Biography Roxanne Jervis

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Roxanne E. Jervis grew up in Kitchener, Ontario; moving to the Stratford area in 1976, and London in 2005. Her interest in painting led her to study with full-time artists M.F.Kousal, Peter Etril Snyder, Devona Paquette, Virgil Burnett and D.R.Hall. She studied at the University of Waterloo and the Doon School of Fine Art. Roxanne is considered an "Itinerant Artist" which allows her to explore the world and paint what she sees and feels, using the medium which inspires her. She shares her experiences with you through her work.

1966–2005 Founding executive-Stratford Art in the Park; Wellesley Arts Council/Wellesley. Taught oil w/palette knife workshops, Kor Gallery/Kitchener. Exhibited - Baden&Wellesley - Pfeiffer Gallery; Grand Bend - “Paint the Huron Shores” juried; Guelph -Barber Gallery; Kitchener-Waterloo - Eldon Gallery, Homer Watson Gallery/Doon; Kitchener Art Gallery, Kor Gallery, Multi-Cultural Festival, University of Waterloo, Adanac Gallery/Waterloo. ; London -Artistix Gallery; Otterville - Otterville Summer Show; St.Just-in-Penwith, England - Great Atlantic Gallery; Shakespeare - Harry Ten Shilling, Stratford -Davis Canadian Art, Tango Bistro-Art, Gallery Stratford, Stratford Public Library, Unique Creations, Tourism Stratford, Gallery 96; Toronto -Toronto City Hall, Carlings; Woodstock – Jazz,Blues&Wine Festival;

2005-present – Taught oil w/palette knife; Workshops - Lambeth Art Group, 6-week Series at Crouch Library/London. Exhibited: Elora -Art in the Yard ‘06‘07; Grand Bend -Juried “Paint Ontario” Lampton County Museum ’07’08’09; Guelph - Barber Gallery; Kitchener-Waterloo – Edissi Art, Eldon Gallery, Kor Gallery, Homer Watson Gallery; Kleinberg 2009 McMichael Juried Autumn Show & Sale; London - Art Exchange ‘07‘08, Art Focus ’08 juried, Artistix Gallery, Artwork’s Etc, Gift of Art, 2009 JASS Exhibit juried, Museum London, London Artist’s Studio Tour ‘07, Exhibit at One London Place ‘09, Wortley Village Show ‘07‘08’09, Springbank Park ‘07‘08, St. Paul’s Cloister Artists ‘08‘09; New Hamburg - Bridging The Gap; St.Thomas –St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre ‘07‘08; St.Thomas Studio Tour ’08’09; Woodstock-St.Thomas Camera Clubs; Stratford - Davis Canadian Art ’05’06’07’08’09’10, Gallery Stratford ’09,’10, Tango Bistro-Art, Tourism Stratford, Welsh Festival; Port Stanley -Portside Gallery, Pt. Stanley Artist’s Guild Spring Show ’08,’09, Pt. Stanley Studio Tour ’08,’09, Stork Club Arts Weekend; St.Just/Cornwall,England - Great Atlantic Gallery2002-2010; Toronto – Rainbow Art Gallery(Front St)’09; Wellesley - Art Round the Pond‘07‘09; Woodstock –Woodstock Art Gallery; Windsor -Rotary Art in the Park.

"Artist in Residence" … The Great Atlantic Gallery - St.Just-in-Penwith, Cornwall, England . . . Kor Gallery/Kitchener (3) . . . The Art Exchange (2), Artworks Etc/London

“Series” Abstracts; Abstracted Photos; Botanicals; England --West Cornwall/Tresco; Travels U.K. & Scotland; France -- Normandie-Bretagne; Ontario -- Birches on the Bruce, Great Lakes, Manitoulin/Cedars, Muskoka, Perth County, Pen & Inks -- Hong Kong; Strasbourg, France; Other Travels; Portraits; USA -- Amazing Skies of New Mexico, North Carolina & Back, Smokey Mountains, TN;

“Media” Full colour book: The Great Atlantic Gallery, England . . . Full colour paintings: The Record/Kitchener (3), Waterloo Chronicle (2) . . . Black & White paintings: Stratford Beacon (5), Transcript (Glencoe) . . .

Full colour exhibit notices: Eldon Gallery/Waterloo; Kor Gallery(2)/Kitchener; Barber Gallery/Guelph; London - Artscape Magazine; The Art Exchange(2); Artistix Gallery, St. Paul’s Cloister Artists ‘08‘09, London Artist’s Studio Tour/London ’07; St. Thomas Studio Tour ‘08’09; Woodstock-St. Thomas Camera Clubs/St. Thomas; Art Round The Pond/Wellesley . . . Television: Rogers Cable morning show/Kitchener, “A” Channel Morning/London,