(1892 - 1986)

Born in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Jim met Marion through the Calgary Sketch Club and married her in 1940. Jim was a trained Civil Engineer at the University of Alberta, where he took BA and BSc degrees in 1922 and 1924. A poet and writer of occasional prose for much of his life, he began to paint in 1930. In 1925 he became a member of the Senate of the University of Alberta, Edmonton.

His extensive knowledge of colour theory became manifest and at one period he employed this skill in utilizing the pointillism technique of the French Impressionists. His control of colour and form extends through decades of portraits and drawings of Marion. Works in ink, pastel and oil include "Marion in the Studio," 1936, "Marion on the Staircase" and "Marion" - a masterpiece in pastel.

Jim was the founding Editor of Highlights and became President of the Alberta Society of Artists in 1943. In the 1950's he worked with the Allied Arts Centre as chairman of the visual arts committee.
 

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