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Reference: Carter is member of the Little Red River Cree Nation. His work can be found in the collections of The Government of Alberta, The City Of Edmonton, AFA, Rogers Media, Syncrude, The Shaw Art Collection, and The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and has had many public shows including at The Royal Alberta Museum, Art Gallery of Alberta, The Art Gallery of Calgary and the Indian and Northern Affairs Public Art Display in Ottawa, Ontario.
see artist's website at www.jasoncarter.ca; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see A.J. Casson, by P.Duval, Roberts Gallery, 1975; A.J. Casson, by J.Murray, Art Gallery of Windsor, 1978; A.J. Casson: His Life and Works / A Tribute, by P.Duval, Cerebrus, 1980; A.J. Casson, My Favourite Watercolours 1919 to 1957, by P.Duval, Cerebrus, 1982; A.J. Casson: Early Works, by I.Thom, McMichael Collection, 1984; A.J. Casson: An Artist's Life by Christopher E. Jackson, published by McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1998;A.J. Casson: Behind the Scenes, C. Jackson, Varley Art Gallery, 2006; biographies in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.180; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.63; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.122; Westbridge, Vol.1, pg. 60; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg. 65; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: Castonguay is a self-taught painter who has exhibited paintings across Canada regularly since 1979. After Special Education studies, she worked with young children for 15 years and in 1984, she left her teaching post to devote herself exclusively to painting.
see more examples at gallery website auptitbonheur.com/collections/claudette-castonguay; listed in Guide Vallee, III Edition, by F.Vallee, pg.359, pub. Le Guide Vallee, 1992; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see koymangalleries.com/artist/horace-champagne/#bio for a biography of the artist; see Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1 addendum and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.62, Westbridge Pub., 1999 for biographies; Guide Vallee, III Edition, by F.Vallee, pg.301, pub. Le Guide Vallee, 1992; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 18, pg. 139, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009

Reference: see artist's website at tinyanchan.com; see Artists of British Columbia, by D.Morys-Edge, pg.110, for artist's statement and another example; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.64, Westbridge Pub., 2003; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; exhibited by Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary among others; represented by Koyman Galleries, Ottawa

Reference: see artist's website www.rodcharlesworth.com; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.63, Westbridge Pub., 1999; see also Magazin'Art Biennial Guide 1998-1999, by Editart, pg.254, Magazin'Art, 1998 and Artists of the Okanagan, by J.Davis, pg.73, Okanagan Mainline Seniors Writers, 1988; chosen for the Artist of the Year, 2005 by Trout Unlimited Canada, Calgary; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: exhibited at Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary; has exhibited for many years with the Calgary Stampede; obituary can be seen at claytonstevensonmemorialchapel.com/obituaries/clifton-ray-cheek-sr-age-82-of-wolf-point/

Reference: see Frederick Simpson Coburn, by Gerald Stevens, Ryerson Press, 1958; Beyond The Landscape, by E.Coburn, Firefly Books, 1997; other examples and biography in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.195 and A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.74; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.76; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.134 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.68; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 20, pg. 38, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009

Reference: represented by Bugera Matheson Gallery, Edmonton; see artist's website at www.leonardcohen.com; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see Alan Caswell Collier, Of Man and Nature, by Doren Martin, Ottawa Art Gallery, 1998; the RCA presented an exhibition and catalogue of Alan's work An Artist's Journey - Alan Collier, R.C.A. in 1991; N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.200 for paintings in the N.G.C.; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1 pg.135; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.69, Westbridge Pub., 1999; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 20, pg. 298, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009

Reference: Contway was a native Montana artist who was raised working quarter horses on a ranch and spent time on the rodeo circuit. Appreciation for the working cowboy, his own native ancestry, and the people and animals of the west is illustrated in his work. His ancestry includes Native American, English, and Irish. He attended Northern Montana College in Havre and the College of Great Falls to earn a teaching certificate. Over the years Jay won numerous awards but the most important recognitions of his career were the inductions into the Calgary Stampede Western Art Show Hall of Fame in 2009, the C.M. Russell Museum Skull Society of Artists 2014 & 2015, and the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center in 2015.
for more biographical information and examples of his work see artist's website at jaycontway.com

Reference: see Cosgrove, by J.Bazin, Collection Signatures, 1980; N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.213; A.G.O, by the A.G.O., pg.81; Dict. of Canadian Artists - Vol.1, by C.MacDonald, pg.145 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.73, Westbridge Pub., 1999 for biographies; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., pg.83 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.82

Reference: Côté was born in Quebec City in 1940. At the age of 17, he entered the family advertising firm as a lettermaker and gradually climbed up the ranks. In the 1960s, he began painting, devoting himself entirely to it in the years that followed. He moved to the Charlevoix region in 1978, where he painted the landscapes tirelessly and gained an important place in the artistic history of the region. In the early 1980s, Bruno Côté traveled through many regions of Quebec and the rest of Canada to paint his colorful landscapes. Côté’s paintings are held in private, corporate and public collections including the Musée D'Art Contemporain de Montréal, the Musée de Charlevoix, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, the Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin, the Canadian Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Confederation Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown (source: www.galeriecosner.com/en/artists/110-bruno-cote)
see Bruno Cote, Beyond the Land, by R.Babinska, Vincent Fortier Publishing, 2003; biographies in Guide Vallee, III Edition, by F.Vallee, pg.343, pub. Le Guide Vallee, 1992; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.74, Westbridge Pub., 1999; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 21, pg. 500, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009

Reference: Cowin was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He entered Indiana University with an eye on a career as a medical illustrator. Later transferring to fine arts and specializing in printmaking, he completed his BFA in 1969 and received his MFA from the University of Illinois in 1971. He then accepted a position in the Fine Arts Dept. at the University of Regina, teaching for 36 years, retiring in 2007.
for more biographical information and examples of his work see www.slategallery.ca/jack-cowin; see Country Pleasures, The Angling Art of Jack Cowin, by A.Oko, Fifth House, 1984 and N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.222; Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Men, by M.Newman, pg.55, Fifth House Pub., 1994; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.75, Westbridge Pub., 1999; exhibited at Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina and Masters Gallery, Calgary; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see Reta Summers Cowley, by T.Fenton, Mendel Art Gallery, 2006; Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Women, by M.Newman, pg.29; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.150; Saskatchewan: Art and Artists, by N.Dillow, pg.28, MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1971; Watercolour Painting in Saskatchewan 1905-1980, by Robert D. Christie, Mendel Art Gallery, 1981; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.75, Westbridge Pub., 1999; North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, ed. J.Heller, pg.138, Garland Pub., 1995; represented by art placement, Saskatoon; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at craiggallery.ca

Reference: Cran graduated in 1979 from the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the National Gallery of Canada [2016] in a large survey exhibition [1984-2016] that combined exhibitions from the Art Gallery of Alberta [2015] and the Southern Alberta Art Gallery [2015]. He received the ACAD Alumni Award of Excellence in 2011. In 2021 he was awarded an Honorary Master of Fine Art from the Alberta University of the Arts. He is represented by Trepanier Baer Gallery in Calgary, Clint Roenisch Gallery in Toronto and Wilding Cran Gallery in Los Angeles.
see artist's website at chriscran.com; see Heads, various, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, 1992; Chris Cran Paintings: 1993-1996, by N. Tousley, Art Gallery of Peel, 1996; Chris Cran, by J.Drouin-Brisebois, R.Doherty, B.McCulloch, N.Tousley and W.Wood, National Gallery of Canada, 2016; biography and other examples in A Measure of Success: Graduates of the Alberta College of Art 1963-1984, by V.Greenfield, A.C.A.D., 1985 and Contemporary '88 Calgary, by M.B.Laviolette, pg.56, Olympic Arts Festival, 1988; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 22, pg. 167, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.77, Westbridge Pub., 1999; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 22, pg. 380, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009

Reference: Daley received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ontario College of Art in 1975. Her drawings have been widely exhibited across North America and Europe. Much has been written about Daley’s work including reviews in Canadian Art, Globe & Mail, Border-Crossings and Art in America. Her artworks can be found in collections all over the world, including the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada, the Canada Council Art Bank, The Art Gallery of Ontario, the Kelowna Art Gallery, and Tom Thomson Art Gallery, amongst others. (Source: newzones.com)
see [K]ein Vergleich, [Dis]similarities, by C.Laing, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1991 [with S.Bachli and T. Bolliger]; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al.; represented by Newzones Gallery, Calgary

Reference: Dallaire was born in Quebec, raised in Alberta and taught in Vancouver; see Sahara Foam to Bronze: A Revolutionary Medium and Techniques for the Modern Sculptor, by Jean-Guy Dallaire, published by Blurb, 2015; The Language of Stones, by Jean-Guy Dallaire, published by Blurb, 2015; Wreck Beach Originals: Small Bronze Sculptures Inspired by Stones, Pebbles and Concretions, by Jean-Guy Dallaire, published by Blurb, 2015; biography included in Dictionnaire des auteurs et artistes francophones de l'Ouest; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: Davidson is a Toronto based painter with a BFA from the University of Guelph (1988). He exhibits his paintings internationally with most recent exhibitions in Los Angeles and Singapore. His work can be found in collections in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. Davidson lives and works in Toronto; for more biographical information and examples of his work see www.herringerkissgallery.com/michael-davidson-e

Reference: see History in Their Blood; Indian Portraits of Nicholas de Grandmaison, by H.Dempsey, Douglas and McIntyre, 1982 for many other examples; Drawn from the Past, Nicholas de Grandmaison, by Gordon Snyder, Snyder Fine Art, 2007; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.2 pg.305 for biography; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.87, Westbridge Pub., 1999; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.155; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see Spaces and Places - Eight Decades of Landscape Painting in Alberta, by J.Ironside, pg.122; Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.20, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.2, pg.306 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.87, Westbridge Pub., 1999; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 60, pg. 292, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: for more examples of the artist's work see gallery website davidkayeprojects.com/norah-deacon in Toronto

Reference: Degenhart was born in Holland in 1946. He moved with his family to Canada in 1951, settling in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. As a child, Degenhart showed interest in art, and eventually he studied art at the Alberta College of Art and the University of Regina. At the latter institution, he studied under Ted Godwin, Art McKay, and Joe Fafard as he earned a degree in Art Education (1972); Degenhart taught art at Weyburn Comprehensive School for 27 years. (Source: http://www.sknac.ca/index.php?page=ArtistDetail&id=266)
listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see artist's website at www.markdicey.ca
From his website statement: Mark Dicey Studio is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) + the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikuni, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina, + the Iyarhe Nakoda First Nations. Calgary/Moh’kinsstis is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III.

Mark Dicey is a painter. His field of interest is in abstraction/nonrepresentational work. Studio work, reading and general consciousness of this chosen discipline (painting history and abstraction in particular) are on going and critical to his practice. The everyday world is absorbed and brought into the making and thinking process: colours, shapes, textures and structural relationships.

For Dicey, the reactionary relationship that takes place in the painting process is twofold:
1. the day to day observances (memory) are filtered, reconfigured and applied (consciously/unconsciously);
2. the interaction with what is taking place with the medium, assessing and pursuing what is evolving, observing, guiding, controlling, manipulating, questioning, confirming.

For Dicey, the work he makes and the creative process itself are states of flux and relational conversation. Knowledge of important painters who came before such as Hans Hoffman, Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaller, Cy Twombly, Jack Bush and Marion Nicoll as well as living contemporary artists such as Mary Heilmann and Brice Marden (to only name a few) is of utmost importance to Dicey’s ongoing investigation, questioning and development.

listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; represented by norberghall.com in Calgary

Reference: Born in Barmouth, North Wales, Dingle came to Canada with his parents in 1914 and settled in Oakville, Ontario. He worked in an insurance office until he was 19. In 1931 he took instruction from J.W. Beatty at the summer school of the Ontario College of Art. He went to England where he was employed as an illustrator by Stillwell & Darby, Lond. (1935-37) and in his free hours studied at the Goldsmith’s College of Art, London, under James Bateman and John Mansbridge. In England he executed several portraits and exhibited with the London Portrait Society. On his return to Canada he became a regular exhibitor at the OSA annuals and with other groups. Much of his work was sold through the T. Eaton Company’s Fine Art Gallery. He taught at the Doon School of Fine Arts, Doon (Kitchener), Ont. (1952-54) and the Etobicoke Community Art School, Ont. (1954)
biography and another example in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg. 274; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg. 180; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg. 105 and exhibition list in M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg. 103

Reference: Italian-born sculptor Frank DiVita credits his beginnings to his early exposure to Renaissance art and an intense love of nature. His family migrated to Canada, then Montana when he was still a child. At an early age, he showed a talent for both zoology and art, which led him to illustrate textbooks for medical students while attending the University of Montana. After graduation, he declined career offers that would take him away from the wildlife and mountains of Montana. He took a job as an art teacher at Flathead High School, where he worked for seven years. Popular with his students, DiVita enjoyed his teaching but found himself yearning for more time to sculpt, particularly birds; for more biographical information and examples of his work see artist's website at www.frankdivitabronzes.com

Reference: see artist's website at www.stevedriscoll.com; 'Steve Driscoll creates vibrant depictions of the Canadian wilderness, expanding on the revered national tradition of landscape painting. He translates his encounters into paintings with a unique process of mixing oil pigments with an industrial material, urethane. He initially developed this technique, which is akin to working with watercolour, while studying at OCAD. He applies the liquid medium to panels laid on the floor and works quickly, 'wet on wet', with custom brushes to create intuitive compositions of vistas, forest canopies, and lakes that are inspired by his own experiences of hiking and camping.

His signature approach creates a fluidity that captures and heightens the emotional experience of being in the Canadian landscape. Driscoll’s background in abstract colour field painting provides an understanding and adeptness in balancing realistic colours and those more reflective of an emotional response to his environment. His immersive installations and exhibitions in galleries, museums and public spaces over the last decade demonstrate Driscoll’s ingenuity as well as his ability to work on an expansive and mesmerizing scale.

Steve Driscoll was born in Oakville, Ontario in 1980. He received his BFA from OCAD University in 2002. Recent museum exhibitions include: I closed my eyes but the light was still there, at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery (2020) and Size Matters, at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection (2017). His work is included in numerous museum, corporate and bank collections in Canada. Driscoll has produced several corporate and public commissions, including CIBC SQUARE and Manulife’s headquarters in Toronto. - from metiviergallery.com

represented in Edmonton by Peter Robertson Gallery and in Toronto by Nicholas Metivier Gallery; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: During Duma's many years as a painter he participated in numerous one-man and group shows throughout Canada and abroad. His work is represented in many major public, corporate and private collections in Canada, USA and Europe such as The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Massey Foundation Ottawa, the BC Government Collection, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask., Alberta House in England and Japan, the Nickel Arts Museum, Edmonton Art Gallery, University of Alberta and the Glenbow Museum. (Source: www.albertasocietyofartists.com/bill-duma/)
see Founders of the A.C.A. by L.Greenfield, pg.79 for biography and another example of the artist's work; Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.12, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; included in Alberta Society of Artists, the First Seventy Five Years, by K.Zimon, pg.90, UofC Press; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.98, Westbridge Pub., 1999; chosen for the Artist of the Year, 2002 by Trout Unlimited Canada, Calgary

Reference: see 2013 article about her work with wild life at www.gallerieswest.ca/magazine/stories/wild-horses%3A-maureen-enns-and-the-art-of-conservation/; see Beauty Pageant - Paintings by Maureen Enns, by E.Brown, Peter Whyte Museum, 1984; Maureen Enns: Back of Beyond, by D.McAlear, Nickle Arts Museum, 1988; Enns, Evans and Ulrich, Walter J. Phillips Gallery/SAAG, 1977; as well as Alberta Art, Works from the A.A.F., by L.Schmidt and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.105, Westbridge Pub., 1999 for biographies; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.117; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; represented by Masters Gallery, Calgary