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                      About The Artist

First attracted to the loose spontaneity of Watercolour, Sheila quickly learned to control this medium, capturing light, colour and essence in images to soothe the soul or lift the spirit, as the subject inspires. Further experimentation led her to include an array of other materials in her work. These mixed media pieces, complete with collages and textures are more playful and vividly colourful , almost naïve in nature.

Sheila has started working on larger pieces out of a desire to remove the ‘barrier’ of the glass (necessary in framing works on paper) that separates her work from the viewer. This developed into an experimentation of larger more abstract work that encourages one not to simply admire the work, but to truly experience it as another dimension.

Whichever medium she works in, Sheila is known for her bold use of colour to portray light, atmosphere and movement in paintings that are as dynamic and animated as her personality. She works out of her in home studio, in Beaverton Ontario. An elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists, Sheila’s work can be found in collections around the world.
 

 

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Graduate of Loretto Abbey, Toronto ON.

Self Taught Artist, Various Artists Workshops

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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

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

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

Gottschalk Forensic Accounting & Valuations Inc.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION              

Canvas Gallery , Toronto

Denison Gallery, Toronto      

Effusion Gallery, Invermere BC   

In2art Gallery, Oakville, ON     

Meta 4, Port Perry

Venus Gallery, Aurora, ON

Village Gallery Originals, Millbrook, ON

Whispers North,  Minden Ontario  

Perivale Gallery, Manitoulin Island, ON

 

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Sheila Davis SCA

Spindrift Studios

Box 572.  Beaverton , ON, Canada L0K 1A0

(705)426-7871         contact@sheiladavis.ca