Anne-Marie Calder
Anne-Marie was born in Edmonton but spent most of her youth in Florida and California. She graduated from the University of California, majoring in Art History and French Literature with a minor in Fine Arts. She then moved to Montreal where she obtained her teaching credentials from McGill University. She is now retired from a 30 year career in teaching.
Anne-Marie began painting in her teens. Her paintings have been displayed in numerous art shows: North Shore Artists' Guild (Juried )Spring and Fall Shows, Harmony Arts and Ferry Building in West Vancouver, West Vancouver Library, the Fall Fair on Mayne Island, and Delany's Coffee Shop and Saltaire Restaurant in West Vancouver as well as other locations in the North Shore. The North Shore Artists' Guild awarded her a Certificate of Achievement and Honourable Mention for the painting "Grecian Windmill". Her painting entitled "Home for the Holidays" was chosen by the Auxiliary to BC Children's Hospital to appear on their 2008 holiday card. The painting, "Harbour Fog," was selected as one of the four winners of the Port of Metro Vancouver Contest in December 2008. "Harbour Fog" was also a half page feature in the Vancouver Sun on December 3, 2009. Two of her paintings, "Reflections" and "Home" have been chosen this year to appear in the Macdonald Realty 2012 Calendar. Many of her paintings have been sold here in Canada as well as internationally in the United States and Europe.
Currently Anne-Marie lives and paints in West Vancouver and on Mayne Island. She is a member of the North Shore Artists' Guild (past Executuive member) and an Active Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists.