More Recent Exhibitions

• April 2024 – Identity and Expression, juried show at Pearl Ellis Gallery, Comox
• January to March 2024 – Campbell River Art Gallery Members Show
• January 2024- Our Earth, juried show at Pearl Ellis Gallery, Comox
• November 1, 2023 to April 15, 2024, Polarities and Junctions juried show at Comox Valley Airport and organized by Comox Valley Arts
• October 21-December 20, 2023 – Wales Contemporary/Cymru Gyfoes International Art   Competition 
• October 2023 – Limitless Exhibition, Federation Of Canadian Artists
• September 2023 – Nanaimo Fine Arts Show, Nanaimo Chapter of FCA
• September 2023 – Federation of Canadian Artists, Abstracted Exhibition, FCA
• August 1 to the26th, 2023 Duo show with artist Miriam Myers. ‘Finding Our Way’. At Pearl Ellis Gallery, Comox, BC
• July –  2023 – On The Edge Exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Juried International Show
• April 2023 – Arrowsmith Spring Exhibition (FCA), (artwork sold from this show)

Organizations

• Active member of Artwrx Studio/Gallery, Courtenay, BC
• Federation of Canadian Artists – Active status, https://federationgallery.com/artist/5068/elainesmith
• Pearl Ellis Gallery, Comox – member
• The Old School House Arts Centre -Qualicum Beach
• Oceanside Community Arts Council
• Comox Valley Arts Council
• Arrowsmith Chapter, FCA
• Victoria Chapter, FCA

Learning: always and it never ends! Here are some of the educational opportunities I’ve loved.

• 2024- Confident Composition- Sally Hirst
• 2023- Rob Szot Studio: A Work In Progress, Online Work On Paper Workshop
• 2023- Complete Collagraphy, Collage Creations and Monotype – Materials and Methods – Sally Hirst
• 2022- Intuitive Composition with Pauline Jans
• 2022- Intaglio Printmaking, Fall Semester; North Island College
• 2022- Intro to Printmaking, Spring Semester; North Island College
• 2022- Water Colour Jumpstart, Angela Fehr
• 2021- Find Your Joy, Louise Fletcher, 12 weeks
• 2021- Abstracted Landscape, Lewis Noble
• 2021- Expressionism – Julie Prichard
• 2021-2023- Art Tribe, Louise Fletcher
• 1990-2021 – a variety of community education art classes
• 2000 and earlier- BScN with and specialty in Mental Health Nursing (Retired Nurse)