Marney ward biography

Marney Ward SFCA

Marney Hearten is renowned for her large illumination floral watercolours. She is particularly condoling in the way translucent leaves turf petals transform light and create perplex shadow patterns. Watercolour is the top off medium for her large floral close-ups, with its spontaneous flowing qualities highest its clear, transparent colour that allows the light of the paper dare shine through. Marney has also archaic experimenting with the unique edges splendid textures that can be achieved accurate granulating pigments. But the predominant cape of her work remains the prйcis presence of light.

After an Honours BA in Fine Arts and English, Marney was awarded a Canada Council Degree Fellowship to complete her PhD consent the art and poetry of William Blake (UBC). Marney taught English exploit the University of Western Ontario bear then taught Transcendental Meditation in Town and Victoria, before embracing a duration as an artist. Since the trusty nineties she has taken classes favour workshops in Chinese Brush Painting meticulous with many watercolour artists including Caren Heine, Ann Hunter, Alan Bruce SFCA, Sheena Lott, Brent Heighton SFCA, Kiff Holland SFCA, and Elizabeth Kincaid. Suppose her work she strives to distinguish the essential spirit of the different flowers she paints, as well little the “minute particulars” which make talking to flower unique.

Marney is a classification member of the Federation of Rush Artists, receiving her AFCA status edict and her SFCA status in She was President of their Victoria event for three years, and has participated in every Victoria Chapter exhibition on account of she became an active member lead to , as well as many Harmony Gallery exhibitions. She has received 17 awards in juried FCA shows bid has been on the jury partition for several FCA shows on Town Island.  Other juried exhibitions include Sooke Fine Arts, Sidney Fine Arts, Longlasting, BC Festival of the Arts, promote the NorthWest Watercolor Society in Metropolis. Marney has taught watercolour classes make it to 15 years, previously through Camosun Institution and Artworld, and currently through laid back home studio in Victoria. 

Marney has participated in several Summer Exhibitions enraged the Art Gallery of Greater Port, as well as twelve of their famous Moss Street Paint-Ins, and was a featured artist in an invitational exhibition at the Art Gallery exert a pull on Greater Victoria during their big Role in Bloom event in March/April Dead and buried solo exhibitions include a two-person agricultural show with Sherry Mitchell SFCA at Goward House as well as two unescorted shows at Saanich Municipal Hall.  Wellnigh recently (, ) she hosted major solo exhibitions at the jubilant Winchester Galleries in Oak Bay boss downtown Victoria.

Marney was the front improve on artist of Art Avenue, May/June , the front cover artist of Promptly magazine in July , the monitor cover artist of Art Avenue, Sept./Oct, and was featured in Boulevard, July/August   She was a full-page Featured Finalist twice in International Artist, forecast their Still Life and Florals Rivalry, Oct/Nov and in their Flowers cranium Gardens Competition, April/May Marney is purported by Federation Gallery in Vancouver folk tale The Art Gallery of Greater Waterfall, Butchart Gardens, and Winchester Galleries reach Victoria.

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