Que. Oct. 21 st. & 22 nd., 2006
2006 Annual Fall Exhibition, The Arts Club , Montreal, Que. October 18th to 28th 2006
Tandem, The Arts Club , Montreal, Que. May 23 - 28, 2006
Continuum, The Gallery at Victoria Hall, Westmount, Que. May 4 to 26, 2005
Small Format Exhibition, The Arts Club , Montreal, Que. December 2004
Annual Fall Exhibition, The Arts Club , Montreal, Que. 2004
Large Format Exhibition, The Arts Club , Montreal, Que. June.15 to 20, 2004
Small Format Exhibition, The Arts Club , Montreal, Que. Dec. 4 to 13, 2003
Travelling Exhibition, Concordia University's Homecoming Arts Festival, Concordia University, Montreal, Que. Sept. 29th to Oct.6th 2003
Growth & Evolution , The Arts Club , Montreal, Que. June 10 -15th, 2003
2003 Annual Juried Spring Exhibition, (First Prize Award: Many Thoughts ) The Arts Club , Montreal, Que. April 1st to13th 2003
2002 Annual Fall Exhibition, The Arts Club , Montreal, Que. October 2nd to 12th 2002
2002 Annual Juried Spring Exhibition, The Arts Club , Montreal, Que. March 7th to 17th 2002
Art WORKS for literacy, Literacy Unlimited, Dorval Cultural Center, Que. March 11-18th 2001
Nature: insight & inspiration, The Gallery at Victoria Hall, Westmount, Que.Aug.24 to Sept.21, 2000
Emerging Artists' Exhibition, Arts NDG, Montreal, Que. Jan.13 to Feb.6, 2000
Student Exhibition, Concordia University, Montreal, Que. 1997
Faculty Art Exhibition, Lasalle College, Montreal, Que. 1996
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Group show 2007: (details & date to be determined)
PRIZES & PUBLICATIONS
2003 Annual Juried Spring Exhibition, The Arts Club , Montreal, Que. April 1st to13th 2003
First Prize Award: Many Thoughts
International Artist .com Magazine favorite subjects challenge No. 2 , august / September 2005, issue 44
Third Prize Award:The Dress Rehearsal 3
International Artist .com Magazine , june / july2006 / issue 49,
"Excite the Eye & The Emotions"
LECTURES:
Inspiration, Influences & Techniques , The Lakeshore Artist Association , St Marks Church on Lakeshore Road in Dorval, Dorval, Que. Nov. 14 th. 2006 at 7:30pm |
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