Art & Life
Artist Bio/Background
Currently Represented by:
The Ernesto Mayans Galleries. 601 Canyon Road. Santa Fe, New Mexico. U.S.A. Ph. 505.983.8068 www.artnet.com/mayans.html
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Art Rental Program. 1040 Moss Street. Victoria, British Columbia. Canada. Ph. 250.384.4101 www.aggv.bc.ca
The Gallery at Mattick’s Farm. #109-5325 Cordova Bay Road. Victoria, British Columbia. Canada. Ph. 250.658.8333
Cielo’s Restaurant, on the Beach in White Rock. 15069 Marine Drive. White Rock, British Columbia. Canada. Ph. 604.538.8152 www.cielosrestaurant.comShows:
Home/Studio Show & Sale. In the Artist’s home. Victoria, British Columbia. Canada. April 2006
“The 1st Annual James Bay Art Walk”. One of 20 artists to open their home/studio to the public. Over 500 people ‘walked the walk’! Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. September 10th & 11th, 2005
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s 17th & 18th Annual Moss Street Paint-In. A juried invitation, along with 90 other artists, to bring the artist’s studio to the street and to provide the opportunity for visitors (over 30,000 every year) to watch the artist at work. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. July 17, 2004 & July 16, 2005
Home/Studio Show & Sale. In the Artist’s home. Victoria, British Columbia. Canada. December 2003
“Primarily Painting” Group Exhibit of paintings, painted exclusively with 3 primary colors, Pandora Arts Studio and Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia. Canada. October, 2003
“Lost and Found” Group Exhibit of art made from found materials, Pandora Arts Studio and Gallery. Victoria, British Columbia. Canada. March, 2003
Bank Street Art Group “Recent Works” Group Show: The Gallery at the Mac, McPherson Playhouse, The Royal and McPherson Theatres Society. Victoria, British Columbia. Canada. March, 2002
Michelson Mind over Matter. Juried Show & Sale of Work from Artists. White Rock/Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Summer of 2000
A Body of Work from the Larger than Life Drawing Group. Group exhibition at Toni’s Art Gallery, White Rock, British Columbia. Canada. 1999
HELLO DALI! Recent Surreal Art. Juried exhibition, The Community Arts Council of White Rock & District. October, 1998
Two-woman show of Weavings and Porcelain Wall Sculptures. White Rock Train Station Gallery, White Rock Community Art Council. Winter of 1986.
Classes/Workshops:
Forms & Concepts in Contemporary Painting. Lisa Birke. Six week continuing education class. Emily Carr Institute. January, 2007
Free Expression Painting Workshop. Caroline James, Instructor. 4 day retreat on Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada. Sept./Oct. of 2005
New Approaches to Watercolor. Wendy Welch, Instructor. 10 week session
Victoria College of Art Extension Program. Victoria, Canada. Jan. of 2004
Acrylic Painting. Michelle Miller, Instructor. 8 week session. In the Artist’s Studio. Victoria, Canada. Sept. of 2003
Paint, Collage & Surface, Part Two- Advanced. Wendy Welch, Instructor. 10 week session. Victoria College of Art Extension Program. Victoria, Canada. Jan. of 2003
Bound Book Workshop. Rose Davidson/Instructor. Victoria, British Columbia. Canada. March of 2003
Discovery Through Acrylic Painting, A non-traditional approach to learning & exploring in paint. Angelina McIntyre/ Instructor. 6 Sessions. Pandora Arts Studio & Gallery. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Nov. of 2002
Paint, Collage & Surface. Wendy Welch, Instructor. 10 week session. Victoria College of Art Extension Program, Victoria, Canada. Fall of 2000 & Winter of 2002
Painting from Nature: Exterior & Interior Landscapes. Recording our encounters with landscape through painting, energetically & meditatively, en pleinair in the studio. Marsha Connell/instructor , from Santa Rosa, California, USA. Sponsored by the Creative Arts Community of Portland, Oregon at MENUCHA, an historic estate overlooking magnificent Columbia River Gorge, Portland, Oregon, USA. A week long intensive workshop experience, Aug, 2000
Figure Drawing, Larger Than Life Drawing Group. Weekly sessions of life drawing from models in our studios. White Rock, B.C. 1998-2000
Paint, Surface & Collage. Margaretha Bootsma, Instructor. 10 week session. Langara College. Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada. 1998
Painting with Acrylics. Tony O’Regan - Toni’s Art Gallery, White Rock, British Columbia. Canada. 1997
Introduction to Photography. White Rock Continuing Education. White Rock, British Columbia. Canada. 1991
Handmade Paper. The Papery, Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C. 1990
Weaving & Embellishment, North American Weaver’s Conference. University of British Columbia. Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada. 1987
Fashion Illustration. Vancouver School of Fashion Design. Vancouver, B.C. 1980
Beginner Watercolors. Gordon Rice, Instructor. White Rock & District Community Arts Council. 1979
Figure Drawing. Gordon Rice, Instructor - Kwantlen Community College. 1978
Qualifications:
Juried Member of Western Canadian Designers and Fashion Association. Issued Nov. 27th, 1985
She rides a Harley, takes photographs, a writer, painter...
"Why is it when we see books written about painters, poets,photographers…
That we never see the painter with the art…The painter’s hands,
Her skin
Her spirit "
- Quote by Ernesto Mayans -
