Artist Statement
The pace of tapestry weaving goes very well with my personal approach to artistic expression, the process of questioning and reflection over time. Working in both wet and dry mediums; painting, drawing, printmaking and photography and structured improvisations provide the vehicles of exploration for my work to emerge. The language and structure of tapestry are important aspects of this work. I value the level of commitment and skill in craft required in the processes of designing and weaving tapestries to produce quality. I love to have the variety of choices in my working methods that are possible. My work explores light and shadow, joy and sorrow, aspects of the human condition and our common humanity.
Curriculum Vitae
Group Exhibitions
2020-2021 “All Things With Imagination” (juried)McMichael Canadian Art Collection
2021”Interface” Tapestry Touring International
Crafts Council of British Columbia, Granville Island, Vancouver, Canada
2021 “Interface” Tapestry Touring International,
Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada
2020 “Interface” Tapestry Touring international,
Reversely Art Gallery and Museum, Nuneaton, England
The Guildhall, Much wedlock, England
2019 “Small Tapestry International-6,”Beyond the Edge” (juried), Orville
Hanchey Gallery, Natchitoches, Louisianna and Augustana Teaching, Museum, Rock Island, Illinois.
2016 “Quiet Zone II” World of Threads: International Festival of Contemporary Fibre
Arts, Queen Elizabeth Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville
2015 “Fate, Destiny and Self-Determination”, An International Tapestry
Project. Trames Gallery, Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal
2014 “Fate, Destiny and Self-Determination”, An International Tapestry Project”, Ontario Craft Gallery,Toronto
2014 “Untitled/Unjuried” Small Format Tapestries, University of Rhode
Island Gallery, Rhode Island
2011 “jaune”, Diagonale Centre d’Artistes, Montreal
2010 “gris”, Diagonale Centre d’Artistes, Montreal
2010 Watermark Studio Tour “Passages: Travels with Eleanor”, Toronto
2006 Triple X, Visual Arts Ontario 30 years (juried), The Art Gallery of
Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
2005 Triple X, The Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
2005 Triple X, Gladstone Hotel Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Installations
1992 “Blue Moon”, Parkdale Community Mural Project, Toronto
1989 “Centennial Quilt Project”, Toronto Board of Education, Toronto
Study and Research
2011 VASA Atelier. Advanced Tapestry Studies. House of Lailing, Oudenaarde, Belgium
2011 ISEND International Symposium and Exhibition on Natural Dyes, La Rochelle, France
Education
George Brown College (Drawing and Illustration)
Ryerson Polytechnical University (Photography)
York University, Glendon College, Bachelor of Arts, Honours
University of Toronto, Bachelor of Education
Ontario College of Art and Design University, (Textiles and Design)