about
Born in Windsor Ontario in 1959, I studied commercial art at George Brown College and continued studying art as a part time student at various studios and schools in Toronto including OCAD. I worked professionally in advertising and design, as a graphic artist. Later, I ventured out to make use of my interest in gardening and founded my own landscape design firm, Renderings.
During these years I was never far from a canvas and always had a painting on the go. I worked in oils, watercolours, acrylics, printmaking, life drawing and pottery, but always returned to oils. Because of the richness and luminosity, I continued to develop my skills in oils and have stayed with them since the 1990’s.
Since moving to Georgetown Ontario in 2011, I have been able to focus exclusively on painting. I have been in numerous solo, group and juried shows, in 2015 I became an Elected Member of the Colour and Form Society and the Society of Canadian Artists and eventually became an Executive Board Member for the CFS at the request of Tony Vander Voet where I have made a significant contribution.
The subject matter of my work is the landscape where my style has evolved from realism into contemporary impressionism. After I was selected as Artist in Residence in 2016 at the Red Door Gallery in Georgetown, I was then selected as a studio artist at Williams Mill Visual Arts Centre. I am now part of Main Street Studios at Williams Mill where I work out of and welcome the public to enjoy my work and the work of my studio mates.
Juried Shows:
Ontario Society Of Artists - New Members Show - Neilson Park Creative Centre - Toronto, 2019
Arts on the Credit – 3 day Juried arts festival, Port Credit Mississauga On. - 2018
Ontario Society of Artists - 144th Annual Open Juried Exhibition - John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto 2017
SCA 48th Open National Juried Exhibition of Large Works - Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, 2016
Beaux-Arts Brampton - Wildlife Show – Brampton Ontario - 2016
Lakeshore Arts 23rd through the Eyes of the Artist Show at Toronto - 2016
SCA Elected Members Exhibition – 2015, Flato Markham Theatre, Markham, ON - 2015
Colour and Form Society - 63rd Annual Open Juried Exhibition - 2015
Wellington Artists' Gallery and Art Centre - Juried Group Show 2015
Helson Gallery - Juried Show - ‘Locally Grown’ - 2015,
Lakeshore Arts 22nd Annual Juried Show, Through the Eyes of an Artist - 2015
Red Door Gallery - Red Door Gallery Inaugural Juried Show - 2015
Fine Arts Society of Milton 3rd Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition - 2015
Colour and Form Society - 62nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition - 2014
Headwaters Arts Festival - the SGI Centre, Alton Ontario.- 2014
Colour & Form Society Biennial Art Exhibition, Todmorden Mills, Toronto - 2014
Helson Gallery - Juried Show - ‘Locally Grown’, Georgetown Ontario - 2014
Lakeshore Arts 21st Annual Juried Show, Through the Eyes of an Artist Assembly Hall, Toronto - 2014
Beaux-Arts Brampton - Open Juried Fine Art & Photography Show Brampton Ontario- 2014
Fine Arts Society of Milton “From Heart to Hand”, Holcim Gallery, Milton Ontario – 2014
McMichael Canadian Art Collection - Plein Air Show - 2014
Headwaters Arts Gallery - Juried Show - “Faces, Places and Spaces” - 2014
Cultural Roundtable Symposium – Halton Hills Cultural Centre, Georgetown Ontario - 2013
Button Factory - Waterloo Community Arts Centre - Annual Juried Show - 2013
Arts on the Credit - 3 day Juried arts festival, Port Credit Mississauga On - 2013
337 Sketch Gallery Juried Group Show, Hamilton Ontario - 2012
Wellington Artists' Gallery and Art Centre - Juried Group Show, Fergus Ontario- 2012
Solo Exhibitions:
Natural World - Solo Exhibition, Red Door Gallery - March 12 to April 4th, 2015
127 Mill Street, Georgetown, ON, L7G 2C7
Millcroft Inn - Solo, Juried Exhibition of my work from June 16th to July 28th 2014 -
55 John St, Village of Alton - Caledon, ON L7K 0C4
Mohawk Inn - Solo Art Show July 1st to October 1st, 2013, 9230 Guelph Line Campbellville, Ontario
Group Exhibition:
Williams Mill Visual Arts Centre Gallery - The Nature of Canada, June – July 2017
Party of Eight, "Spring Into Summer" – Halton Hills Summer 2016
Beaux-Arts Brampton - Colour and Form Society - New Members Show,
August 4th to August 15th, 2015, 70-74 Main Street North, Brampton, ON
Williams Mill Visual Arts Centre Gallery - ‘Journey Revealed’ – The paintings of 4 artists, March 6th to March 17th 2013, 515 Main Street Glen Williams (Halton Hills), ON L7G 3S9
Main Street Inn - Christmas Group Show - 2012
Credit Valley Artisans - Pallet & Pencil Group Show - Mail Street Inn - 2011
Awarded:
Giorgio M. Della Rocca Integrity in Art Award
Lakeshore Arts 21st Annual Juried Show - Through the Eyes of an Artist 2014
2'nd Prize - 'Georgeview Breakfast' - 2 x 2 Show, Colour and Form Society, February 2017
Representation:
Westmount Gallery, 88 Advance Rd., Toronto Ontario 2016 - Present
Corporate Collections
Milton Public Library - Sherwood Branch
Family Optical - Georgetown
Associations
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Ontario Society of Artists - Elected Member - 2019 - present
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Society of Canadian Artists - Elected Member - 2015 - present
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Colour and Form Society - Elected Member - 2015 - present
Art-related Professional Experience
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Social Media Editor - Williams Mill Creative Arts Studios - 2019
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Williams Mill Visual Arts Centre - Studio Artist 2017 - present
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Juror - Kloepfer Gallery - The Guelph Creative Arts Association - July 31, 2018
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Colour and Form Society - Executive Board 2016 to 2018
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New Membership Chair - Colour and Form Society 2015 to 2018
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Artist in Residence - Red Door Gallery - 2016
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Advisory Board, Social Media Administrator - Red Door Gallery - 2015 -2016
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Oil painting instruction - 2009 to January 2015
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Willow Park Ecology Centre - demonstration and workshop, Norval Ontario 2015
Publications
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Niagara Escarpment View, “The Red Door Opens, Paintings by Shelley Newman”, Spring 2015
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The Independent Free Press Online, “Red Door Gallery opens new show tonight”
http://www.theifp.ca/news-story/5472137-red-door-gallery-opens-new-show-tonight/
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Neighbours in the Glen, “Natural World, Iconic Landscapes of Cottage Country” , Spring 2015
