My Grandfather was an amateur artist and painted in both watercolour and oils. He bought me my first box of paints when I was five. I have a cottage at Go Home Bay and the surroundings there have been the inspiration for much of my art.
My father was a Professor of Architecture at the University of Toronto where he taught painting and other aspects of the art side of architecture. He was a fine watercolourest and taught me a great deal. We painted together at the cottage for many years and when we returned home I received much constructive criticism.
I started to paint watercolours when I was twelve. I have had a number of one person shows many in my mother’s house. I have had three shows in Barrie and am planning a fourth one for the spring of 2007. I have also shown with the Markham Artists, the Lemonville artists and the Barrie Artists, to all of which I belong. With those groups I have had workshops with such artists as Peter Kolisnyk, Dennis Cliff, Martgaret Roseman, Pauline Holancin, Kai-Liis McInnis, Stephanie Rayner, Dorothy Clark McClure, Mary Wood, Jill Segal and others.
I am presently the Chairperson of the Barrie Users Group Digital Imaging SIG. We are learning how to take better digital pictures and enhance them on our computers. I have had a computer for a number of years and I am interested in ways of combining computer graphics with my art. (I don’t have a web site yet.)
Farm at Lemonville
A lot of people have my pictures by now. One of the joys of painting is to go visiting and find one of your pictures on the wall. One’s art never stops changing and, one hopes improving. When you learn to do some aspect of the art, it is time to try something new.
Harbour Grace Flowers
