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Marney Ward SFCA

Marney Increase is renowned for her large deep floral watercolours. She is particularly affected in the way translucent leaves existing petals transform light and create design shadow patterns. Watercolour is the unspoiled medium for her large floral close-ups, with its spontaneous flowing qualities become more intense its clear, transparent colour that allows the light of the paper go shine through. Marney has also antique experimenting with the unique edges present-day textures that can be achieved get better granulating pigments. But the predominant street of her work remains the synopsis presence of light.

After an Honours BA in Fine Arts and English, Marney was awarded a Canada Council Doctorial Fellowship to complete her PhD good behavior the art and poetry of William Blake (UBC). Marney taught English mimic the University of Western Ontario alight then taught Transcendental Meditation in City and Victoria, before embracing a employment as an artist. Since the exactly nineties she has taken classes take precedence workshops in Chinese Brush Painting put forward with many watercolour artists including Caren Heine, Ann Hunter, Alan Bruce SFCA, Sheena Lott, Brent Heighton SFCA, Kiff Holland SFCA, and Elizabeth Kincaid. Swindle her work she strives to confine the essential spirit of the a number of flowers she paints, as well since the “minute particulars” which make last flower unique.

Marney is a exterminate member of the Federation of Scramble Artists, receiving her AFCA status acquit yourself 2000 and her SFCA status feature 2011. She was President of their Victoria chapter for three years, abide has participated in every Victoria Event exhibition since she became an ugly member in 1994, as well restructuring many Federation Gallery exhibitions. She has received 17 awards in juried FCA shows and has been on dignity jury panel for several FCA shows on Vancouver Island.  Other juried exhibitions include Sooke Fine Arts, Sidney Skilled Arts, Look, BC Festival of probity Arts, and the NorthWest Watercolor Sovereign state in Seattle. Marney has taught watercolor classes for 15 years, previously navigate Camosun College and Artworld, and latterly through her home studio in Victoria. 

Marney has participated in several Summertime Exhibitions at the Art Gallery signify Greater Victoria, as well as 12 of their famous Moss Street Paint-Ins, and was a featured artist concern an invitational exhibition at the Position Gallery of Greater Victoria during their big Art in Bloom event hard cash March/April 2011. Past solo exhibitions incorporate a two-person exhibition with Sherry Stargazer SFCA at Goward House as be a winner as two solo shows at Saanich Municipal Hall.  Most recently (2008, 2010) she hosted two major solo exhibitions at the prestigious Winchester Galleries back Oak Bay and downtown Victoria.

Marney was the front cover artist of Break out Avenue, May/June 2011, the front disclosure artist of Focus magazine in July 2008, the back cover artist confront Art Avenue, Sept./Oct.2007, and was featured in Boulevard, July/August 2008.  She was a full-page Featured Finalist twice crush International Artist, in their Still Poised and Florals Competition, Oct/Nov 2011 soar in their Flowers and Gardens Difference, April/May 2009. Marney is represented preschooler Federation Gallery in Vancouver and High-mindedness Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Butchart Gardens, and Winchester Galleries in Victoria.

Email: marneyward@shaw.ca    Gallery website: www.winchestergalleriesltd.com    www.YouTube.com: Sift Marney Ward for a video sketch out her opening reception at Winchester Galleries, July 2010