Beth studied history of art and architecture at McGill University and at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris. On moving to Toronto in the early 1970’s she studied fine arts at Three Schools and OCAD. Later she worked in arts administration at Arts’ Sake Inc with Diane Pugen, Dennis Burton, Graham Coughtry, Gordon Rayner, and David Bolduc.
In 1980 she moved to Edmonton where she worked at Graphica Art Gallery, and then to Calgary where she graduated with a Masters of Architecture from the University of Calgary. Beth practiced architecture for 20 years in Ottawa.
Since retiring from architecture in 2008, Beth has returned to her first passion: drawing and painting. She has studied at the Ottawa School of Art, and Halliburton School of the Arts. She paints regularly in the encaustic studio of Susan Ukkola.
Beth’s work is available for rent/sale at the OAG Galerie Annexe. She has exhibited at a number of local galleries including D’OMMA Gallery, The Crichton Street Gallery, Electric Gallery, New Edinburgh Artists’ Tour (NEST), and Urban Ottawa Art,
Beth works in acrylics, mixed media (drawing, painting, collage) and in encaustic (wax, pigment and resin). Her work tends toward abstraction, and her brushwork is expressive, bold and often playful. Her passion for Japanese art and gardening is reflected in her varied mark-making, her preference for asymmetry, and her delight in texture. Each work is a journey of discovery, adventure, exploration, and preferably surprise.