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                      About The Artist

Primarily self taught, Sheila has been a professional artist for over 20 years. Her interest lies in obscure areas of the environment as seen on the periphery of daily vision.

Sheila works in oil, preferring large panels. Using dynamic brushstrokes and saturated colour, she captures the friction and play of texture and temperature where surface planes meet, challenging the eye to look deeper, to see beyond the obvious, to become aware of those areas of nature necessary to existence, to see beauty in the mundane.

An elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists and the Ontario Society of Artists, Sheila’s work has been included in private and corporate collections around the world. She is represented by various galleries in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia and participates in select exhibitions throughout the year.
 

 

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Graduate of Loretto Abbey, Toronto ON.

Self Taught Artist, Various Artists Workshops

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012    

“Walk with Me” The Marianne van Silfhout Gallery in The St. Lawrence College ,Brockville Campus

2009           

‘Reflections’ , Effusion Art Gallery, Invermere BC

 

2003           

‘ColourScapes’, Kent Farndale Gallery , Port Perry, ON

 ‘Two Ways of Seeing’, with Jean Kallmeyer - Poetry, Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery                                                                                  

‘Figure This’, Rails End Gallery, Haliburton

                     

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2011

East Central Ontario Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition – Dora Purdon Award  

A Brush with the Highlands Plein Air Festival Juried show - The Hawk River Log Chute Award and The Environmental Narrative Award
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               2009    
McMichael Canadian Art Collection Autumn Art Show & Sale
2007    
East Central Ontario Art Association Annual Algonquin Park Show
2006    
Society of Canadian Artists Annual Members Juried show
Society of Canadian Artists Annual New Members Exhibition                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
2005     
Scarborough Arts Council juried show ‘fragments'     
East Central Ontario Art Association Annual Algonquin Park Show

2004    

Society of Canadian Artists Annual National open Juried show

Colour & Form Society Annual Juried show

East Central Ontario Art Association Annual Algonquin Park Show 

East Central Ontario Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition – Rose Bake award for Acrylic                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

2003           

Scarborough Arts Council juried show ‘Elements’

East Central Ontario Art Association Annual Algonquin Park Show                                                                                                                                          

2002    

East Central Ontario Art Association Annual Algonquin Park Show

Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery Viewers Choice 

Veni Vidi Art Gallery, Port Perry ON “Nudes”   

 Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts Annual Juried Show                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

2001    

East Central Ontario Art Association Annual Algonquin Park Show – 1st prize.

East Central Ontario Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition

Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery Viewers Choice – 1st prize floral – 3rd prize landscape

Orillia Museum of Art and History ‘Blooming Art’                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

2000    

Orillia Museum of Art and History- ‘Blooming Art’ 

Veni Vidi Art Gallery, Port Perry ON -‘Oil & Water- Portraits’ 

Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts Annual Juried Show                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

1999    

Orillia Museum of Art and History ‘Blooming Art’

Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts Annual Juried Show 

McMichael Canadian Art Collection Autumn Art Show & Sale

City of Ajax & PineRidge Arts Council Annual Fall Juried Show                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

1998    

East Central Ontario Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition – Rose Baker award for Acrylic

Orillia Museum of Art and History ‘Blooming Art’

McMichael Canadian Art Collection Autumn Art Show & Sale                                                              

                                                                                                                                   

1997      

Orillia Museum of Art and History ‘Blooming Art’ 

McMichael Canadian Art Collection Autumn Art Show & Sale                                                                                                                                                         

SELECT JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

Toronto Art Expo

Haliburton summer Art in the Park

Muskoka  arts and crafts summer show & sale

Kawartha Arts Festival

Ottawa Fine Art Festival        

Cabbagetown Art & Craft Festival

Rideau Valley Art Festival

MEMBERSHIPS

Society of Canadian Artists- Elected member

Ontario Society of Artists - Elected member

East Lake Simcoe Art Association (ELSAA) – Founder

East Central Ontario Art Association (ECOAA) – President, Fall workshop co-ordinator, website design & management

 

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Beaverton;  Cobourg ; Toronto;  Ottawa; Niagara Falls; Orillia ;England; Finland ;

Hungary;                 Brazil ;     The United States

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) 

Gottschalk Forensic Accounting & Valuations Inc., Toronto, ON

Fredenberg & Gullette Attorney, Phoenix, AZ

 Dr. Shawn Moore Optometrist, Orillia, ON

RCIM Family Law, Calgary, AB

GALLERY REPRESENTATION              

Canvas Gallery , Toronto

Denison Gallery, Toronto      

Effusion Gallery, Invermere BC   

In2art Gallery, Oakville, ON  

Latitude Art Gallery, Calgary, AB   

Meta 4, Port Perry

Petroff Gallery, Toronto, ON

Whispers North,  Minden Ontario  

 

 

 

Sheila Davis SCA OSA

Box 572.  Beaverton , ON, Canada L0K 1A0

(705)426-7871         contact@sheiladavis.ca

 All Artwork is Copyright ©Sheila Davis and may not be reproduced in any way without permission