Most of my life was spent in Ontario. There I was a mother, a skier, a horsewoman,a retailer, a passionate cook, a gardener, a curator , a fundraiser . a community organizer. In 1998 my husband developed Alzheimer's and died 10 years later. Life slowly made new paths for me to follow. At 67 I took up my brush again and began a career as a professional artist . My home for my new passion was the Finn Arttists' Centre , a lovely historic Manse in a little town called Minden, Ontario. After a trip down the Pacific Coast on a sailing ship called the "Maple Leaf" I fell in love with the west coast and determined to make it my home. I now live in Sooke Vancouver Island in a little place of beauty that looks over Juan De Luca Strait to the American Olympic Mountains. At 86 I am still driven by new possibilities in the next painting and the joy that comes from bringing it to life.

Early Endeavors (Haliburton,Ontario)

-Founding partner for,Haliburton School of Art and Design, SSFC,

- established a public art gallery, Rails'End Gallery

-organized-art groups Haliburton Art Guild ( later Arts Council

Awards-Queen's Medal for 50 years of outstanding service to Education,Fellowship of Applied Education from Sir Sandford Fleming College, Citizen of the Year from Haliburton County, Founder's Award by Halburton Arts Council

.Education: OCAD, York University Fine Arts inToronto, Haliburton HSAD.

PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

began in 2007. In 2010 I became an elected member of Ontario Society of Artist(OSA). The Finn Artists' Centre in Minden, Ontario was the home of carolefinnartist. It was a gallery, a studio and a busy teaching facility in an historic Manse. In 2021 I moved to Victoria,BC and was elected as a Senior member of the Federation of Canadian artists (SFCA)