I was fortunate to have two elementary school teachers and my Mother who
encouraged me to pursue art at a time when art wasn't considered very important.

BACKGROUND:
Phyllis was born in Almonte, Ont. On her marriage to Arthur they moved to Montreal,
then to Pembroke, Carleton Place, Woodstock, St. Thomas and then to Brockville
where she has resided since 1976. She has been a member of the Brockville
Artists Studio group since 1980. She has always loved to draw and paint and was always
interested in art in some way. In 1974 she was a founding member of the "The Susan Paul
Painters in St. Thomas". In the 1990's Phyllis painted windows for the Dicken's Festival
in the downtown area of Brockville. For many years her paintings were on display on Bank
Street in Ottawa. She has worked in several hospitals, and a Real Estate Office and other places.

EDUCATION:
After .nishing high school, she went to Business College, took many college courses
throughout her life including Medical Terminology, Word Processing, Millinary, Interior
Decorating, many water colour, oil painting, gouche and acrylic courses, and went back
to the college full time. In 1974 she started formal lessons under the well known sculpter
Jiri Janzalek, painting landscapes outdoors in guache and life drawing in the Gallery. She
has studied watercolours with Larry Sherman, and has taken many courses through St.
Lawrence College, starting in 1977 in oils, watercolour, acrylic with Henry Vyvinkle,
Dianne Sheridan, Mary Lynn Baker and many others as part time courses, summer
courses and week-end workshops and is presently working on her Fine Arts Certi.cate.

PREFERRED MEDIA
She works mostly in Watercolour and acrylic, inks and sometimes oil.

PREFERRED SUBJECTS:
Her interests lie old barns, houses, florals, cats, scenery, nudes, just about anything.

ARTISTIC INFLUENCES
Kay Howard, her sister Pat Schneider of Hamilton, The Brockville Artists' Studio and the
many artists of this group since 1980.

ARTIST'S STATEMENT:
I have always loved to draw and paint since early childhood. I was fortunate to have two
elementary school teachers and my Mother who encouraged me to pursue art at a time
when art wasn't considered very important. After my marriage I always plannned to paint
when my youngest child reached 4 years of age. This took awhile until my 5th child reached
4 years of age. Actually it turned out to be 14 years plus another 5 raising them, plus owning
and operating a Radio Shack for 2 years. I love to paint outdoors with a friend or two.

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