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Professional Experience 1977-present • Owner and proprietor of Camera Art Limited, a business founded in 1978 to do commercial photography and advertising design. 1984-1985 • University of P.E.I.: “Elders of the Island”- silver print photographs of thirty elderly people who have made significant contributions to their communities. Built and travelled an exhibition of this work. A book of this work was published by Ragweed Press. The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography is toured an exhibition of this work in Canada for several years. 1980-1982 • With architect Scott Smith, photographed P.E.I. traditional architecture. Books of this work have been published, “Historic Churches of P.E.I.”, 1990, Boston Mills Press, and “Historic houses of P.E.I.”, 1990, Boston Mills Press. “A Light in the Field”, 1990, Goose Lane Editions • Produced a book,“The Island” thirty silver prints, exploring the land as it forms the character of Islanders. 1977 • Completed a documentary study of life in P.E.I. with two other photographers. It was exhibited at Confederation Centre Art Gallery. 1969 • Carleton University, Ottawa. Set up photography school in School of Architecture. Studied with Ron Solomon of N.F.B. Stills Division. 1968-1969 • Studied with Berenice Abbott in Maine, U.S.A. She is regarded as the dean of American photography. Exposure to her, her work and her collection has been the strongest influence on my work. 1961-1968 • Worked at commercial photography with Bert Bell, Ken Bell, and many of the best commercial photographers of the day in Toronto. Awards 1984 • Art Direction Magazine, New York. Award for Poster, "Discover an Island", promoting P.E.I. tourism. 1967 • Canadian Professional Photographer of the Year. | Major Art Projects With partner, Terry Dunton Stevenson • Cultural Connections, Ottawa.“Children of the Wind”", an exhibit of art by children in difficult situations around the world. It opened in the Canadian Senate, 1998. • Green Gables Post Office and Museum, Cavendish, P.E.I., “Sincerely Yours, L. M. Montgomery” exhibit replacement due to fire damage, 1998. • “Our Island Home” interpretive exhibit, Gateway Village, Borden-Carleton, P.E.I., 1997 • Miminegash Irish Moss Interpretive Centre exhibit design fabrication & install, 1993 • Green Gables Post Office and Museum, Cavendish, P.E.I., "Sincerely Yours, L. M. Montgomery" exhibit. This required design, fabrication, and installation of the exhibit, 1991. • Morell, P.E.I.- “Somethin’ Fishy” - Underwater environment installation, 1990. This covered creating the idea to executing the complete installation. Solo Exhibitions • “Elders of the Island”, Travelling to various Canadian galleries, 1988-1992 • Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown. 1986, 1973 • Baldwin St. Gallery, Toronto. 1971 • Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown. 1968 • Expo '67 Montreal, Canadian Pavilion. 1967 • Hart House, University of Toronto. 1964 Group Exhibitions • Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown. 1996 • Great George St. Gallery, Charlottetown. 1978-1984 • Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown. 1978-1984 Publications • “Elders of the Island”-Kaisei-sha, Tokyo, Japan. 1991 • “Elders of the Island”-Ragweed Press. 1985 • “The Island”-Ragweed Press. 1981 Collections • Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography • Canada Council Art Bank • Confederation Centre of the Arts • Private collections |
Travel- Over the forty years we have been in business in Prince Edward Island, we have travelled widely.
Our travels are working holidays. We research museum design, and study art. We have been to the world's major museums, as well as over thirty World Heritage Sites.
We have been to Europe five times, visiting Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy and Greece. We visit New York and its museums regularly.
We have studied foreign languages, and I speak English, French and Italian, with a little Greek and Spanish.
Our experiences have led us to study world literature, and world history. I have studied Dante Alighieri's “Divine Comedy” in the original Italian, French literature in the original, as well as some Spanish writing in the original language. Will Durant's eleven volume History of Civilization is an ongoing study.
Together with our experience in art, our studies have contributed greatly in enabling us to bring depth and world-class perspectives to work in our home province.