Birth Place
Edmonton, Alberta

Residence
Stony Plain, Alberta

Education
1995-1998, Critique Group for Professional and Semi-Professional Artists - Eileen Raucher Sutton
1992-1995, University of Alberta Extension Courses and Workshops with Barbara Hartmann, Harry Savage, Jerry Heine, Brian Atyeo, Robert Sinclair, Frances Alty-Arscott, Naboru Kubo, Greg Johnson and Joyce Kamikura

Work/Volunteer Experience
2010 - Access TV Course Connections - art education promos for Metro Continuing Education
2009 - Interactive Feature Artist at the Red Deer Artwalk and City TV Breakfast Show Art Demonstration for Metro Continuing Education
2008 - 09 - Art Critiques for Edmonton Art Club and Society of Western Canadian Artists
2007 - 09 - Alberta Society of Artists - North Branch Public Art Lecture Co-ordinator
2005 - 07 - Alberta Society of Artists - Councillor at Large - Provincial Executive
2003 - Serve on ASA Scholarship Jury
2002 - TV Mini Demo/Workshop for Metro Community College on A Channel Big Breakfast Show and Juror for the Alberta Society of Artists annual membership jury
2000 - 2002 - ASA Exhibition Coordinator for Travelling Exhibition - Bridging a New Century
1996 - 2000 - Alberta Society of Artists - Provincial Exhibition Councillor, North
1994 - 1997 - Federation of Canadian Artists, Edmonton Branch - Membership Chairperson
various dates between 1991 - 1999 - Vice President, President and Past President of the Allied Arts Council of Spruce Grove
1993 - Cover design for City of Spruce Grove, Circa - program brochure and Dove of Hope design for Light Up Your Life, Parkland Palliative Care Annual Fundraiser
1993 - present - Instructing art classes and workshops for adults & children

Selected Awards

• 3rd Prize - Masters Category, Open Art Competition, Allied Arts Council of Spruce Grove, AB, 2010
• City of Spruce Grove Award of Excellence in the Arts, 2008
• Honourable Mention, Open Art Competition, AAC of Spruce Grove, AB, 2004
• 1st Prize - Advanced, Open Art CompetitionAllied Arts Council of Spruce Grove, Spruce Grove, Alberta, 2001
• 3rd Prize - Juried Art ShowAllied Arts Council of Spruce Grove, Spruce Grove, Alberta, 1999
• 3rd Prize - Juried Art ShowAllied Arts Council of Spruce Grove, Spruce Grove, Alberta, 1997
• 2nd Prize and People's Choice Award, Juried Art ShowAllied Arts Council of Spruce Grove, Spruce Grove, Alberta, 1996
• First in WatercolourOrchid Society of Alberta, 1995
• First in Watercolour Competition Orchid Society of Alberta, 1994

Public Commissions

• Winnifred Stewart - Edmonton Transit Art Program, Edmonton, Alberta
  1998

Public Collections

• Arch Art - Allied Arts Council of Spruce Grove
• Keith Bowering Professional Corporation - Baker Clinic, Edmonton, Alberta
• Mella Accounting, Stony Plain, Alberta
• The Alberta Foundation for the Arts
• Birdsell Grant Gardner, Stony Plain, Alberta
• J.S. Wood Public Library, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• Medical Offices of Dr. Leiberman, Dr. Robert Black and Dr. Gail Black, Edmonton, Alberta
• Saskatchewan Government Insurance, Regina, Saskatchewan
• University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
• Alberta Treasury Branches, Edmonton, Alberta
• Priel & Co. Law Office, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• City of Spruce Grove
• Town of Stony Plain
• Food and Beverage Canada, Edmonton, Alberta
• KI Westberg Professional Corporation, Red Deer, Alberta
• Parkland County, Stony Plain
• Westgrove Clinic, Spruce Grove

 Represented by

• Leighton Art Centre, Calgary, Alberta
• Candler Art Gallery, Camrose, Alberta
• The Spruce Grove Art Gallery, Spruce Grove, Alberta

 Bibliography

• The Ark (spring edition) Nature Conservancy of Canada Publication, 2006
• Partners in Preservation Newsletter, Alberta Parks and Protected Areas, 2005
• Alberta Society of Artists, The First Seventy Years by Kathy E. ZimonUniversity of Calgary Press, 2000
• Edmonton Transit Bus Pass Art ProgramETS, Edmonton, Alberta, 1998
• FEESA CalendarEnvironmental Education Society in Alberta, 1998
• FEESA CalendarEnvironmental Education Society in Alberta, 1997

Solo Exhibitions

• Studies of Nature
  Misericordia Hospital
  2010/11
• A Conservation Portrait
  Spruce Grove Art Gallery
  2009
• A Conservation Portrait
  Travelling Solo Exhibition in Red Deer, Crowsnest Pass, Stony Plain, Edmonton
  2005 - 07
• Captured in Colour
  Scott Gallery Edmonton
  2003
• Flower Power IV
  Manulife Place East, Edmonton, Alberta
  2001
• Petal into Spring
  Pacif'ic Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
  2000
• Flower Power III
  Manulife Place East, Edmonton, Alberta
  1999
• Recent Works
  Generations Gallery, Stony Plain, Alberta
  1998
• Flower Escapes
  Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
  1997
• A Breath of Spring
  Special-T-Gallery
  1997
• Flowers
  Rowles & Company, Edmonton, Alberta
  1996
• Bloom Out the Winter Blues
  Walterdale Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta
  1996
• Endangered Treasures
  Special-T-Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1995
• Exploring Canadian Flora and Fauna
  Oppertshauser Gallery, Stony Plain, Alberta
  1995
• Flower Power II
  Manulife Place East, Edmonton, Alberta
  1995
• Spring Into Blossom
  Al'lora Galleria, Edmonton, Alberta
  1995
• Flower Power I
  Manulife East, Edmonton, Alberta
  1994
• Florals and Seascapes
  Gallery Restaurant, Multicultural Heritage Centre, Stony Plain, Alberta
  1993

Group Exhibitions

• ASA Open Juried Travelling Exhibition - The Forest Show, various Alberta Galleries
  2011
• ASA Juried Travelling Exhibition - Small is All, various galleries across Canada
  2008 - 2010
• "A Bird in the Hand"
  Profiles Gallery, St. Albert
  2008
• Women in the Landscape - Preserving Habitats and Species - Leighton Art Centre, Calgary
  2006
• Into the Garden - Juried Group Shows, Red Deer & District Museum, Red Deer
  2006, 2000, 1994
• ASA Juried Travelling 75th Anniversary Exhibition - Memory & Identity - public galleries, AB
  2005 - 2006
• ASA Juried Group Show - Child's Play, McMullen Gallery, Edmonton and AFA travelling program
  2004 - 2008
• ASA Juried Group Shows
  Edmonton City Hall
  2002, 03, 04
• Blooming Prairie
  AFA travelling TREX Exhibition, Alberta
  2001 - 2003
• Bridging a New Century
  ASA Juried Travelling Exhibition, Alberta
  2000 - 2002
• AAC Members' Juried Exhibition
  The Little Church Gallery, Spruce Grove, Alberta
  2002
• What We Do Best
  The Alberta Society of Artists, City Hall, Edmonton, Alberta
  2002
• 20th Anniversary - Past & Present Art Exhibition
  AAC of Spruce Grove, Spruce Grove, Alberta
  2001
• Open Water
  CSPWC 75th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
  2000
• Into the Garden, Again
  Juried Group Show, Red Deer & District Museum, Red Deer, Alberta
  2000
• Selected Works by Members of The Alberta Society of Artists
  Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
  1999
• Selected Works by Members of The Alberta Society of Artists
  Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
  1999
• Awakening Souls to Art - ASA Juried Exhibition and Sale
  Special-T-Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1998
• FCA Juried Group Show
  Candler Gallery, Camrose, Alberta
  1997
• FCA Juried Show
  Special-T-Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1997
• ASA Orchid Show
  Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta
  1997
• FCA Juried Group Show
  Special-T-Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1996
• FCA Juried Group Show
  Walterdale Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta
  1996
• FCA Juried Group Show
  Manulife Place East, Edmonton, Alberta
  1996
• FCA Juried Group Show
  Grasslands Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1996
• ASA Juried Show
  Oppertshauser Gallery, Stony Plain, Alberta
  1996
• ASA Orchid Show
  Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta
  1996
• Flowers 1996
  Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
  1996
• The Gift II
  Sunflower Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  1996
• FCA Juried Group Show
  Grassland Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1995
• FCA Juried Group Show
  Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta
  1995
• In-House Invitational
  SuttonArt, Edmonton, Alberta
  1995
• The Gift I
  Sunflower Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1994
• FCA Juried Group Show
  NovaCorp, Edmonton, Alberta
  1994
• FCA Juried Group Show
  Scotia Place, Edmonton, Alberta
  1994
• FCA Juried Group Show
  Snowbird Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1994
• Floral Exploits
  Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta
  1994
• Juried Show
  Devonian Botanic Gardens, Devon, Alberta
  1994
• Sunflower Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1994
• Flowers by the Bunch
  Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
  1994
• Into the Garden
  Red Deer and District Museum, Red Deer, Alberta
  1994
• FCA Juried Group Show
  Scotia Place, Edmonton, Alberta
  1993
• Artrageous Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  1992

Traveling Exhibitions

• ASA Exhibitions
  Hinton, Edson, Edmonton, Calgary
  The Forest Show 2011 
• Childs Play
  2004 - 2006
• Blooming Prairie
  Edmonton Art Gallery's Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program, Alberta
  2001-03
• Bridging A New Century
  Red Deer, Stony Plain, Lethbridge, Edmonton, Blairmore, Grande Prairie, and Calgary, Alberta
  2000-02