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"Old Hag You  Have Killed Me"
Acrylic, Oil, Aklyd on Canvas

Artist Statement:

I have been a self-employed, professional artist with a full-time studio practice since 2005. 

My artwork is an exploration of themes relevant to the time and place in which they are created. I use it as a vehicle to illustrate the many correlations that life presents itself through the contextualization of the everyday with the iconography of popular culture and observations of the human condition. Visual clues do indeed provide chronology for future reference however the themes represented I would think are universal, timeless and are much to be painted for long after I finish my turn.

Education:

1995-2001     Visual Arts Program, Division of Fine Arts, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, Corner Brook, NL, Canada

Honors and Awards:

2014   Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council Project Grant, Established Artist
2005   Newfoundland And Labrador Arts And Letters Award

2004   Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council Project Grant, Emerging Artist

1995   Visual Arts Entrance Scholarship
1995   Franklin Gallery Book Award for most promising visual art student

Press:

Newfoundland Quarterly, Winter 2013/2014, Vol. 106 Issue 3, p22

Newfoundland Herald, February 11-17, 2007, pp. 34-36

The Huffington Post  March 26, 2014 Ellen DeGeneres' Seal Hunt Stance Slammed By Artist, www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/03/25/ellen-degeneres-seal-hunt_n_5031444.html

Macleans, Dear Ellen: Seal hunters are people too , An Inuit woman and Newfoundland artist speak up against the TV star's anti-seal hunt stance, March 25, 2014 http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/canadians-speak-up-against-ellens-anti-seal-hunt-cause/

The Telegram, May, 2014, Artist Puts Political Spin On Religious Painting, www.thetelegram.com/section/2014-05-24/article-3736080/Artist-puts-a-political-spin-on-religious-painting/1

 
Residencies:

Alumni Printmaking Residency, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2007

Exhibitions (solo/duo):

2015   Egos and Icons, Emily Carr House, Victoria, British Columbia

2014   Figuratively Speaking , Glass Gallery, Rocky Harbour, NL, Canada

2013   Recent Works, JL Gallery, Corner Brook, NL, Canada

2007   Artworks, First Space Gallery, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Johns, NL, Canada

Exhibitions (group):

2015   Rodney Mercer - Louise Gauthier - Sarah Whiffen, Tina Dolter Gallery, Rotary Arts Centre, Corner Brook, NL

2015   Play, Mala Gallery, Corner Brook, NL

2015   Spring, Red Ochre Gallery, St. John’s, NL                                                                               

2015   From Here to There, Tina Dolter Gallery, Rotary Arts Centre, Corner Brook, NL

2014   Christmas Mummers, Red Ochre Gallery, St. John’s, NL

The HeArt of Christmas Exhibition and Sale, L.A.W.N. Exhibition

Growing Artistically, L.A.W.N. Exhibition 

2013   Tales, Trails and Tunes Festival, L.A.W.N. Exhibition 

2012   Recent Acquisitions and Selections, Grenfell Campus Art Gallery, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, NL

HeArt of Christmas Exhibition and Sale, L.A.W.N. Exhibition

Growing Artistically, L.A.W.N. Exhibition

Tales, Trails and Tunes Festival, L.A.W.N. Exhibition

2011   HeArt of Christmas Exhibition and Sale, L.A.W.N. Exhibition

Bridging the Gap, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's

Summer Exhibit 2011, Bay of Islands Yacht Club, L.A.W.N. Exhibition

Tales, Trails and Tunes Festival, L.A.W.N. Exhibition

2010   HeArt of Christmas Exhibition, L.A.W.N. Exhibition

2009   Writers at Woody Point, L.A.W.N. Exhibition 

2006   Western Newfoundland Medical Centre Exhibition, L.A.W.N. Exhibition

Art in the Park, L.A.W.N. Exhibition

Writers at Woody Point, L.A.W.N. Exhibition

Christmas Exhibition, L.A.W.N. Exhibition

Juried Summer Exhibition: Wild Wild West, L.A.W.N. Exhibition

Fine Craft and Art Fair, L.A.W.N. Exhibition 

2005   Newfoundland & Labrador Arts & Letter Awards, Arts & Culture Center, St. John’s, NL

            Art in the Park, L.A.W.N. Exhibition

2005   Newfoundland & Labrador Arts & Letter Awards, Arts & Culture Center, St. John’s, NL

Collections (selected):

• CHC (Canadian Helicopters), Newfoundland
• Centre Of Newfoundland Studies - Waterford Institute Of Technology, Ireland
• Permanent Collection – Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Permanent Collection – Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador

Commissions:

• Portrait of Dr. Richard Harley for Western Regional Memorial Hospital of Corner Brook, 2015
• Portrait of Premier Danny Williams for Centre of Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, Waterford Institute Of Technology, Ireland 2004
• Portrait of Dr. Axel Meisen (President of Memorial University) for Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2008
• Portraits of Poet John Ennis, Poet David Elliott, Master Printer George Maslov, Story Teller Elinor Benjamin for The March Hare Festival of Words and Music, Corner Brook

Related Activities:

2012 – present         Private Art Instructor to children, adults and people with special needs.