Artist's Statement
I am an artist living in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
It is an idyllic setting for enhancing creativity.
I have a grand passion for drawing and painting people. I love bringing their portraits to life and telling stories about their daily experiences. While people are my preferred subjects, I also find inspiration in the beauty of nature. I find there is an underlying story to be told in many of my paintings of both people and scenes.
When I retired from my "day job", I devoted time to my love of art and have been actively developing my skills and art practice ever since.
Artist Profile
Judy has always been interested in art. After graduating from Humber College in business, she pursued a career in commercial banking. She continued painting and attending art classes, like those offered at the Toronto School of Art as well as numerous workshops with various artists (like Brian Atyeo). After retiring in 2007, she was able to focus on her art. In 2010, she moved from Toronto to Prince Edward County. She has explored a number of different mediums and continues to work in watercolour, oil, oil with cold wax and in acrylic. She attended art classes at Loyalist College (claudia jean mccabe, Andrew Sookrah) as well as many workshops offered by professional artists (Robert Liberace, Sheila Davis).
For five years, she ran the Life Drawing Program at the Baxter Arts Centre in Bloomfield and arranged shows for the work produced by the artists. At live modelling sessions, she sketched with oil on Yupo paper. These quick studies produced fresh and vibrant snapshots of the models.
With the onset of Covid, she switched to using graphite and watercolour to sketch and paint portraits with a free zoom group run by Nora MacPhail.
In 2020, she became the President of East Central Ontario Art Association (ECOAA.ca), providing leadership to bring the 60 year old club through the Covid years. She organized plein air events, art retreats, art exhibitions and juried shows. She uses Mailchimp and learned how to use Zoom to communicate with memebers.
In 2023, she took over Nora MacPhail's group of Portrait Pals on Zoom and began hosting free Sunday afternoon sessions to practice drawing and painting portraits.
Recently, she has been exploring abstracted landscapes by taking a class with Paul Bailey with Winslow Art Centre.
There will be 10 of her landscape pieces on display at Gallery 121 from July 15 to August 23, 2025 at their summer show in Belleville, Ontario where she will be one of three guest artists.
Judy has always been interested in art. After graduating from Humber College in business, she pursued a career in commercial banking. She continued painting and attending art classes, like those offered at the Toronto School of Art as well as numerous workshops with various artists (like Brian Atyeo). After retiring in 2007, she was able to focus on her art. In 2010, she moved from Toronto to Prince Edward County. She has explored a number of different mediums and continues to work in watercolour, oil, oil with cold wax and in acrylic. She attended art classes at Loyalist College (claudia jean mccabe, Andrew Sookrah) as well as many workshops offered by professional artists (Robert Liberace, Sheila Davis).
For five years, she ran the Life Drawing Program at the Baxter Arts Centre in Bloomfield and arranged shows for the work produced by the artists. At live modelling sessions, she sketched with oil on Yupo paper. These quick studies produced fresh and vibrant snapshots of the models.
With the onset of Covid, she switched to using graphite and watercolour to sketch and paint portraits with a free zoom group run by Nora MacPhail.
In 2020, she became the President of East Central Ontario Art Association (ECOAA.ca), providing leadership to bring the 60 year old club through the Covid years. She organized plein air events, art retreats, art exhibitions and juried shows. She uses Mailchimp and learned how to use Zoom to communicate with memebers.
In 2023, she took over Nora MacPhail's group of Portrait Pals on Zoom and began hosting free Sunday afternoon sessions to practice drawing and painting portraits.
Recently, she has been exploring abstracted landscapes by taking a class with Paul Bailey with Winslow Art Centre.
There will be 10 of her landscape pieces on display at Gallery 121 from July 15 to August 23, 2025 at their summer show in Belleville, Ontario where she will be one of three guest artists.
Awards:
2024 Honourable Mention, Art in the County, Prince Edward County Arts Council 31st Annual Juried Show, Picton
2020 Honourable Mention, East Central Ontario Art Association 62nd Annual Juried Show
2017 Honourable Mention, East Central Ontario Art Association 59th Annual Juried Show
2016 Honourable Mention, East Central Ontario Art Association 58th Annual Juried Show
2016 Milton's Choice Award, The Artists Care Project, Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation
2015 Don Maddocks Award, East Central Ontario Art Association 57th Annual Juried Show
Exhibitions:
2025 Art in the County, Prince Edward County Arts Council 32nd Annual Juried Show, Picton
2024 The Artists Care Project (Fall) Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation, Campbellford
2024 Mystery of the Park Show, Algonquin Park Visitor Centre
2024 County Arts in Muskoka Show, Muskoka Arts & Crafts Gallery, Bracebridge
2024 East Central Ontario Art Association 66th Annual Juried Show, Serpa Gallery, Newmarket
2024 Art in the County, Prince Edward County Arts Council 31st Annual Juried Show, Picton
2023 Mystery of the Park Show, Algonquin Park Visitor Centre
2023 The Artists Care Project, (Fall) Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation, Campbellford
2023 Art in the County, Prince Edward County Arts Council 30th Annual Juried Show, Picton
2022 Mystery of the Park Show, Algonquin Park Visitor Centre
2022 Quinte Arts Council Show "Fall Scenes of Quinte", Belleville
2022 The Artists Care Project, (Summer) Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation, Campbellford
2022 Belleville Plein Air Festival Show, John M. Parrott Gallery, Belleville
2022 East Central Ontario Art Association 63rd Annual Juried Show, VAGA Gallery, Gananoque
2021 Mystery of the Park Show, Algonquin Room Gallery, Algonquin Park Visitor Centre
2021 The Artists Care Project (Fall), Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation, Campbellford
2020 Algonquin Revisited, Online Virtual Show, ecoaa.ca
2020 Mystery of the Park Show, Algonquin Park Visitor Centre Gallery
2020 East Central Ontario Art Association, 62nd Annual Juried Show, Parrott Gallery, Belleville
2020 Summer in Black River, Artistic Inklings Gallery, Picton
2019 The Artists Care Project (Fall), Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation, Campbellford
2019 Self-Portrait Show, Quinte Arts Council Gallery, Belleville
2019 Life Drawing at the Baxter Group Show, Artistic Inklings Gallery, Picton
2019 County Coyote, Blizzmax Gallery, Picton
2019 County Summer, Artistic Inklings Gallery, Picton
2019 East Central Ontario Art Association 61st Annual Juried Show, Kawartha Artists' Gallery & Studio, Peterborough
2019 Life Drawing at the Baxter Group Show, The Old Church, Bailieboro, Ontario
2019 Quinte Arts Council Juried Expressions Show, John M. Parrott Gallery, Belleville
2019 The Artists Care Project (Spring), Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation, Campbellford
2019 Faces & Feelings – Solo Show, Artists & Artisans Gallery & Studio, Belleville
2018 The Artists Care Project (Fall), Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation, Campbellford
2018 East Central Ontario Art Association 60th Juried Show, John M. Parrott Gallery, Belleville
2018 The Artists Care Project (Spring), Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation, Campbellford
2018 Blizzmax Gallery, 25thAnniversary Show, Prince Edward County
2018 Life Drawing at the Baxter Group Show, The Old Church, Bailieboro, Ontario
2018 Art in The County, Prince Edward County Arts Council 25thAnnual Juried Show, Picton
2018 The Artists Care Project (Spring), Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation, Campbellford
2018 John M. Parrott Gallery 12thJuried Show, Belleville Public Library, Belleville
2017 The Artists Care Project (Fall), Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation, Campbellford
2017 Drawing from Life at the Baxter, group show, Artistic Inklings Gallery, Picton
2017 Art in The County, Prince Edward County Arts Council 24th Annual Juried Show, Picton
2017 The Artists Care Project (Spring), Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation, Campbellford
2017 East Central Ontario Art Association 59th Annual Juried Show, John M. Parrot Gallery, Belleville
2017 Quinte Arts Council Juried Expressions Show, John M. Parrott Gallery, Belleville
2017 Life Lines, a two person Show of Life Drawings, Artistic Inklings Gallery, Picton
2016 Art in The County, Prince Edward County Arts Council 23rd Annual Juried Show, Picton
2016 The Artists Care Project, Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation, Campbellford
2016 John M. Parrott Gallery 11th Juried Show, Belleville Public Library, Belleville
2016 East Central Ontario Art Association 58th Annual Juried Show, Visual Art Centre of Clarington
2015 East Central Ontario Art Association 57th Annual Juried Show, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa
2015 Art in The County, Prince Edward County Arts Council 22nd Annual Juried Show, Picton
2015 Belleville on the Bay of Quinte Plein Air Festival Juried Show
2014 East Central Ontario Art Association 56th Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Bancroft
2014 Belleville on the Bay of Quinte Plein Air Festival Juried Show
2012 Art in The Community, Shire Hall, Picton, Ontario
2012 Abstract work by 13 Local Artists, Blizzmax Gallery, Prince Edward County
2010 The Paint A World Art Exhibition, The Wychwood Barns Artscape, Toronto
2010 Don Valley Art Club Annual Spring Show, Todmorden Mills, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Don Valley Art Club Pre-Holiday Large and Small Picture Show, TodmordenMills
Memberships:
2016 - 2025 The Baxter Arts Centre, Bloomfield
2015 - 2025 Quinte Arts Council
2012 - 2025 East Central Ontario Art Association
2012 - 2025 Prince Edward County Arts Council
2009 - 2011 Don Valley Art Club, Toronto
