Position Sought

Operational/management position related to Art; for example working for a gallery, museum or art school.

Career Summary

"      5 years in computer graphics art, including animation
"      3 years in various forms of art including studies, commission painting, and teaching.
"      15 years in sales, much of which is art related.
"      Several prior years in construction carpentry.

Relevant Education

"      Bachelor degree in Fine Arts; Langara College Arts (Major-Art History)
"      European Field Trip - Study of Classical, Medieval, Renaissance and Impressionist Painting and Sculpture
"      Alberta College of Art; Fine Art Painting and Drawing diploma
"      Edmonton Public School Board; Course in Business Communication Skills
"      King Edward College (Edmonton) Adult Education Teaching Certificate
"      Well's Art Studio; Course in Life Drawing and Acrylic Painting
"      Numerous special courses in computer graphic software

Employment History

La Fête colombienne des enfants  (Association to assist learning French or English as a second language)

"      L2ed.com; Project is being executed by private company in Surrey with federal government funding. Project mission is to develop children’s language training programming on the Internet both English<>French and French<>English. Duties include the full spectrum of computer graphics with emphasis on animation; using a wide range of software including Flash, Freehand and Photoshop on both Mac and Windows platforms.

– Five years to 2003. Art Director Project Coordinator.
– 2003 to present. Senior Artist.

"      Calgary Parks and Recreation; taught oil painting and drawing classes for adults
"      Self employed artist; commissioned portraits and murals in oils. Also sold through Canadiana Galleries, Edmonton
"      Opportunities For Youth; Participated in the following federally funded projects

– Calgary Centennial; sketched and compiled montage of local centennial events and culture
– Ten Story Church; Researched and sketched folk history of ethnic churches in North Central Alberta.
– Vegreville Community Arts Co-op funded by Opportunities for Youth (federal). Organized and operated co-op community art gallery. Exhibited and sold local artists' works.

"     Well's Art Studio, Vegreville, AB:  Taught children's art classes
"     Burlington Art Shop Ltd., Edmonton, AB:  Seven years. Sales representative for art and drafting supplies.
"     Plan Hold Canada Inc., Toronto; Sales representative for Western Canada for specialty document storage systems
"     Canadian Drafting Supplies Ltd., Burnaby, BC; Sales representative