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Education
Homerton College, University of Cambridge, UK
Accepted for a place at the Royal Academy Schools, London, UK
Studied under Harmon Sumray who was awarded the Queens Jubilee medal for services to art education. Sumray wrote the authoritative book on art education: To Teach Art
Solo Exhibitions
Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, UK
Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
Helen Pitt Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Station Gallery, White Rock, BC
Harvest House, White Rock, BC
Place Des Arts, Coquitlam, BC
New Westminster Art Gallery New Westminster, BC
Vancouver East Cultural Centre
Carnegie Centre, Vancouver BC
Queen Elizabeth Theatre Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Public & Corporate Art
Multicultural Surrey: 4 panels, 120x120 inch (each) selected for Surrey Place Shopping Centre, Surrey BC
The Vancouver Stock Exchange: 96x144 inch panel created for a corporate institution, Vancouver BC
Beginnings, Middles and End: Nine 48x96 inch panels created for a financial institution, top floor of the Toronto Dominion Bank tower in downtown Vancouver
An Illustrated Map of the World: Three 72x72 inch panels created for SIU Financial Corporation, Vancouver, BC
Four panel project at the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development
Awards
At age seventeen, painting selected to hang in The Schools Council Building, London UK
Illustration selected for an international exhibition curated by the Janine Blaise Gallery, Montreal Quebec.
Watercolour selected as one of 100 watercolours by Tony Onley and Gordon Smith for a national watercolour exhibition curated by the Artists Gallery, BC
Collections
Represented in private collections in Japan, France, USA, UK, and Canada
Publications & Reviews
Front page newspaper article: Multicultural Surrey, in The Surrey Leader Feature article: The White Rock Now and Delta Now
Front page newspaper article: The Peace Arch News
Subject of a TV documentary
Teaching Experience
Queen Eleanor School, Waltham Cross UK; taught English literature and art to O and A level and GCSE. Selected for panel to evaluate students’ GCSE art, UK. Taught drawing and painting at Kwantlen College, BC (Surrey and Langley campuses); taught watercolour and acrylic painting courses at Senior and Community Centres in White Rock, Surrey and Delta BC; Established the Art Department at Marlborough Private School, Delta BC and was Head of Fine Art (teaching art to grades 1 -12 and AP art) at Southpointe Academy, Tsawwassen BC.
(Past) Gallery Representation
Helen Pitt Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Paperwork’s Gallery, Granville Island, BC
Barret Post Gallery, Vancouver, BC
White Rock Art Gallery, BC
Marris Gallery, White Rock, BC
Station Gallery, White Rock, BC