1986. The Virtue Series.

(a) ELEVATOR GIRLS, 18" x 12". Tapestry panel mounted, together with an acrylic on canvas panel. Private Collection.

(b) Virtue Panels. All, except

(c) OLD GIRL (which is in my collection and available for purchase), are in the collection of the University of Saskatchewan. Each approx. 3 ft. x 6 ft. Exhibited at Snelgrove Gallery as part of my Master of Fine Art Exhibition, and at Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, which toured through the USA in the Tapestry: Contemporary Imagery/Ancient Tradition, international group show curated by Valerie Clausen. (Catalogue available). The series of panels were also exhibited in the Vancouver exhibition "Out of Saskatchewan" curated by Joan Borsa. (Catalogue available)






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Having learned a great deal about the many ways to make a real woven tapestry I decided to do research into the history and social production of tapestries. I completed a Master of Fine Art at the University of Saskatchewan, and while doing the research I made seven in the series of VIRTUE tapestries which were called respectively -
FAITH, HOPE, FELICITY, PATIENCE, PRUDENCE, CONSTANCE and OLD GIRL.

My M.F.A. thesis, which was supervised by Dr. Lynne Bell, is titled “Love, Labour and Tapestry: Unravelling an Edwardian Legacy”. was never published, and I am currently preparing a revisited version that will take into account the subsequent accumulation of years of experience I have gained as an exhibiting artist.