resumé
I tried to stop focusing on nature, but I couldn’t. I like what’s going on under the ground. Inside Out. I see and feel the purity, the unaltered, the original, the uniqueness of the cycle of life. You have what the Earth brings you.
Intuition plays a role in all my decisions. You have what the earth brings you. Possibilities.
education
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Graduate Fine Arts/Studio Drawing and Printmaking 1996
Langara University
Graduate Fine Arts Studio, 1994
Drawing and Printmaking
Artistic expression
Art History Major
Colour Theory Designer
Product Interior
Rendering
Conceptual 3-D Forms
Print Maker – Intaglio and Relief
Silversmith
exhibitions
Silk Purse Gallery, West Vancouver
“Paper Gardens”, 1996 and 1998
Tech 1, Vancouver
“New Works” 1999 and 2000
group exhibitions
Main Space Gallery, Vancouver
“The Right Chemistry”, Christmas Show 1999
“3 + 2 = 5”, Christmas Show 2000
“Collaboration 01”, Christmas Show 2001
Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver
“Start With Art”, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010
“DisCOVEry” – Theme, Sleep And so to Bed – 2007
Theme, Reinvent Michael Angelo Unplugged 2011
The Ferry Building, West Vancouver
“Woman” – International Women’s Day, March 2006
Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver
“Evolution” – Juried Alumni Exhibition – Catalogue 2005
Cityscape Gallery, District of North Vancouver
“Summer Bloom” – 2002
“Nature/Humanity” – 2003
“Human Form” -2004
“Anonymous Art Show” – 2013, 2014, 2015
Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver
2004, 2009, 2010
“Garden Wands”
A unique handmade series of tall painted bamboo sticks topped with acrylic transfers
of plants and vegetables of the British gardener, Charles Jones.
2012 – Retail
live art events – volunteer
FANS Night Gala Evenings, North Vancouver
Chair Co-Chair from 1999 until 2007
Montgomery Fine Arts, Vancouver
Interactive Live Event/Life Drawing Session
“Fresh Art Sale” – 4 Artists and a live model, 1998
CBC Radio Canada Interview – we created an event as the model, Rebecca Cohen, was nude.
“Average Night Out” – Executive Committee
Diane Farris Gallery – Joe Average Fundraiser 1992
An Evening with Kiri Te Kanawa – Executive. Committee
AIDS Benefit – An evening with Kiri Te Kanawa
Deer Lake Park, Burnaby, 1993
AIDS Benefit – Executive Committee
“CATS” – Expo ‘86
career
Arts Club Theatre; Evergreen Cultural Center; On Site Entertainment EXPO 86; ShowStar on Line; Vancouver Cultural Alliance and Vancouver Youth Theatre. My working career has always focused on Arts and Culture.
Hot Tomato Interiors
Interior Design – Sole Proprietor since 1989
Teachings
Performing and Visual Arts Camps for children 7 to 12
Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam and Sooke Arts Centre, Vancouver Island
Directed, managed and taught at Theatre and Art Camps for children ages 7-12 incorporating playbuilding theory. Christmas, Easter and Summer Camps.
CBC Radio Interview – August 2000 on B.C. Almanac with Mark Forsythe. Jane and Sarah Coombs, Age -9, interviewed for five minutes. Over 100 students participated in the camps. We played our handmade instruments over the telephone.
Private Studio Sessions
Workshops with adults and gifted children
volunteer
FANS (Fund for the Arts on the North Shore) Night Gala Evenings, North Vancouver
Elected Chair, 1999 until 2008
Arts and Culture Commissioner, City of North Vancouver
Appointed Chair, Vice Chair 1999 until 2007
Fund for the Arts on the North Shore (FANS) Society, North Vancouver
Elected President 1999 until 2008
City 0f North Vancouver
Appointed to Advisory Design Panel, Public Art Jury and Grants Jury.
Presentation House Theatre and Gallery, City of North Vancouver
Chair, Board of Directors, 1981- 82
Fini
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