EMPLOYMENT

Tri-Art Mfg. Inc 1996 – present. Owner, Materials Consultant, Artist in Residence. 

Art Noise Studio 2015 - 2020 Arts Education Coordinator

Tri-Art Gallery 2015- present Curator & Director

EDUCATION

1988 BA Queen's University, Kingston ON Concentrations in Fine Art and Dramatic Arts

PUBLICATIONS

  • Acrylic Painting Mediums and Methods: A contemporary Guide to Materials, Techniques, and Applications, The Monacelli Press, New York, N.Y. June 2018  ISBN - 9781580934930

  • (Dutch language translation of New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook) Het Nieuwe Acryl: Bronnenboek, Tirion Creatief, Utrecht, Netherlands September 2010 ISBN – 9043913480

  • New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook: Materials, techniques and contemporary applications for today's artist, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, N.Y. July 2009 ISBN-10: 0823099261

  • (Dutch language translation of The New Acrylics) Het Nieuwe Acryl: complete gids voor de nieuwe soorten acryl, Tirion Creatief, Utrecht, Netherlands September 2007 ISBN – 9043911097

  • (German language translation of The New Acrylics) Die Neuen Acrylfarben: Strukturen und künstlerische Gestaltung, Edition Fischer, München, Germany November 2007 ISBN – 9783939817093

  • The New Acrylics: Complete Guide To The New Generation Of Acrylic Paint, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, N.Y. February 2005 ISBN-10: 0823031594

LECTURES (SELECTED)

  • How We Paint. - Speaker series, Contemporary Drawing and Painting. OCADU, Toronto, 2019

  • Everything you always wanted to know about Acrylics (but were afraid to ask) - Art Noise, Kingston, 2015

  • Manipulating Acrylic Colours and Mediums, Van Beek Art supplies, Amsterdam & Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, May 2014

  • Jazzing the modern medium: Understanding Modern Acrylics - Art for All Canada - Metro Hall Toronto, March 2010

  • Keeping in green in the Acrylic Classroom – Using plastic paints with an eye to the environment.  Beauty on a Budget – Economy paints with Rich results, a layered approach.  British Columbia Art Teachers Association Convention – Vancouver, BC 2008

  • An overview of Acrylic colours, mediums and usage. Fine Art students and faculty. University of Alberta - Edmonton, October 2009, Sponsored by The Paint Spot.

  • An overview of Acrylic colours, mediums and usage. Michelle White's 2nd year painting students - OCAD (Ontario College of Art and Design) – Toronto, 1999

RESIDENCIES

2018 Tao Hua Tan 3rd International Artist Creation Camp, Anhui, China

EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2022 Show of Smalls - Group exhibition - Art Noise Gallery, Kingston, ON

2022   Art for All: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston, ON

2021   Show of Smalls - Group exhibition - Art Noise Gallery, Kingston, ON

2020 Show of Smalls - Group exhibition - Art Noise Gallery, Kingston, ON

2019 Show of Smalls - Group exhibition - Art Noise Gallery, Kingston, ON

2019   WATERSHED Solo exhibition, Art Noise Gallery, Kingston, ON

2019   In Product(ion) - Tri-Art 25th anniversary collection exhibition. Art Noise        Gallery, Kingston, ON

2018 Taohuatan 3rd International Artist Creation Camp - Group exhibition - Modern Art Museum, Hefei, Anhui, China, "Taohuatan 3rd International Artist Creation Camp"

2018 Show of Smalls - Group exhibition - Art Noise Gallery, Kingston, ON

2018 Remnants - Show of selected works - Art Noise Gallery, Kingston, ON

2015 - 2016  Red Door Collective - Thanksgiving Art show, Lanark, ON 

2012-2014  Westport Area Fall Colours Studio Tour – Red Door Studio on Long Bay, Rideau Lakes, ON

2012 Art Salon – Group show with Babi Sugarman (mixed media artist) & Jonathan Sugarman (photography) Kingston, ON

2013 Worlds Collide & 50/50 Project Art show – Heather Haynes Gallery, Kingston, ON

2013 Kingston Women's Art Festival - Kingston, ON