Wanda Doyle

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Wanda Doyle is a local artist, born and raised in Vancouver.   

Her passion for painting came at a very young age, when she would melt pencil crayon fillings with water to make paint.  Nowadays, she paints with store bought acrylics and oils. 

 
Wanda's decision to pursue her life long passion of painting was inspired by her loving husband.  The awesome views around Vancouver, along with the beautiful settings to which they travel, provide plenty of inspiration and subject matter for her paintings.
 

“Painting is yet another form of creativity which makes my life worth jumping out of bed for!   I aim to contribute something in everything I do”

           Detailed Art Bio

Solo Exhibits:

• Columbia Integrated Health, March-June 2010
• Saltaire Restaurant, April 2009
• CTV Boardroom, March 2009
• The Foyer Gallery, Jan 2009

Group Exhibits:

• Hunter Bisset Gallery, Vancouver, starting July 2010 - changes monthly
• Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver, Aug 2010, 2009, 2008
• Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver, July 2010
• Spring Fine Art Sale, West Vancouver, B.C. May 2010,June 2009
• UpStares Gallery, 2009, 2010
• Whistler ArtWalk Live!, Jan to Mar 2010
• Wild at Art, Squamish, B.C. Feb 2010, Mar 2009, 2008, 2007
• Foyer Gallery, Squamish, B.C.  Feb 2010
• Annual Fine Art Sale by NSAG, North Vancouver, B.C.  Dec 2009, Nov 2008, 2007
• Silk Purse Gallery, Dec 2009
• Aurora Gallery, Vancouver, Nov & Dec 2009
• ArtWalk by VISUALS, Sept 2009, 2008, 2007
• Art at the Market by VISUALS, Summers 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
• Earthly Crystals, Gifts & Fine Art, Britannia, June 2009
• Garden Tour Art Show, Squamish, B.C. June 2009
• B.C. Bright White, Squamish, B.C.  Feb 2008
• Father's Day Show, Furry Creek, B.C. Jun 2007
• Capilano Mall, NSAG, North Vancouver, B.C., May 2007
• Park Royal Mall, NSAG, West Vancouver, B.C., Feb 2007
• Silk Purse, West Vancouver,B.C., Jan 2007
• West Vancouver Memorial Library, West Vancouver, B.C., Nov 2006

Awards:

• People's Choice Award, VISUALS, Squamish, B.C. for Moonlit Sail, Aug 2009
• Jurors' Choice (Nancy O'Toole & Craig Yeats), North Shore Artists Guild, West Vancouver, B.C. for "Contemplation", May 2007
• People's Choice Award, VISUALS, Squamish, B.C. for “The Old Customs House”, July 2007
• People's Choice Award, VISUALS, Squamish, B.C. for “A Walk in the Park”, July 2006

Workshops:

• Sarah Kidner, Nov 2010
• Ali Sepahi, Feb 2010
• Nancy O'Toole, Spain Retreat, Sept 2009
• Painters at Painters Lodge, May 2009
• Eszter Burghardt, Apr 2009
• Barry Chadwick, Mar 2009
• Nancy O'Toole, Aug 2007, Nov 2007, Sept 2009
• Painting on the Peak, Aug 2007
• Mike Svob, Sept 2006
• Painting on the Peak, Aug  2006
• Bruce Simons, Jun 2006
• Jerry Yarnell, various
• Emily Carr College, 2005
• Capilano College, 2004

 
Active Member:

Federation of Canadian Artists since 2009

VISUALS:

•    Acting President 2009/2010
•    President 2008/09
•    ArtWalk 2007, 2008, 2009
•    Marketing & Publicity Director 2007/08
     Member since 2006

Wild at Art 

•    Visual Arts Manager 2010
•    Silent Auction Co-ordinator 2009
•    Publicity Assistant 2008

North Shore Artists Guild:

•    Annual Fine Art Sale Team Captain-Sales 2007
•    Membership Director 2006/07, 2007/08
•    Member since 2005

Congratulations to Wanda Doyle as her Moonlit Sail painting drew the most votes for the People's Choice Award during the August 1, 2009 Art at the Market!

(Written by Margreet Dietz.  Submitted to the Chief Newspaper)

Wanda Doyle’s Moonlit Sail painting won the VISUALS People’s Choice Award, as visitors of the one-day Art at the Market group exhibition on August 1 voted for their favourite among 45 pieces created by seven local artists.

Doyle’s heavily textured blue metallic acrylic painting on three wood panels resonated with voters. “I love the three-dimensional acrylic – I can feel the waves,” one wrote on her ballot. “The feel of the movement is very apparent,” another voter said.

This People’s Choice Award, created for members of the Squamish Valley Artists Society, is Doyle’s third after winning also in 2006 and 2007.

Doyle was enthralled by painting as a child but a hectic work schedule as an adult didn’t leave enough time for her art until she retired. She decided to revisit her childhood passion when a newspaper cartoon inspired her. Thinking it would make an excellent painting for her new home she bought materials and set about creating it in 2003.

Doyle, an active VISUALS volunteer for the past three years, is also a member of the North Shore Artists Guild and the Federation of Canadian Artists. In May 2007 she won the North Shore Artists Guild Jurors' Choice.

She works in acrylic and oil paints, and loves to explore with colour schemes, styles and subject matter.

“All my paintings are different. No particular style stands out. My work represents who I am - someone who loves variety, enjoys the freedom of jumping from one thing to the next and likes to experiment. My mood is always changing so nothing is ever the same,” Doyle says.

Moonlit Sail is Doyle’s first heavily textured painting, a style she loves and plans to develop further. This work stands out for the self-confessed perfectionist because it came together so easily which is rare. “It takes me months and months, sometimes years to finish a painting to the point where I really like it. I am always coming back and putting a dab here and a dab there, changing this colour and that colour.

“That’s actually how I do anything in life. I focus on something to the minute detail. It frustrates other people if I am working on a committee project. In painting nobody else needs to be bothered by my perfectionism because I can do it all by myself.”

However, Doyle has found perfect can be effortless. “One of the things I learnt was how it doesn’t have to be hard. Moonlit Sail has to be the easiest painting I have ever done in the shortest amount of time. Yet it has won the People’s Choice.

“I was feeling very loose and easy when I created that painting. It just flowed. I didn’t have to rework things. It was virtually finished within a couple of days and then I made a few tweaks here and there. I took some time deciding where to put the sail boats in the picture.”

Doyle is preparing for VISUALS’ ArtWalk, held September 19 and 20 in venues across Squamish. Doyle’s works will be in the new Pure Flower Shop and Frame House, and the UpStares Gallery, both on Cleveland.

Samples of Doyle’s work can be viewed on her website, www.nsartists.ca/wandadoyle. Also visit www.squamishart.com.

Margreet Dietz

PWAC professional member
http://www.pwac.ca/