Anne McGilvary
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The Artist's Story

Anne was born in Noranda, Quebec and raised in Sudbury, Ontario but she now considers herself a Western Canadian having moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1979.

Art has always been second nature to Anne. She won a city-wide award for a landscape painting at the age of twelve and sold her first painting in high school.
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Painting at The Galleria, Inglewood, Calgary
Drawing is an ongoing part of Anne’s approach to her art.  She works at developing thumbnail sketches and value studies before she begins her paintings.  Anne also finds it helpful to keep a journal of her sketches and thoughts as she plans her pieces.

Anne works in both acrylics and oils.  She strives to achieve a sense of brilliance in her art by applying multiple layers of translucent paint and by paying close attention to colour and value options. Anne enjoys painting pieces that invite the viewer in to enjoy the scenery.

Anne continually works at improving her painting skills. She has taken classes in Landscape painting and Drawing at the Alberta College of Art and Design and she also enrolls in art workshops with professional artists on a regular basis.

Anne sells her art at several art events throughout the year.  Anne's art is in private collections throughout Western Canada and other Canadian and international locations.
See Anne's Paintings

Memberships
Federation of Canadian Artists: Vancouver: “Active” Member Status
Federation of Canadian Artists:  Calgary Chapter: “Active” Member Status
Leighton Art Centre, Calgary
Cochrane Art Club: Cochrane, Alberta: 2011-2018
Foothills Art Club: Cochrane, Alberta: since 2006
The Escape Artists: since 2018
Columbia Valley Arts: Invermere, British Columbia
Visual Arts Alberta:  CARFAC

Group & Solo Shows
Framed on Fifth: Calgary Alberta, Solo Show:  Meadows and More, April 2018
Canadian Federation of Artists:  Vancouver B. C.:  Acrylics in Action: October 2017 (juried)
Cochrane Visitor Center: 150 Brushstrokes: Cochrane, Alberta:  Artist in Residence  July, 2017
Art in the Park:  Invermere, B.C. 2016-2018
Palliser Art Gallery and Framing:  Calgary, Alberta: Solo show: Aromatherapy:  April – July, 2017
Canadian Federation of Artists: Vancouver, B.C.: Small, Smaller, Smallest Exhibitions: 2012, 2014 (juried)
Canadian Federation of Artists: Calgary Chapter: Shows: since 2018 (juried)
Leighton Center: Calgary, Alberta:  2013, 2014, 2017 (juried)
Leighton Center Christmas Bazaars: 2015, 2017
Calgary ArtWalk: Galleria Inglewood, Calgary:   2014 – 2018 (invited)
Cochrane RancheHouse: Cochrane, Alberta:  Solo Show: 2014 (invited)
Bear’s Den Restaurant: Calgary:  Invited Featured Artist  (November 2014)
Tour of the Arts:  Invermere, B.C. 2010 - 2014 (juried)
Calgary Stampede Western Art Gallery: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 (juried)
Calgary Stampede: 2006:  Western Showcase: (submission)
Cochrane Art Club:  Cochrane Alberta, Shows: 2011 - 2018
Foothills Art Club: Cochrane, Alberta: Shows: 2007 +
Beaupre Artist Guild: Cochrane, Alberta: Shows: 2009 - 2014
Cochrane Arts and Culture Foundation Art Show: 2010 (juried)
Perrenoud Ranch Art Show: Cochrane, Alberta, 2009 (juried)
Rock Point Church Art Shows: Cochrane, Alberta, 2009, 2010 (juried)
Alberta Arts Festival Shows and Sales: Cochrane, Alberta, 2009-2012
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