Born in Germany, Audrey came to Canada as a child and lived in windy southern Alberta before moving to the Okanagan in 1981. Audrey and her husband raised three children in Penticton, then after a few empty nest years, relocated to Kelowna. She worked for many years as a clinical laboratory assistant and is now retired.
Her first foray into the visual arts was digital photography in 1998, and she was often heard to say she was "...taking my camera for a walk ". Visiting her children in Alberta, Ontario, and Switzerland has provided an opportunity to travel throughout Canada and Europe and photograph incredible beauty and history. Those countless images have become a valuable resource for her love of painting.
Audrey first explored painting with acrylics in 2015 and considers herself self-taught with much more to learn. She has used a variety of on-line workshops, demonstrations and tutorials to build on her painting knowledge. She has attended numerous art demonstrations and continues to participate in drawing and art classes and has completed the four-year on-line Virtual Art Academy program.
Audrey continually challenges herself to learn, fulfilling her personal mantra that "...life begins at the end of your comfort zone".
Audrey is blessed with a loving and supportive family: three grown children and six grandchildren living in Calgary, in Kingston, Ontario, and Zurich, Switzerland.
She is a member of the Kelowna Palette Club, the Central Okanagan chapter of the FCA, as well as an Exhibiting Member of the FCA (Federation of Canadian Artists). She is also associated with a group of local artists known as On the Edge Collective.
SELECTED WORKSHOPS and ART COURSES
- May 2024 - April 2025, Paint Better, Looser, Faster, Mastrius art on-line with Doug Swinton
- Oct 25 - Nov 22, 2024, Painting Fresh and Loose, Penn Studio School of Art on-line, with Robin Cheers
- Dec 2023 - April 2024, Mentorship, Mastrius art on-line with Doug Swinton
- Feb 17 - 19, 2023, Rocks, Water, Trees, Leading Edge art on-line with Sam Paonessa
- Nov 8, 10, 11, 2022, Study in Colour, Leading Edge art on-line with Sam Paonessa
- January 2022, Strengthening Skills for Landscapes, Leading Edge art on-line with Brian Buckrell
- Sept 13, 14, 2021, Create Compelling Light, workshop with Gaye Adams, FCA Studio, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
- Fall 2021, Clouds, Reflections, Guilty by Association, three sessions via Zoom with Doug Swinton
- May 2019, enrolled in the Virtual Art Academy (VAA), Platinum level four-year on-line art training program (completed)
- March 2020, Design Your Paintings for Success, two day workshop with Kato, Pleasant Pear Studio, Kelowna, BC
- October 2019, Abstracted Realism, three day workshop with Kato; Pleasant Pear Studio, Kelowna, BC
- October 2019, Masterclass in Acrylics I and II, three day workshop with David Langevin, Ellis Art Studio, Kelowna, BC
- June 2019, two day study with Dominik Modlinski, Plein Air workshop, Naramata, BC
- April 2019, Oasis Symposium: One Approach to Developing an Acrylic Landscape with Brian Buckrell at UBCO, Kelowna BC
- Winter 2019, weekly workshops: Oil and Acrylic Art Lessons with Kato, at the Pleasant Pear Studio, Kelowna BC
- January 2019, Landscape Painting with Anita McCoumas, Old Schoolhouse, Peachland BC
- December 2018, Study in Animal Painting workshop with Anita McCoumas, Kelowna Palette Club
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