curriculum vitae
Recent Awards
- 2007: Grand National Quilt Show, Shadow Fairy: Honourable Mention
- 2006: Insights, Forest of Ties: Fibre Art Award
- 2004: Threadworks, The First Garden Party:
Best in Show and Lauren Beckett Memorial Award
for The First Garden Party (quilted painting)
- 2002: Far From Home: A Soldier’s Life at the Front 1914-1918
(World War I trench exhibit
at the Wellington Country Museum
& Archives: Award of Merit for Exhibition & Design, Ontario
Museums Association (trench, murals and four mannequins)
- 2001: The Toy Show, Art-in-Guelph Gallery:
Wyndham Arts Award for The Paint by Number Gift Set
(acrylic on canvas)
- 1999: The Last Picture Show, Art-in-Guelph Gallery: Honourable Mention for
Enter the Dragon (watercolour collage)
- 1999: Here & Now, Georgetown: Merit Award for
Back Yard Next Door #1 (watercolour collage)
- 1998: Expressions ’98, Guelph Creative Arts Association: Best in Show for
On Their Own and People’s Choice Award for Cottage Patio
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Current & Upcoming Shows ~ 2008
Solo Show
- Parallax (recent works), Greenwood Gallery, Guelph,
September 3 to 30, 2008
Group Shows ~ 2008
- Fusion, Greenwood Gallery, Guelph, March 5-April 11
- Art in Eden Studio Tour, Eden Mills, May 3 & 4
- Grand National Quilt Show, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, May 9 to July 6
- Four & Friends, Bruce Mines, July 4, 5 & 6
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Solo Shows
- 2003: The Children’s Chapel murals and altar frontal,
St. David & St. Patrick’s Church, Guelph
- 2003: The First Story Murals, (the Neutrals
of Wellington County), WCMA Elora
- 2002: Far from Home: A Soldier’s Life at the Front
(murals, carpet, mannequins), WCMA, Elora
- 2002: The Pioneer Log Cabin murals (32' x 10'),
WCMA Elora
- 2001: In Memoriam, faux stained glass mural,
St. John’s Church, Rockwood
- 2000: The Plowing Mural (20' x 7'),
International Plowing Match, Elora
- 2000: Headspace in the Crimson Hat (Toronto, Everton)
- 1999: On a Light Fantastic Toe (Guelph)
- 1998: On a Crooked Path (Guelph, Terra Cotta)
- 1997: View from the 49th Sideroad (Rockwood)
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Group & Juried Shows
- 2007: Hippie Connections: coming Sep 1 to Oct 13
at Gallary Lambton, Sarnia
- 2007: Grand National Quilt Show: Fantasy,
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
- 2007: Threadworks: Passions, Wellington County Museum
- 2006-07: Capital Matters toured Ottawa, Southampton and Oakville
- 2006: Tête-à-tête, Wellington County Museum & Archives
- 2006: Space in Between, Galery Luz, Montréal
- 2006: Grand National Quilt Show: Wildlife,
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
- 2006: Insights (Elora Arts Council, Elora), Wellington Cty Museum
- 2005: Grand National Quilt Show: Airborne,
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
- 2005: Trilogy: A Show by Jurors, Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts, Collingwood
- 2005: Ontario Juried Quilt Show, University of Waterloo Art Gallery
- 2004: Threadworks The Garden Party, Wellington County Museum, touring Ontario until 2006.
- 2004: Grand National Quilt Show: Constructions of Canada, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
- 2004: Insights (Elora Arts Council, Elora), Wellington Cty Museum
- 2004: Expressions (Guelph Creative Arts Association), Barber Gallery, Guelph
- 2003: Biennale Internazionale dell’ Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
- 2002-2003: In Remembrance, Wellington County Museum, with Wendy Donohue
- 2002: The 5th Anniversary Show (Art-in-Guelph), special recognition to The
Twelve Stone Churches of Old Eramosa show
- 2002: Insights (Elora Arts Council, Elora), Wellington Cty Museum
- 2000: The Power Show (juried, Art-in-Guelph)
- 2001-02: Fall Fairs of Wellington County (Georgetown Arts Centre and Wellington County Museum
- 2001: The Christmas Show, (Kor Gallery, Kitchener)
- 2001: The Toy Show (juried, Art-in-Guelph)
- 1999-2000: The Twelve Stone Churches of Old Eramosa,
(Art-in-Guelph). This show was invited to Wellington Cty Museum due to its historical interest, and was also written up in the GRCA’s
Grand Actions Registry for 1999.
- 1999: The Last Picture Show (juried, Guelph)
- 1998: Portrait of the Artist (an invitational show of self-portraits) Wellington County Museum (WCMA), Elora
- 1999: Here & Now 99, Georgetown
- 1998, 1999: Expressions (GCAA, Guelph)
- 1998: Objets Trouvés, (invitational), Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener
- 1998: VANISHING LANDMARKS: Barns of Wellington County (Elora)
- 1997: Insights (Elora Arts Council, Elora)
- 1996: First Born Daughters, Everton,
(with June Bernstein and Sophie Johnson)
- 1996: Spirit Valley Experience, Rockwood:
Rockface Sculpture Show, graphic design
- 1993, 1995: Rivercrest Gallery Show, Streetsville
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Publications
- Rockwood: A Mosaic of Memories (2003)
ISBN 0-9733911-0-3
- Words & Wonders (2001)
ISBN: 0-9682733-3-5
- Wellington County History (1999)
ISBN: 1186-6165
- Eramosa Anthology (including Cover), (1996)
ISBN: 0-9681055-0-5
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Limited Edition Print Commissions
- 2000: The Legacy of Big Ben for the 20th anniversary
of The Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association
- 1999: Old Friends, In Memoriam for Sunrise
Equestrian Centre, Guelph
- 1996: SJK, a 25th Anniversary Commemorative Portrait 72-96
for St. John’s-Kilmarnock School, Maryhill, Ontario
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Education/Training
- BA (Hons) Philosophy and History of Art
- Level 3, City & Guilds of London, Stitched Textiles
- Studying for C&G Diploma in Design and Embroidery
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