• Ontario Society of Artists - Elected Member in 2025

    Central Ontario Art Association (COAA) : Current President,
    Former Vice President and Treasurer
    https://coaart.com/

    Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists (KWSA) : Past President and Treasurer, and current member
    https://www.kwsa.ca/

    Local Art for Local Walls (now inactive): Member,
    A collaboration of five local art associations: Riverside Print Group, Art District Gallery, KWSA, ArtsPay, and Uptown Gallery Waterloo.
    This initiative included a “Food and Art” crawl in winter 2019, guiding participants between galleries.

    GRACe: Grand River Artists Collective: Current Member,
    Formerly ArtsPay, merged with KWSA in 2025.

  • Primarily self taught

    2023
    Fundamentals of Art Certificate
    Dundas Valley School of Art

    Completed workshops and courses in watercolor and acrylic over the past ten years through:

    • COAA Beyond the Palette annual workshop weekends

    • Dundas Valley School of Art

    • Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Ontario

    • Online instruction programs

    Participated in numerous workshops in a variety of mediums

  • 2017 – 2023
    Art Instructor on luxury cruise ships
    Odyssey Art at Sea

    2024 – Present
    Monoprint workshop instructor
    Button Factory Arts, Waterloo
    https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/

    Button Factory Arts Workshop instructor in acrylic painting and monoprinting.

    Button Factory Arts, Waterloo
    https://www.buttonfactoryarts.ca/

  • July 2025
    COAA Crossection, Castle Kilbride
    Juror’s Choice Award — Behind Closed Doors

    May 2025
    Minto Arts Council Juried Show
    Two watercolor paintings accepted

    March 2025
    COAA Perceptions Show, Minto Arts Centre
    Juror’s Choice Award

    October 2024
    COAA Crossection, Etobicoke Civic Centre, Toronto
    Exhibited and sold a watercolor painting of a sandy beach in Harris, Scotland

    October 2024
    Minto Arts Centre, Harriston, Ontario
    Exhibited and sold a watercolor painting depicting a canal in Venice

    August 2024
    COAA Perceptions Juried Show
    Castle Kilbride, Baden, Ontario

    June 2024
    Hamilton Plein Air Event
    Sold an acrylic painting of Tiffany Falls

    May 2024
    Exhibition at 44 Gaukel Street, Kitchener
    Group exhibition themed Home, exploring concepts of home and homelessness

    December 2023
    Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists
    Selections 2023 Juried Show
    Silver Award — On the Beach, acrylic on canvas

    October 2023
    Minto Arts Centre
    Group exhibition with two photographers themed Rural Ontario
    Sold an acrylic painting depicting a local farmstead

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