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Audrey Bain

Biography

Training

In 1972 Alan joined a watercolour class at the Ottawa School of Art with Morton Baslaw CSPWC as instructor. Alan continued with Jack Reid CSPWC and Danis Meizajs CSPWC. Gradually, as Alan learned the technicalities of watercolour, his love of the bush, of canoe and the open road distilled into his landscapes and has since emerged as a distinctive style of outdoor landscape painting.

McGill (B.Sc. Geology), McGill (B.Ed. Admin.), Boston University (M.A.)

Career

Alan has exhibited his paintings almost yearly since 1980. But to paint Alan must travel, So the Bains have travelled to and painted almost all the corners of Canada.
In 1983 Alan became a Fellow of the Ottawa Watercolour Society. In 1996 Alan was elected to the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour.

"The CSPWC is an elected society, including all of the famous watercolorists from the fabric of Canadian art. The Society dedicates itself to, "...cultivate and encourage excellence in the medium of watercolour..."

Alan served as CSPWC Director for Eastern Ontario. In 1998, as Director of CSPWC and President of OWS, Alan organized the CSPWC/OWS Watercolour Symposium in Ottawa.

Alan’s paintings have enjoyed international acceptance. His paintings have been accepted and displayed by Midland Walwyn, Toronto Harbour Castle, ScotiaBank, TD Bank, and Merrill Lynch and Mitel.

He is a regular artist in several commercial galleries. His paintings can be found in hundreds of private collections across Canada, United States, Scotland, and South Africa.

A special presentation of one of Alan’s paintings was made to retiring Ontario Premier Bill Davis. In 1998 Alan was invited to place a painting, as one of six representitives from Canada, in the Third International Biennial Exhibition of Watercolour at EL MUSEO NACIONAL DE LA ACUARELA in Mexico City. In 2004 a Bain landscape was presented to Hon. Peter McKay, M.P., Minister for Foreign Affairs

Alan is married to Audrey, an artist and retired Gallery Director. Together they have enjoyed travelling Canada in search of painting places. Both are keen outdoor painters

Associations:

Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
Ottawa Watercolour Society
East Central Ontario Art Association
Visual Artists of Gananoque
Focus Art Group
South Grenville Guild of Fine Art
Ottawa Art Lending
Cornwall Regional Art Gallery
Apples and Art Tour (Cornwall)

Charities supported:

United Way (Brockville)(Cornwall)
Encore for Seniors (Cornwall)
Crime Stoppers (Cornwall)
Big Brothers of Ottawa

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