We are honoured to present the work of the North Okanagan Artists Alternative membership here at Gallery Vertigo, and are pleased to provide fine art at affordable prices for the holiday season.

All prices for all artwork at less than $200 with many small items on sale quite a bit less than that.

Cards and very small prints are also available at less than $20.

If you’re looking for something unique to gift this season, this is the show to visit.

I have always been interested in art, especially in depicting trees, roots, and rocks, or in figure drawing. I took all the art courses I could while in high school and in university. As a young mother in Beaverlodge, I was lucky enough to be able to join the Tuesday evening classes at Euphemia (Betty) McNaught’s. Betty was a fantastic teacher and an inspiration to anybody who came under her mentorship. I taught Art at the Beaverlodge High School for several years. Then I completed the Visual Arts Diploma at the Grande Prairie Regional College in 1987 and moved there, where I worked with the Grande Prairie art group that met weekly at the library. In 1988, three friends and I had a show at the Prairie Art Gallery titled “Paint in the Soup.” It was about trying to balance our art and our home-making while raising children. Subsequent to that we had shows together in several Alberta galleries over the years.

When I moved to Whitecourt in 2002, I began working with the Society of Whitecourt Arts Council (SWAC) group. I taught drawing and participated in group shows as well as mounting a solo show at ARTickles Gallery. I also worked with a group in Peers.

After moving to Edmonton in 2013, I became a member of the Harcourt House Gallery and went weekly to the figure-drawing drop-in studio. I had a solo show at the Muttart Conservatory in 2015 and joined the Edmonton Art Club in 2018. While in Edmonton, I taught drawing and watercolor classes at the Cloverdale Community Center.

Now, I work primarily in pastel. I use my own source photographs. I still like scenery, trees and rocks especially. I also do some portraiture and some extreme close-ups that look somewhat abstract.