Born in New York City, 1935
B.A. English Literature, Brooklyn College
M.F.A. Theatrical Art, State University of lowa, USA
M.F.A. Fine Art, University of Wisconsin, USA
Studied with Helen Frankenthaler, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1991

Artist Statement

"My painting is an energetic and intense process which results in emotional and abstracted work, deeply felt.
The impetus is a response to a visual or an emotional world.
The shapes are simplified and bold; the colours are saturated; the brushstrokes, energetic."

Selected solo and two person exhibitions

2008
Gallery at 129 Ossington, Toronto, with Dana Boettger
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto, On
Burlington Cultural Centre, with Vallery Mokrytzki

2005
Leonardo Gallery, Toronto, On

2004
Barootes, Toronto, On, with Lucie Simons, Printmaker
“Counterpoint in Grey,” Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, On

2003
Profiles 4: 3 artists, Art Gallery of Mississauga, On
Westdale Gallery, Hamilton, On

2000
“The Bronze Series”, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, On

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007
Carol Finn Gallery,Minden,On
Gallerie Gillygooly,North Hatley,QC, with Arts Mana
Le Musee Regional de Vaudreuil-Soulanges,QC, with Arts Mana

2006:
“Inner Essence”, Traveling Exhibition, CSPWC: Point Claire,QC,
Grand Prairie,AB, Edmonton,AB, Unionville, On
The Elephant Barn Group Exhibition, Georgeville, QC
Tchai Art Show, Toronto Caring Hands Artistsʼ Initiative The
Papermill Gallery, Todmorden Mills Museum, Toronto, On
“All that Passion”, with Contimuum og, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

2005
“Unlimited Potential”, 150th Birthday Celebration,CSPWC, Homer
Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, On
“Made in Mississauga: Selections from The Permanent
Collection, Art Gallery of Mississauga ,Miss . On
Gallery Streetsville, Streetsville, On
Galeria Carrion Vivar, Bogota, Columbia
“Portrait: Who and What You Are”, OSA Exhibition, The Varley
Gallery,Unionville, On
CSPWC, The Roberts Gallery,Toronto,On

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Art Gallery of Mississauga ( two works)
Northern Regions Centre, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
The Diploma Collection of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour,
Peel Gallery,Brampton, On atiof Educ
Peel Board of Education, Mississauga, On
Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, On
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, On
Office of the Mayor, Ponta Delgada, San Miquel Island, Azores

PUBLICATIONS

2007  Photo, Toronto Star,October 16, 2007

2005  “Art Appreciation: Looking at Painting” by Ken Forsyth, STIR media magazine, Ninth Edition

2004 “Lila Lewis Irving: Cataclysmic”. Interview by Birgit Moenke.
STIR magazine, Sixth Edition