• BEYOND THE VALLEY STUDIO TOUR, Dundas ON, 2022

  • THE BIGGER PICTURE: ART IN HAMILTON 1950-2000, AGH, HAMILTON ON, 2022

  • GALLERY CRUIKSHANK, A POP-UP EVENT, Dundas ON., 2022

  • BEYOND THE VALLEY STUDIO TOUR, Dundas, ON, 2021

  • DOWN THE ROAD & UP THE CREEK, Carnegie Gallery Dundas, ON, 2021

  • ABSTRACT #X,Earl’s Court Gallery, Hamilton, ON. 2020

  • BEYOND THE VALLEY STUDIO TOUR, Dundas, ON 2019

  • WINTERBLOOMS, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, ON. 2018

  • HEAVEN & EARTH II, Blythe Theatre Gallery, Blythe, ON, 2018

  • HEAVEN & EARTH, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON. 2017

  • J STEPHENSEN GALLERY, Bayfield, ON. 2014

  • AIRSHIP 123, Distillery District, Toronto, ON. 2014

  • SONGIDE’EWIN SHOW, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2013

  • PART OF THE FABRIC: SUBSTANTIAL DREAM (A.G.H.), Hamilton, ON, 1995

  • BREASTPLATES: Gallery 280, Hamilton, ON., 1997

  • TEACHERS AS ARTISTS , Hamilton Place,Hamilton, ON. 1990

  • NATIONAL BALLET JURIED SHOW, Toronto, ON, 1988

  • ART IN THE VALLEY, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, ON., 1985

  • GOOSE BUMPS AND MUDWUMPS, North Bay, ON., 1983

  • NORTH BAY ART ASSOCIATION JURIED SHOW, North Bay, ON. 1982

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

  • GALLERY 308, Dundas ON, 2022

  • GALLERY 308, Dundas, ON, 2019

  • GALLERY 308, Dundas, ON, 2018

  • SIGNS OF LIFE, Art on Main, North Bay, ON, 2014

  • SIGNS OF LIFE, Defacto Gallery, Hamilton, ON, 2014

  • BREASTPLATES, Gallery 251, Hamilton, ON, 1996 (photography)

  • TEA BY TWO, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, ON, 1989

  • SILENT DREAMS, McMaster Medical Centre, Hamilton ON, 1988

  • ONE WOMAN II, Petteplace Gallery, Hamilton, ON, 1984

  • ONE WOMAN, Petteplace Gallery, Hamilton, ON, 1978

COMMISSIONS & COLLECTIONS:

  • NORTH BAY CITY HALL: Trout Lake View, North Bay, ON, 1982

  • LOOMIS COURIER: The Mountains That Flow to the Sea, Head Offices, Vancouver, B.C., 1998

  • CANADA PERMANENT BANK: Calgary, Alta.: Foothills Town & In the Shadow of Grey Owl

  • Beddington Sq.,Calgary: Prairie Storm, Bitter Vetch Field & Moon Rise, 1980

  • St.Vital Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Milena’s Manitoba, The Message & Birches at Beren’s River, 1980

In addition to the above major corporate commissions, the artist is represented in private collections across Canada and the northern USA.

PUBLICATIONS:

  • 1996-2022: Feb. 20, 2020 & Numerous articles & reviews, The Hamilton Spectator

  • 2002- Centenary Celebration of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada commemorative publication on the visit of HRH Elizabeth II in her Golden Jubilee Year (photographic credits throughout)

  • 2000 - The Grand Review (CD cover) Michael J Birthelmer (photography & design)

  • 1998 - This Heart of Mine (CD cover photography) Jude Johnson

  • 1996 – Moontime Howl (cd illustration)

  • 1991 -Studio Magazine (Canada), Featured Artist (Silly Sisters t-shirt design) August (p 32)

ASSOCIATIONS:

The Metis Women’s Circle, Hamilton, ON                                                  2006- 2022
Silly Sisters Design, Hamilton, ON                                                              1993-1997
Board of Directors, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, ON                                   1993-1998 2018-present
Chairman, Hanging Committee (Carnegie Gallery)                                   1988-1993
Juror, Burlington Cultural Centre, Art in the Park, Burlington, ON          1993
 

TEACHING:

HAMILTON WENTWORTH DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD, Hamilton ON
Visual Art Instructor; Head: Native Studies; Ass. Head: Visual Art          1988-2013

DUNDAS VALLEY SCHOOL OF ART, Dundas, ON
Visual Art Instructor                                                                                     1986-1988

CANADORE COLLEGE, North Bay, ON
Fabric Art Instructor                                                                                    1980-1982

EDUCATION: 

Visual Art Specialist (Brock University)           1995
Bachelor of Education (Queens University)    1974
Bachelor of Fine Art (McMaster University)    1973

MEDIA:

Acrylic, Oil and oil stick on canvas & mixed media 2021-present

Acrylic on Canvas (2011-present): Heaven & Earth series
Acrylic on Stonehenge papers: Inner Landscapes series:
Print-making (Linocut) on Stonehenge paper: Signs of Life : Hobo Symbols ; Boreal Fauna; Botanicals & Mark My Word series (2012-present)
Analog B&W Photography (1988-2011)
Silk Painting, Batik on fine fibres (1978-1995)