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Artist
statement:
To create from within all that reflects the beauty of music,
nature, flowers,
performing and visual arts, the grace and fluidity of yoga,and the
delightful innocence of my cats.
Sylvia was born in Europe
and lived in Hungary, Austria and Australia before moving to Canada
in the early 1970's. Her mother and artist father instilled a sense
of creativity and appreciation for the arts in their five children,
all of whom are artists.
As a business owner, wife, and mother she pursued practical interests
in travel, art appreciation and cooking, painting and drawing only
occasionally. In the early 1990's she was able to take the time
needed to learn the technical aspects of painting and realize her
talent and ability.
Encouraged by her husband Paul, she decided to actively study art
beginning with watercolour classes under the direction of Eileen
Raucher Sutton. Membership in the Edmonton Art Club nurtured her
confidence and over the next ten years she was able to achieve impressive
results with her still life paintings, while attending various courses
in drawing, theory, mixed media, and art history, both locally and
as far away as Portugal. Through local exhibitions, she has sold
a number of her paintings.
In 2001 she enrolled in the University of Alberta Faculty of Extension
Fine Arts Certificate Program, from which she is due to graduate
in the summer of 2005.
Sylvia continues to devote most of her time to painting, art study,
yoga, cooking, and her family including two adorable cats.
Art Study
2001 to 2004 - U of A, Faculty of Extension
Fine Arts Certificate Program to be completed in 2005.
July 2003 - Red Deer College
Jim Davies, mixed media course
July 2002 - Red Deer College
Robert Sinclair, watercolour course
August 1999 – Grant McEwan Community College
Suellen Ross, mixed media cats
October 1996 – Portugal
Watercolour course
March 1995 - Rio Calliente, Mexico
Eileen Raucher Sutton watercolour course
April 1994 - Rio Calliente, Mexico
Eileen Raucher Sutton watercolour course
1991- 1995 - Eileen Raucher Sutton/Sutton Art
Watercolour courses and workshops
Attended other courses and workshops by
Cecile Derkatch-Harrold, Olson-Frank Haddock,
Artra, and Graham Flatt.
Participated in group exhibits at:
Edmonton City Hall
Manulife Place
Johnson Gallery
Misercordia Hospital
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