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Kelly McNeil
Beaux-Arts Brampton, Studio # 4
70 Main St. N., Brampton, Ontario, Canada, L6V 1N7
Phone: (W) 905 454 5677 cell 416 455 7020
Email: kelly@kellymcneil.net
mcneilportraits@hotmail.com
PERSONAL:
Born in St. Catharines Ontario, I have traveled and painted across Canada. Having worked in the commercial art field for 10 years, I left and started my fine arts career. In the past 6 years I have added wildlife painting to my portrait painting and scenery. Everywhere I go, I am visiting Zoos, Wildlife Reserves, Wildlife Refuges, or National Parks. I am dragging my family around, while I sketch the lazy animals, and photograph the active ones. Wildlife Painting is my passion, and being a very prolific painter, in Oil, Batik, Watercolor, or Scratch Board, (working 5 to 7 days a week), I am producing 1 to 5 paintings a week.
EDUCATION:
1982 Graduated Ontario College of Art and Design, Editorial Illustration, Toronto, Ontario
1978 Graduated Secondary School Honors Diploma, Holy Name of Mary High School, Mississauga, Ontario
POST GRADUATE STUDIES:
Working on Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Guelph
Numerous courses in Early Childhood education
1993, 1994 Portrait painting classes, Ontario College of Art
1992, 1991 Portrait painting Classes, Sheridan College of Art, Oakville, Ontario
WORKSHOPS:
2005 Dan Everett Thompson- Portrait Drawing Workshop, Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, Ontario
2004 . Seminars by Dan Everett Thompson, Ruth Abernethy, and Yuqi Wang at the Portrait Society of Canada Art Festival, Art Gallery of Ontario
2004 Barry Coombs, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Watercolor Workshop
2003 -. Seminars by Dan Everett Thompson, Ruth Abernethy, David Bernstein, and Yuqi Wang. At the Portrait Society of Canada Art Festival, Art Gallery of Ontario
2004, 2003 Derek Wicks Wildlife Art Workshops, Brampton, Ontario
2004,2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992 - Barry Coombs, These outdoor workshops were carried out in the areas of Toronto, Elora, Haliburton Ontario, Canso Nova Scotia, Grand Manan New Brunswick, and Ellicottville New York.
2003 David Kabuuka, Batik Workshop, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2003 Mary Ellen Farrow, Sculpture Class, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2000 Jack Reid, Watercolor workshop, Mississauga
1988 John Bennet, outdoor watercolor, Caledon Hills, Ontario
GROUP, SOLO, AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
2008, 2007, 2005 August, Buckhorn Fine Art Festival, Buckhorn, Ontario
2008, 2007, 2006 June, Art of the Animal Kingdom, Bennington Centre for the Arts, Bennington,
Vermont, U.S.A.
2008 May, Colour and Form Society, Tod Morden Mills, Toronto, Ont.
2008 April, Beaux-Arts Brampton, Open Juried Show, People Choice Award, Brampton
2008 April, Call of the Wild, Tay River Gallery, Perth, Ontario
2008 March, Portrait Society of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2008, 2007, 2006, February, South Eastern Wildlife Exposition, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.
2007 - December, Christmas Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2007 - September, Group Show, North Brampton Watercolor Society, Beaux-Arts Brampton Gallery
2007 May, Beaux-Arts Brampton, 5th Anniversary,
2007 - September/October, North Brampton Watercolor Society, Group Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton, Ont.
2006 - December, Christmas Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2006 November, Plantation Wildlife Festival, Thomasville, Georgia, U.S.A.
2006 May, Beaux-Arts Brampton, 4th Anniversary,
2006 May, Colour and Form Society, TodMorden Mills, Toronto, Ont.
2006 March, Wildlife Art Show, Spring Lake, Michigan, U.S.A.
2006 February/March, Art Show, Mississauga Art Gallery, Mississauga, Ont.
2006 January, These Friends of Mine, Group Art Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2006, 2009 Sept. starting at the Columbus Centre, Toronto, Colour and Form Society, 2 X 2 Traveling Art Show
2005, 2006 Dec. Jan., Colour and Form Society Juried Art Show, Etobicoke, Received the Best Portraiture Award
2005 - December, Christmas Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2005 November, Wildlife Show, A Brush with Nature, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2005 September/ Oct., Grand Opening of The Art Gallery, Spring Lake, Michigan, U.S.A.
2005 September/ October, Oktoberfest of Colours, North Brampton Watercolour Society, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2005 September/Oct., Solo Show, Wildlife Show, Spirits of the Islands, Whitney Gallery, Peel Heritage Complex, Brampton, Ont.
2005 September, Beaux-Arts Brampton Sands of Time Show, Brampton, Ont.
2005 Beaux-Arts Brampton, 3rd Anniversary Show, Received the Peoples Choice, Valerie MacDonald Memorial Award, and the Loomis Award.
2005- July, Nature Art Festival, Jamestown, New York, U.S.A.
2005, 2008, and June, Morrison Art Gallery, 700 Michigan Avenue, North, Chicago, Illinois, 60611 2005
2005 - April, Group Anniversary Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2004 - December, Christmas Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2004- November, Wings and Wildlife Art Show, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
2004 - October/November, Wildlife Solo Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton, Brampton, Ontario
2004 - September/October, North Brampton Watercolor Society, Group Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton, Ont.
2004 - Distillery District, Toronto, Ontario
2004 - July, Batik, Group Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2004 June, Juried Show, Human Animal Bond, Received the Sponsors Award, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2004 - June, Juried Show, Mississauga Art Group, Mississauga, Ontario
2004 - May, Juried Show, Color and Form Society, Honorable Mention, Toronto, Ontario
2004 - April, Group Anniversary Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2004 February, Color and Form Society, Humming Bird Center, Toronto, Ontario
2004 - January, Wildlife Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2004, 2003 November/January, Group Show, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, Ontario
2003 - December, Christmas Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2003 - November/December, Juried Show, Color and Form Society, Etobicoke, Ontario
2003 - November, Members Show, Portrait Society of Canada, Steam Whistle Brewery Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003 - July, Juried Show, Water Show, Honorable Mention, Beaux-Arts Brampton Gallery
2003 - June, Wildlife Solo Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2003 May, Juried Art Show, Jackmon Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, Portrait Society of Canada Honorable Mention, Toronto, Ontario one of twelve International Finalists
2003 - April, Group Anniversary Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2003 - January, Group Show, North Brampton Watercolor Society, Beaux-Arts Brampton Gallery
2002 - December, Christmas Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2002 - November, Mississauga Living Arts Center, Miss., Ont.
2002 - July, Group Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2002 June, Wildlife Solo Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2002 - April, Group Show, Grand Opening, Beaux-Arts Brampton
2002 January, Group Show, North Brampton Watercolor Society, Brampton City Hall
2002, 2001 - November January, Group Show, Whitney Gallery, Peel Heritage Complex, Brampton, Ontario
2001 - November, Juried Show, Color and Form Society, Etobicoke, Ontario
2001 2002 - May October Juried Art Show, Images of the Humber, Black Creek Pioneer Village, Ontario
2001 - October, Solo Show, Brampton City Hall
2000 - October, Solo Show, Brampton City Hall
1999 - April/May, 26th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts, Art Gallery of Peel, Peel Heritage Complex, Brampton
1995, 1994, and 1993 Solo Shows, Cafι des Arts, 80 Spadina, Toronto, Ontario
1977 Ontario High School Art Exhibition, Tour of Canada
TELEVISION, PUBLICATIONS, ART RENTAL, and MISCELLANEOUS:
2005 Buckhorn Fine Art Festival Magazine
2004 - Wildlife Art Magazine, U.S.A.
2005, 2004, 2003 Painting on loan in the Toronto Parliament Building
2004, 2003, 2002 Mississauga Art Gallery, Art Rental Program, Exhibiting Artwork in the Mississauga Living Arts Center, Mississauga City Hall, Mississauga, Ontario
2002 - November 27th Sue Wardens Craftscapes, Television, 15 min, spot Oils on Canvas, Pack of Wolves Channel 46
2002 - June, Parkhurst Exchange, Physicians Magazine, Canadian Art Section, Pages 80 81
COLLECTIONS:
Region of Peel, John Sleeman / Sleeman Brewery, Barry Coombs
Athens School Board, Athens, Greece
ASSOCIATIONS:
Association of Ontario College of Artists, Beaux-Arts Brampton, Brampton Arts Council
Color and Form Society, Etobicoke, Ontario, North Brampton Watercolor Society, Portrait Society of Canada,
MEDIUMS:
Oil, Watercolor, Scratch Board, Batik
EMPLOYMENT:
Artist Kelly McNeil, Artist
Studio Chair 6 years Beaux-Arts Brampton
Exhibition Coordinator 9 years, North Brampton Watercolor Society
Exhibition Coordinator 3 years - Colour and Form Society
Oil Portrait Painting/Drawing Teacher, Currys Art Store
Oil Portrait Painting/Drawing/Batik/Multi Media Teacher, Beaux-Arts Brampton
Every Saturday I instruct a group of children who wish guidance with their portfolio for application to Mayfield School of the Arts
I have taught children who are visually challenged (color blind)
Art Teacher, (grade 7) Peel School Board, Artists in the Classroom Program