I am a mixed media abstract artist. I spent my formative years in Venezuela and the Netherlands before immigrating to Canada with my parents, initially to the east coast and a few years later out west.
I have always been interested in working with textiles and studied textile and design at Olds College and weaving at The Banff Centre of the Arts. In 1989 I established my own needlework business that specializes in reproductions of museum samplers from Europe and North America as well as teaching workshops. My involvement in the arts has extended into painting and I’ve has been taking workshops and courses over the past number of years.
I am always fascinated by being out in nature whether in the mountains, in the country or by the ocean. The contours of the land and the colours of the different seasons are beautiful and I try to bring these into my art.
When I start a piece I generally don’t have a preconceived idea as to the end result but work intuitively. I build up layers of paper and paint, and these get sanded, gouged and scraped into. I respond to what appears from layers below. Recently I’ve been working across multiple panels of different sizes and depths, incorporating discarded objects as well as fabric. These materials and surfaces add a new dimension of texture to the work.
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Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
*denotes artist fee paid
2023 Line and Shadow, Riverlands Studio and Gallery, Red Deer, AB
2023 Line and Form, with Ryan McCourt, Art Gallery of St. Albert, AB*
2019 Excavate, Harris - Warke Gallery, Red Deer, AB*
2018 Excavate, VASA Art Gallery, St. Albert, AB
2018 Through the Window, Kiwanis Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB*
2017 Within the Circle, Spruce Grove Art Gallery, AB
Group Exhibitions
*denotes artist fee paid
2024 Arts Without Borders juried exhibition, Loydminster Museum + Archives, Loydminster, AB
2024 Connections 2024, juried exhibition, Calgary, AB.
2023 On the Edge, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2023 Artist Talk Magazine, juried virtual exhibition, United Kingdom.
2023 The Space Between, juried virtual exhibition, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Artsy.Net
2023 Seeds of Growth, juried exhibition, Kiwanis Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB
2022 Small Works, juried virtual exhibition, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2022 Simplicity, virtual exhibition, Art 55
2022 Mixed, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2022 Innovations 2022, 31st Annual International Open Juried Exhibition of ISEA, St. Albert Art Gallery, AB* (catalogue)
2022 with Abstract’d Art Collective Bay 1 Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2022 Shine the Light, juried virtual exhibition, Inside Small Exhibits
2022 with Abstract’d Art Collective, Sip and Stroll, various venues, Calgary, AB
2022 Active Members Exhibition, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2021 with Abstract’d Art Collective, Sip and Stroll, various venues, Calgary, AB
2021 80th Anniversary, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2021 Connections, virtual exhibition, Art 55
2021 Abstracted, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2021 The Era of Change, juried exhibition, Visionary Project
2021 Artist’s Choice, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2020 Disrupting the Stillness, juried virtual exhibition, Visionary Project and Lohme Art Gallery, Sweden
2020 The Golden Hour, juried exhibition, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2020 Natural Worlds, juried virtual exhibition, The Arts Alliance, Santa Fe, NM
2020 Part I: The Era of Seclusion, juried virtual exhibition, Visionary Project
2020 Around the Edges, juried virtual exhibition, the Arts Alliance, Santa Fe, NM
2020 Painting on the Edge, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC (catalogue)
2020 Abstracted, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2020 Vision 2020, juried exhibition, Kiwanis Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB*
2020 Painting and Photography, virtual juried exhibition, Art Room Gallery
2019 Shaping Alberta juried exhibition, CARFAC, Calgary and Edmonton, AB
2019 Baby It’s Cold Outside, juried exhibition, Kiwanis Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB*
2019 Abstracted, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2018 Quest Art's 2018 TD Wealth, juried exhibition, Midland, ON
2018 Smaller, Smaller, Smallest, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2018 Member’s Spring Exhibition, juried exhibition, VASA Gallery, St. Albert, AB
2018 Spring into Art, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Calgary, AB
2018 My Kid Could do That, juried exhibition, Kiwanis Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB*
2018 Abstracted, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2017 Into the Garden Renewal, juried exhibition, Kiwanis Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB
2017 Art Harvest, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Calgary, AB
2017 Showcase: small spaces/big ideas, Alberta Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2017 Canada 150, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2017 Trains, Planes and Automobiles, juried exhibition, Kiwanis Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB*
2017 All Things Spring, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Calgary, AB
2016 Little Treasures, Galleria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy (catalogue)
2016 10 x 10 show, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2016 Out of the Closet, juried exhibition, Kiwanis Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB*
2016 Abstract Exhibition, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
Education
2024 Cheryl Taves & Kerry Schroeder. Vision + Voice
2023 Sara Post,Text in Abstract Drawing
2022 Michael Shemchuk, Gypsum and Paint
2022 Michael Shemchuk, Abstraction by Design, Federation of Canadian Artists, Calgary, AB
2022 Sara Post, Abstract Drawing
2021 Sara Post, Surface Histor
2021 Mark Eanes, Language of Design
2021 Fran O’Neill, Abstracts, Seattle Artists League
2020 Mark Eanes, Language of Colour
2020 Lorna Crane, Perfectly Imperfect
2020 Cheryl Taves, Insight Creative
2019 Nicholas Wilton, Art2Life, Creative Visionary Project
2019 Katherine Chang Liu, Vancouver Island Workshop
2018 Michael Shemchuk, Vancouver Island Workshop
2018 Nicholas Wilton, Art2Life, Creative Visionary Project
2017 Michael Shemchuk, Vancouver Island Workshop
2016 Pat Wheeler, Vancouver Island Workshop
2015 Jean Pederson, Red Deer College
2015 Liba Labik, Red Deer College
2015 Susan Woolgar, City of Red Deer
2014 Jean Pederson, Red Deer Colleg
2014 Samantha De Silva
2013 Jen Mallinson, Red Deer College
2013 Susan Woolgar, Red Deer College
2013 Erin Boake, City of Red Deer1
1981 Mary Meigs Atwater, Weaving, Banff School of Fine Arts, AB
1980 Jack Lalrson, Weaving, Banff School of Fine Arts, AB
1975 Fashion and Design, Olds College, AB, diploma
Awards
2024 Second Place for Arts Without Borders juried exhibition, Loydminster Museum + Archives, Loydminster, AB
2021 Certificate of Merit for First Caressing Breeze of Spring, Creative Quarterly no. 61 (Winter 2020)
2020 Certificate of Merit for Keeper of Secrets and The Way Through, Creative Quarterly no. 60 (Autumn 2020)
2020 Merit Award for Outstanding Artwork for Keeper of Secrets and Harvest, Painting and Photography, juried virtual exhibition, Art Room Gallery
2018 Honourable Mention for Back Alley Blues, Abstracted, juried exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver BC
2018 Artwalk Developing Visual Artist Award, City of Red Deer
Bbliography
2023 Painting on the Edge, exhibition catalogue, Federation of Canadian Artists
2023 Artist Talk Magazine issue 24
2022 Innovations 2022, exhibition catalogue, International Society of Experimental Artists
2022 Interview with Arah Ko, The Journal no. 45.3, Ohio State University, http://thejournalmag.org/archives/20449
2021 WILD LANDS, Jen Tough Gallery
2021 Fun Size, Jen Tough Gallery
2021 Art Ascent vol. 48 (April 2021)
2021 Creative Quarterly no. 61 (Winter 2020)
2020 Creative Quarterly no. 60 (Autumn 2020)
2020 Painting on the Edge, exhibition catalogue, Federation of Canadian Artists
2016 Little Treasures, exhibition catalogue, Galleria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy
Collections
Private collections in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and the United States.
Professional Affiliations
Federation of Canadian Artists
Federation of Canadian Artists-Calgary Chapte
Red Deer Arts Council
Alberta Society of Artists
Arts Alliance
Insight Creative
Abstract’d Art Collective
Gallery Representation
U Gallery, online gallery, San Francisco
Phone: 403 347 3574
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