2007

Board Member for the Oakville Arts Council – Oakville, ON

2007

Board Member of the Bronte Historical Society  – Oakville, ON

2007

Founding Member of WAVE (West Artists Village Enterprise) – Oakville, ON

2007

Business Start-up of “Paint the Town” specializing in panel mural painting

– Oakville, ON

2007

Coordinator of “Art on the Bluffs” program at historic Sovereign House for 10 consecutive years - Oakville, ON

2007

Committee member of “Wine & Jazz” art show at Sovereign House for 4 consecutive years – Oakville, ON

2007

Calendar Painter for 13 consecutive years of a cat calendar with Pine Ridge Art – Oakville, ON

2006

Acquired licensing contract – NYC

Collaboration with humourist William J. Thomas on a book – Oakville, ON

Designer and mural painter of 5 large panels and one on-site mural for the Oakville Parent Child Centre with Rebekah Wilkinson – Oakville, ON

Writer for Arts About Town magazine – Oakville, ON

Addressed St. Mildred’s graduating art students on behalf of the Oakville Arts Council – Oakville, ON

2005

Printed first giclee – Oakville, ON

Judge in Holy Rosary Art Auction – Burlington, ON

2004

Featured artist profiled in “West of the City”  – Oakville, ON

Featured artist profiled in “Arts About Town” – Oakville, ON

Featured artist profiled and included in a video of 6 Oakville “outstanding and successful performing artists” at 2004 Mayor’s Awards Gala – Oakville, ON

9 Paintings sold to decorate fine dining restaurant – Kitchener, ON

Mural painter of 3 panels for OPSOA provincial boardroom depicting “The Quest for Knowlegde” with Ross Gordon – Oakville, ON

Panel Expert for an Oakville Arts Council professional development workshop for emerging artists – Royal Botanical Gardens, ON               

Creator of corporate gifts of original painting and giclees presented at an International Governance Policy Conference – Chicago, US

2003

Mural Painter of 2 panels for cooking school - Kitchener, ON

Resident artist and art consultant for La Maison – Oakville, ON

2002

Guest Speaker for Sketch (street involved youth) – Toronto, ON

Creator of 60 corporate donor appreciation gifts for Carpenter Hospice – Burlington, ON

1990’s

Charitable involvement through the Burlington and Oakville house tours for breast cancer research – Oakville, ON

Member of the special events committee for the Oakville United Way – Oakville, ON

Mural painter for 2 rooms of the TO Ronald McDonald House – Toronto, ON

Mural painter of 2 storey exterior brick wall mural for a vacuum store – Burlinton, ON

Mural painter and painter of signage for “Kids at Play” mall child centre – Brampton, ON

Mural painter of backdrop for children’s rides in Carlingwood Mall – Ottawa, ON

Mural painter on kitchen walls for a private home – Toronto, ON

Painter of 4 trompe l’oeil windows for Coronation Fruit Market – Oakville, ON

Painter of signage and front panels for the Oakville Parent Child Centre – Oakville, ON

Painter of front door of former “Dogpatch”, a pet grooming shop – Oakville, ON

Painter of trompe l’oeil window, exterior signage, sales counter, display borders for Sabrina Shoes – Burlington, ON

Painter of trompe l’oeil for a trade show display for “The Parking Source” – Toronto, ON

Business Start-up of “Estall and MacKenzie Associates” which specialized in painting murals, trompe l’oeil, customized furniture and faux finishes for commercial and private clientele – Oakville, ON

Designer and team leader of painters for 3 murals for the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital in the Emergency Department, Pediatric Ward and Fracture Clinic – Oakville, ON

Artwork featured twice on the front cover of “The Country Register” – Oakville, ON

Mural painter of wrap-around mural for a private home – Etobicoke, ON

Mural painter with a team of 4 artists for 3 murals for the promotion of the movie “The Lost World” which were on display at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC followed by a tour across the US – Oakville, ON

Featured artist of a television segment on CBC’s Sunday Arts and Entertainment – Oakville, ON

1980’s

Business Start-up of “The Country Connection” which supplied stores across Canada with unique painted wooden pieces – Oakville, ON      

2006

“Art on the Bluffs” Series at Sovereign House for 10 consecutive years - Oakville, ON

-          2006 “Undertones” Solo Show

-          2005 “Looking Back Thinking Forward” Solo Show

-          2004 “Roots and Wings”

-          2003 “Passages” Solo Show

-          2002 “Hot Hot Hot” Solo Show

Crawford Lake –  ON

Solo Exhibition at CJ’s Cafe - Oakville, ON

Artwork donated to the Lion’s Club Dogguides Auction “Sit, Stay, Bid” – Oakville, ON

“Wine & Jazz” show at Sovereign House for 4 consecutive years – Oakville, ON

2005

“Beyond Paint” Solo Show of 51 pieces at KOR Gallery – Kitchener, ON

Oakville Artists Studio Tour – Ristorante Julia, Oakville, ON

2004

Work accepted in several juried art shows

Exhibition at Ristorante Julia – Oakville, ON                              

Exhibition at La Maision – Oakville, ON

Exhibition at Café Tu Tu Tango – Oakville, ON

Exhibition at Gallery 727 on Queen Street East – Toronto, ON

Broken Fence Society Environmental Shows for 3 consecutive years

-          2004 at the Gallery in the Garden  – Etobicoke, ON

-          2003 at the Oakville Municipal Building – Oakville, ON

-          2002 annual juried art show – Toronto, ON

2003

“Water” group FBS environmental show at Stearn Whistle Brewery – Toronto, ON

Solo show at Mo Mo fine dining restaurant – Kitchener, ON

“Vernissage” solo show at La Maison – Oakville, ON

Visual Word group show at Sovereign House for 2 consecutive years – Oakville, ON

Artworks annual juried show at Oakville Town Hall for 3 consecutive years – Oakville, ON

2002

“Vessels” show at Industrial Artspace – Oakville, ON

HAFA fine dining restaurant – University of Guelph, ON

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Outreach Annual Show & Sale for 2 consecutive years – Oakville, ON

Oakville Arts Council Artworks Venues for 3 consecutive years – Oakville, ON

-          Woodside Library

-          O’Connor MacLeod

-          Iroquois Ridge Library

-          Glen Abbey Library

2001

“Diversity I, II & III” Artists 24 group shows at Artspace Gallery – Oakville, ON

“Touched by Time” shared gallery space with Michele Du Charme – Oakville, ON

“Art & Artisans by the Lake” – Appleby College, ON

“Sensual Nude” at Industrial Artspace for 2 consecutive years – Oakville, ON

2000

“Timeless” solo show at Beans & Blossoms – Oakville, ON

1970’s-2000

Artwork donated for auction to raise funds for the Halton Rape Crisis Centre, Halton Women’s Centre, Scleroderma Society, Christian’s D and several local churches and schools – Oakville, ON

2004

“Above & Beyond” award from the Oakville Arts Council – Oakville, ON

2003

First prize for encaustic at juried art show – Oakville, ON

First prize for environmental “found art” at juried art show – Oakville, ON

2006

Mixed media monotype workshop with Janine Kinch and Jillian Rose Markovitch – Neilson Centre, ON

2005

Encaustics with Cora Brittan – Oakville, ON

Oils with Ross Gordon – Oakville, ON

2004

Encaustics with David Hanna – Neilson Centre, ON

Encaustics II with Susan Fisher – Haliburton School of the Arts, ON

Silversmithing – Haliburton School of the Arts, ON

2003

Encaustics with David Hannan – Neilson Centre, ON

Lecture series – Abbozzo Gallery, ON

Landmark course on “Excellence” – Toronto, ON

Matte medium transfer on gold & silver leaf – Oakville, ON

2002

Gold & silver leaf on ceramic tile with Cora Brittan – Oakville, ON

Linoprinting with Cora Brittan – Oakville, ON

Encaustic with Susan Fisher – Haliburton School of the Arts, ON

2001

Two layer drawing workshop with Cora Brittan – Hamilton, ON

Abstract poured acrylic workshop with Lila Lewis Irving – Oakville, ON

Welding (2000 & 2001) – Skills Centre, Oakville, ON

1990’s

Watercolour printmaking with Sybil Rampen – Joshua Creek Studio, ON

Pastels with Anne Walsh – Green Gables, PEI

Collography and monoprinting with Rebecca Szabados – Green Gables, PEI

Sculpting the human form with Steve Hudak – Artspace, ON

Collective lecture series – Abbozzo Gallery, ON

Sculpting with Steve Hudak– Sheridan College, ON

Collecting and collections lecture series – Gairloch Estate, ON

Rolling Mill Techniques (metal) with Sandra Gross – Haliburton School of Fine Arts, ON

Collage and acrylic with Millie Chen – Gairloch Estates, ON

Acrylic and watercolour landscapes with Susan Menzies – Green Gables, PEI

Pastels workshop with Anne Walsh – Green Gables, PEI

Multi-media artistic retreat with Karen Hood-Caddy – Muskoka, ON

“Transforming Reality” with Kim Moodie – Gairloch Estates, ON

Animal anatomy and movement – Sheridan Summer School of Arts, ON

Great Canadian Paint-In – Ottawa, ON

Theatrical set painting – Sheridan Summer School of Arts, ON

Advanced figure drawing – Sheridan Summer School of Arts, ON

Rittin Studio faux finishes – Hamilton Art Gallery, ON

SDP – Indianapolis, US

1980’s

Sumi-E Japanese brush stroke – Oakville Arts Society, ON

Oils and acrylics – Audrey Mitchell Studio, ON

Acrylics – Mulins Studio, ON

Acrylics – Sills Studio, ON

Faux finishes – Cutbill & Co., ON

SDP – Ohio, US

SDP –  Washington DC, US

Drafting, watercolour and art history – Sheridan College, ON

1970’s

Art History (Psych Major) – McMaster University, ON

Watercolours – National Gallery, ON

Oils – Pakenham, ON