Primarily self-taught, Sheila has been a professional artist for over 15 years. Her interest lies in obscure areas of the environment as seen on the periphery of daily vision. Sheila works in oil, preferring large panels. Using dynamic brushstrokes and saturated colour, she captures the friction and play of texture and temperature where surface planes meet, challenging the eye to look deeper, to see beyond the obvious, to become aware of those areas of nature necessary to existence, to see beauty in the mundane. An elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists and the Ontario Society of Artists, Sheila’s work has been featured in magazines, on television and is included in private and corporate collections around the world. She is represented by various galleries in Ontario and British Columbia and participates in select exhibitions throughout the year.

As a follow-up to her exhibition, Sheila will be leading a workshop titled “Brush It Bold” at the AGB on Sunday, August 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Her challenge to the workshop registrants is: “Gain the confidence to lay down colour using brushwork full of vitality and strength. Develop your subject matter to get your point of interest across without losing spontaneity and freshness. Push yourself to think in the abstract while keeping recognizable form and shape.” The registration sheet for the Workshop is located at the front desk of the Gallery.