WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL MY BROTHER AND SISTER PLAYED IN THE WOODS BEHIND OUR COUNTRY HOUSE IN THE CANADIAN LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS.  BUT YOU COULD ALWAYS FIND ME STANDING AT THE EASEL OF THE OLD MAN WHO WAS PAINTING OVER AT THE NEXT COTTAGE.  I WAS FASCINATED AT THE WAY HE COULD PICK UP SOME PAINT ON A BRUSH AND DEPOSIT IT ON A WHITE CANVAS, SWIRLING IT AROUND AND CREATING SOMETHING SO BEAUTIFUL.  IT WAS MAGIC.

I MADE A CAREER CHANGE IN 1984.  I HAD 3 SMALL CHILDREN BUT MANAGED TO RETURN TO PRIVATE ART SCHOOL WHERE I BEGAN TO STUDY THE WAYS OF THE OLD MASTERS UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF HELENE BELAND AND DANIEL BRIENT AT MISSION RENAISSANCE IN MONTREAL.  I SHORTLY THEREAFTER OPENED A SMALL ART SCHOOL WHERE I BEGAN TEACHING PAINTING AND DRAWING AND STILL DO TODAY.

THE SIMPLE CLASSIC TECHNIQUES I USE TO CREATE MY OIL PAINTINGS HAVE GIVEN ME THE PRACTICAL MEANS TO EXPLORE MY IDEAS AND IMAGES AND EXPRESS MYSELF THROUGH ART.  IN MY PAINTINGS, I EXPLORE MY OWN IDENTITY AND SPIRITUALITY.  I DO ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART AND SOME REPRODUCTIONS, WHICH I USE AS STUDIES.

I ADMIRE THE WORKS OF ADOLPHE WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU.  IN COPYING HIS PAINTINGS, I EXPERIENCE PERSPECTIVE, THE BEAUTY  AND GRACEFULNESS OF HIS FIGURES AND I GET A FEELING OF KNOWING THESE BEAUTIFUL MASTERPIECES INTIMATELY.  THE INNER GLOW AND SPIRIT OF HIS PAINTINGS OVERPOWER AND HUMBLE ME.  THEY ARE A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION AND THEY STRENGTHEN MY WORK EXPANDING MY VISUAL VOCABULARY.  THE PAINTINGS ALSO HELP ME SOLVE PROBLEMS IN MY OWN WORKS OF ART.

I AM ALWAYS STRIVING FOR THAT ELUSIVE PAINTING THAT LOOKS AS IF IT WERE DONE BY ANGELS, EVEN THOUGH I OFTEN LAUGH AT THE IRONY OF THE EFFORT THAT SUCH A WORK REQUIRES.

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS EXHIBITIONS, SOME IMPORTANT, SOME NOT.  I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO MERIT FIRST PRIZE IN MY COMMUNITY ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION ALONG WITH SEVERAL HONOURABLE MENTIONS.  EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE

 

" LA MAISON DES CITOYENS" OTTAWA,
CENTRE MONSIGNEUR PIGEON, MONTREAL,
SALON DES METIERS D'ART AND
GALERIE TROIS 'C' MONTREAL
AND OTHERS.

I ACCEPT COMMISSIONS AND SPECIALIZE IN PORTRAITS AND ANGELS, AND IN TEACHING I AM IN MY ELEMENT.

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My studio is in some ways just like a painting. It is filled with numerous works of art, finished and unfinished, successful and unsuccessful and is filled with positive energy. Also quiet if I need solitude and amongst others when I crave stimuli.