Lois Crawford
loisgcrawford@yahoo.ca
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Lois Crawford has been an award-winning artist and exhibitor for over 40 years.
She has worked with a variety of mediums including oils, pastels, watercolour, acrylic and every kind of drawing medium, as well as woodcut, mono printing and sculpture.
Her earliest sources of inspiration were Vincent Van Gogh, The Group of Seven, David Milne, as well as The French Impressionists and New York abstractionists. Most influential Canadian teachers were Walter Hickling, Vera Uss, Gordon Perrier and abstractionist Harold Klunder.
Lois' work has been used in set design for television productions in Toronto and elsewhere and is represented by the Art Rental program in the Art Gallery of Burlington.Her work was one of six artists selected for exhibitions in Apeldorn, the Netherlands and in Itabashi, Japan to celebrate the twinning of the cities with Burlington..
As an arts writer, Lois wrote art reviews and interviews with artists on a regular basis for local publications for over 20 years. She has done some curating of small shows for her guild.
Upon discovering a senior Newfoundland artist who had recently moved to Burlington Lois co-ordinated an exhibition of her work at The AGB and wrote the catalogue essay: Millicent Penney.
In 2016 Lois researched and wrote the history of the BFAA for both their 50th anniversary exhibition catalogue and for the BFAA 30th anniversary catalogue.
Her work has hung in Burlington MPP Eleanor Maclaughlin's office and in MP Karina Gould's office as well as at City Hall.
In 2018 Lois received a Lifetime Membership at the Art Gallery of Burlington for her many years of volunteer contribution. In addition, she was 2018 recipient of the Alice Peck Award for her painting Midnight Crossing in the All Guilds annual Exhibition..
Her most recent achievement was an Honourable Mention for her oil painting in the Arts Burlington annual showcase exhibition, Kaleidoscope in April 2019.
Lois' work can be found in fund-raising art auctions in the area, including DVSA, and in Art Etc. Art Rental at the Art Gallery of Burlington.
She is currently decorating soup bowls for the Art Gallery of Burlington's annual festive Soup Bowl event in November.
She continues to work en Plein air and in her studio.
She has worked with a variety of mediums including oils, pastels, watercolour, acrylic and every kind of drawing medium, as well as woodcut, mono printing and sculpture.
Her earliest sources of inspiration were Vincent Van Gogh, The Group of Seven, David Milne, as well as The French Impressionists and New York abstractionists. Most influential Canadian teachers were Walter Hickling, Vera Uss, Gordon Perrier and abstractionist Harold Klunder.
Lois' work has been used in set design for television productions in Toronto and elsewhere and is represented by the Art Rental program in the Art Gallery of Burlington.Her work was one of six artists selected for exhibitions in Apeldorn, the Netherlands and in Itabashi, Japan to celebrate the twinning of the cities with Burlington..
As an arts writer, Lois wrote art reviews and interviews with artists on a regular basis for local publications for over 20 years. She has done some curating of small shows for her guild.
Upon discovering a senior Newfoundland artist who had recently moved to Burlington Lois co-ordinated an exhibition of her work at The AGB and wrote the catalogue essay: Millicent Penney.
In 2016 Lois researched and wrote the history of the BFAA for both their 50th anniversary exhibition catalogue and for the BFAA 30th anniversary catalogue.
Her work has hung in Burlington MPP Eleanor Maclaughlin's office and in MP Karina Gould's office as well as at City Hall.
In 2018 Lois received a Lifetime Membership at the Art Gallery of Burlington for her many years of volunteer contribution. In addition, she was 2018 recipient of the Alice Peck Award for her painting Midnight Crossing in the All Guilds annual Exhibition..
Her most recent achievement was an Honourable Mention for her oil painting in the Arts Burlington annual showcase exhibition, Kaleidoscope in April 2019.
Lois' work can be found in fund-raising art auctions in the area, including DVSA, and in Art Etc. Art Rental at the Art Gallery of Burlington.
She is currently decorating soup bowls for the Art Gallery of Burlington's annual festive Soup Bowl event in November.
She continues to work en Plein air and in her studio.