Betty and Mike McGowan

Betty McGowan
Betty is an energetic emerging artist, working in both watercolor and acrylic mediums. She began her art career as a watercolorist, and continues to paint landscapes, nature studies and florals in this medium. As well, she has painted many acrylic landscapes, depicting local scenes and Northern Ontario, Betty has recently branched out into abstraction, where she combines her knowledge and love of the watercolour medium with the versatile nature of the acrylic paint to produce a series of paintings which are both dynamic and spontaneous. She continues to demonstrate her love of nature through the soft and dreamlike quality of her abstract landscapes.

She is a member of both the Oshawa Art Association and the Pine Ridge Arts Council. Her work has been displayed in an Emerging Artists Showcase at McKay House in Unionville, the McLaughlin Art Gallery Juried Art Show, Fall Art Festivals at Camp Samac, the Oshawa Spring Studio Tour, as well as at the spring and fall shows at the Ajax Creative Arts. Her works have also been displayed in such local venues as Cocoa and Joe and the Meridian Credit Union.
She can be reached at www.mcgowanart.com

Mike McGowan
With retirement quickly approaching I decided that I needed a hobby so I began painting. I took courses in order to become familiar with many techniques and styles.

I liked using acrylics because of their versatility and began to develop my own style. I studied with many excellent teachers and absorbed the basics of the craft. Soon I became more attracted to abstract and collage painting. I am being encouraged in this by Marissa Sweet who has helped me to extend my range. I am a member of both the PineRidge Arts Council and the Oshawa Art Association.

My works have been displayed in several local galleries and at many shows throughout Ontario. I have participated in the Emerging Artist Show at the Mackay House in Unionville, the Juried Art Show with the Oshawa Art Association at the McLaughlin Gallery, the Oshawa Spring Studio Tour and the Ajax Fall Art Show. More recently my works have been seen at the Pine Ridge Arts 2011 Juried Art Show, the Cultural Expressions Gallery, Coco and Joe’s, the Colours of Life Exhibition as well as the Visual Arts Centre in Clarington.
See more on my website www.mcgowanart.com

Thanks to Kim Michele, harpist for music on this video of our
Opening Reception.

Enid Roberts | Anne Labelle-Johnson and Tony Johnson | Hi-Sook Barker

Jocelyn Ball | Bob Thackeray | Hanneke Koonstra

Michael Peech | Don Hewitt | Hi-Sook Barker | Nancy Howell
Angela Hennessey | Jessen Sheridan | Bob Hinves