Artist Statement
I paint because I am a creative soul and this just happens to be my favored outlet for creative expression. I once read that mountain climbers do what they do because they "feel in the moment" or alive when they are on the side of a mountain. This is how I feel when I paint.
Besides painting, I have devoted much of life to studying music which I consider to be a "sister" art. I received my A.R.C.T. Piano Teacher's Diploma in 2009 and subsequently have taken up playing both the 5-string banjo and the ukulele.
Artist CV
Shirley Rayner
26 Park Pl E
Winnipeg, MB
R3P 1B7
(204)895-1525
shirleyraynerart.com
Education
2013 Workshop with Liz Haywood-Sullivan in
Littleton, Colorado – Working plein-air and in the studio using pastel
2013 Workshop with Marc Hanson on Madeline Is,
Wisconsin – Working plein-air and in the studio using oil
2010 Workshop with David Taylor at Dillman’s in
Wisconsin – Working plein-air and in the studio using watercolor
Earlier Workhops – Various workshops with other American,
Canadian and local Winnipeg artists including Jean Pederson, Ron Ranson, Grant
Fuller, Brent Laycock, Cheng Khee Chee and Aliana Au
Exhibition Work
Group
2014 Two City Girls – in love with the country
in Carmen, MB
2008-2014 Manitoba Society of Artists Annual Juried
Show (works juried in all annual shows during this period), Winnipeg
2013-2014 Auxilliary Gallery at Cre8ery, Winnipeg
2012 Quick Paint
Competition at Door County Plein-air Festival, Door County, Wisconsin
2007-2014 Charleswood Art Group Springtide Show, Winnipeg
2012 Artful
Hours at the Frame of Mind Gallery, Winnipeg
Awards
2014 Honorable mention for “Early Spring Fields – Southwestern MB”
in the Manitoba Society of Artists Annual Juried Show
2012 2nd
place overall for “Seaside Artist”
in the Manitoba Society of Artists Annual Juried Show
Lectures/Teaching
2014 The process of painting and working on black
in pastel (Charleswood Art Group)
2007-2014 Various demos provided to Charleswood Art
Group
Professional Affiliations
2010-2014 Member of the Manitoba Society of Artists
2007-2014 Member of
the Charleswood Art Group, Winnipeg
2013-2014 Member of
the Cre8ery Gallery, Winnipeg
