Biography: Anne Barkley SCA

Artist’s Statement

For me, the passion and pleasure of painting is first and always in making the art, and then in the clients, teachers, students, and other artists I meet along the way. I am constantly exploring new ideas, subjects, methods and materials, and everything I experience has an influence on my work. At present my interest is in finding a complexity in simple abstract shapes that will call on the imagination, engage and challenge the viewer to explore an underlying feeling or emotion that goes beyond words. My tools are strength, determination, serenity, passion, harmony, freedom, paint, colour, design, shape, pattern, line, texture, value, edges and space, repetition with variety, movement and rhythm.

Biography/CV

Anne Barkley is an undergraduate of Queen’s University in Kingston. She has earned a Certificate of Fine Arts (with Distinction) and a Certificate as Teacher of Adults (with Distinction) from St Lawrence College. She has also attended many workshops with different teachers in both Canada and the United States. She is a member of several arts organizations, and in 2005 was elected as a member of the Society of Canadian Artists. In 2006 she was elected as a Fellow of the Ottawa Watercolour Society. She has paintings in public and private collections across Canada. Anne has taught many workshops and classes in painting and drawing, including with St Lawrence College, Routes to Learning, Elderhostel, and South Georgia College.
Exhibitions

Group Shows:

Brockville Artists Studio 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Brave Art 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 Thousand Islands Fine Art Association 2000 to 2004
South Dundas Artists Guild 2000 to 2005; St Lawrence College Alumni Association 2005;

Juried Shows:

Cornwall Regional Art Gallery 2001 to 2006, one honourable mention, one second prize
Ottawa Water Colour Society 2001 to 2004, 3 juror’s awards
Ottawa Mixed Media Association 2004, 2005, 2006 (two awards of excellence)
North Country Regional Juried Art Show, Potsdam University, New York, 2004
Ottawa Art Festival (Juried show, over 100 artists) 2004, 2005, 2006
Elmwood Home and Art Show (Ottawa, Juried show, 55 artists) 2002, 2004, 2005
Toronto InsideArt Show (Juried show, over 200 artists), 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Rideau Valley Art Festival (Juried Show, 75 artists) 2006
Society of Canadian Artists, 2006, 2007

Featured Artist Shows:

GalleriArt, the Ottawa Artists Cooperative (two feature artist shows) 2003 to 2005
Cornwall Regional Art Gallery, 2003, 2-person show: Dichotomy with Norm Fraser
Merrickville Old Town Hall Gallery 2005, 4-person show: Four From Here to There
Shutter & Brush Gallery, Port Stanley 2006, 2-person show: Creativity
Leonardo Gallery, Toronto 2006, 2-person show: Transcendence
Artisan Gallery, Belleville 2006, solo show

Gallery Representation:

Tay River Gallery, 28 Wilson St W., Perth ON
Bremner Fine Art, 60 Bullock Drive, Markham ON
gallery133, 1260 Castlefield Ave, Toronto ON
Galerie d'art Époque, 103 Principale, Gatineau PQ
Leonardo Gallery, 133 Avenue Road, Toronto ON
Ottawa Art Gallery, 2 Daly Ave, Ottawa ON