Art has always been a very large part of my life. I began drawing at about 2 years of age (so I’ve been told). I studied at the Vancouver School of Art as well as with artists such as Rex Brandt, Zoltan Szabo, and others.
Sharing
my knowledge with others started me on the road to teaching, and for 35 years
I have enjoyed conducting classes in the various media techniques of oil,
acrylic, watercolor, pastel, drawing, and composition. I have taught continuing
education classes at Kwantlen College in Langley, BCIT, Langara College, at
my home studio and for various clubs, organizations and private groups throughout
BC and Alberta.
I have had yearly shows since my first exhibition in 1973, sometimes solo,
other times with a group. My work hangs in corporations and private collections
in Canada, as well as Hungary, Germany, Denmark and the United States.
During all this time I devoured books of all kinds, listened to the stories of my family and friends and anyone else who liked to spin a tale. Retired from teaching, I now paint pictures with words and embellish the text with illustrations.
I am working on my second novel. I live in Surrey, BC with my husband and two cats.
PUBLICATIONS
- "The Theory of Relativity", a book on drawing techniques, which is in its third printing.
- "Finding Negative Space" is a video on watercolor techniques
- “Sea and Snow, Techniques in Watercolor” offers some different watercolor methods.
- “The Shapemakers Guide to Composition” A chapbook on technique
- “The Gabor Sisters of Smoky Lake” A biography of my family
- “Ingredients” a short story 2007 Second place winner in the Fiction category in Canadian Stories Magazine. Read the story ...
- My essays have appeared in the Province, Spotlight Magazine, and short stories in the Rainwriters “Rain or Shine” (07) and the Langley Writers Guild “Valley Voices” (07) chapbooks.
MEMBERSHIPS
- Federation of Canadian Artists, (Signature status)
- Federation of BC Writers
- Rainwriters Critique group
- Surrey Art Gallery Asssociation