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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

    PERSONAL

 Born in St. Catharine’s Ontario, I have traveled and painted across Canada. Having worked in the commercial art field for about 10 years, I left and started my fine arts career. In the past 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

 1984– 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:

Since OCAD has become a university I am 2 credits away from a BA in Fine Art and Design

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, Drawing Workshop, Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, Ontario

2004 – Dan Everett Thompson, Ruth Abernethy, and Yuqi Wang. Portrait Society of Canada Art Festival, Art Gallery of Ontario

2004 – Barry Coombs, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Watercolor Workshop

2003 - Dan Everett Thompson, Ruth Abernethy, David Bernstein, and Yuqi Wang. 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

 GALLERIES:

 2009 – Bridge North Art Gallery, Bridge North, Ontario

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 – Dragon Fly Gallery, Orangeville, Ontario

2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Gallery B, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.

2005, 2008, 2009 - Morrison Art Gallery, 700 Michigan Avenue, N., Chicago, ILL, 60611 2005, U.S.A.

2008, 2009 - Tay-River Gallery, Perth, Ontario

 GROUP, SOLO, AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS:

 2009 – September, Impressions Art Gallery, 102 Yorkville Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M5R 1B9

2007, 2008, 2009, 2010– August, Buckhorn Fine Art Festival, Buckhorn, Ontario

2009 – The Corporate Collection, Beaux-Arts Brampton Gallery

2009, Military Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton Gallery

2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010– February, South Eastern Wildlife Exposition, South Carolina, U.S.A.

2009 – January – April 2009, Bridge North Art Gallery, Ontario

2008 - December, Christmas Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton

2008 – November, Natural History Art Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton, Ont.

2008 – November, Colour and Form Society Juried Art Show, Etobicoke

2007, 2008 - September, Group Show, North Brampton Watercolor Society, Beaux-Arts Brampton

2008 – August, The Propeller Gallery, Colour and Form Society, Toronto, Ontario

2006, 2007, 2008 – June, Art of the Animal Kingdom, Bennington Centre for the Arts, Bennington,

Vermont, U.S.A.

2008 – July, Beaux-Arts Brampton, 6th Anniversary Show, Peoples Choice Award, Brampton

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, Featured Artist, Call of the Wild, Tay River Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

2008 – March, A Portrait: The Face we Present to the World, Portrait Society of Canada, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 2007 - December, Christmas Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton

2007 – November, Colour and Form Society Juried Art Show, Etobicoke

2007 – May, Beaux-Arts Brampton, 5th Anniversary,

2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 – Metropolitan Art Gallery, Ormond Beach, Florida, U.S.A

2006 - December, Christmas Show, Beaux-Arts Brampton

 2006 – November, Colour and Form Society Juried Art Show, Etobicoke,

2006 – November, Plantation Wildlife Festival, Thomasville, Georgia, U.S.A.

2006 – May, Beaux-Arts Brampton, 4th Anniversary,

2006 – May, Colour and Form Society, Tod Morden 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 - 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

2002, 2003,2004, 2006, 2007,  - 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 Brampton2002 - 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, 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 Warden’s 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, Derek C. Wicks,

John Cutruzzola

 ASSOCIATIONS

 Association of Ontario College of Artist, 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

Gallery Chair – Beaux-Arts Brampton

Studio Chair –7years – Beaux-Arts Brampton

Exhibition Coordinator – 9 years, North Brampton Watercolor Society

Exhibition Coordinator – 4 years - Colour and Form Society

Oil Portrait Painting/Drawing Teacher, Curry’s Art Store

Oil Portrait Painting/Drawing/Batik/Multi Media Teacher, Beaux-Arts Brampton

Art Teacher, (grade 7) Peel School Board, Artists in the Classroom Program