Dianne Bailey Allen
{Visual Artist ... Original Oils, ,Acrylics & Watercolours}
Note:
All art works subject to copyright
Pieces with an asterisk beside title have been sold
Education:
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BA Fine Art, University of Guelph
BEd Visual Arts, University of Toronto
Visual Arts Specialist Certificate, Ontario Ministry of Education
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Having spent my entire career immersed in the arts, both as a visual arts teacher and an artist,
I have always done a lot of drawing and painting. The majority of my pieces are realistic depictions of my family, friends and familiar places. Working from life in a fast, gestural manner gives me the greatest satisfaction, but I also enjoy using my imagination and having fun with my favourite colours.(Introspection and Misty are examples)
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A workshop in portrait painting at the Academy of Realist Art in Toronto created a renewed interest in painting in oil ,which I now use primarily in my work.
I have completed a series of street works based on photographs taken on a trip to Scotland (Abandoned,Topiaries in Tobermory, Kids and Popsicles) and am currently experimenting with reworking selected pieces, using a more simplified approach.
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I exhibit my work at the annual Riverdale Art Walk in Toronto and at several galleries in Northern Ontario.
I can be found most weekday afternoons at my studio, located upstairs in the Capitol Centre,
150 Main Street East, North Bay, Ontario P1B 1A8
Member: Northern Ontario Art Association
North Bay Art Association