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Biography

Born in Windsor,Nova Scotia, in 1951, Jude grew up in Dartmouth, and received her Bachelor of Art Education at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD). She is a proud mother of three talented children, and is delighted to be a Grammy and a senior! Along with her husband, Randy, Jude normally spends half the year in Nova Scotia and the other half in Florida.She has now included Cuba as a home away from home.

Jude has enjoyed being a schoolteacher, clown, dance instructor, art teacher, square dance caller and recreation director, decorating her B&B and spending time with guests and family.

Jude got her start in her teens when she inherited her great Auntie Lou's oil paints and took up painting out of duty more than desire. Before long, Jude felt what her great aunt had seen in her. She painted until she developed an allergy to oils and switched to pen and ink. The door opened further when friend and fellow artist, Eliza Schurman, suggested she add a wash to her drawings.

Shortly thereafter, she enrolled at NSCAD. She studied sculpture, fiber arts and art education, graduating in 1984. She attends annual weeklong courses and numerous workshops by well known Canadian and American artists, and tries to attend at least one workshop each year in her first love, watercolor. Refusing to have limits set on watercolor, Jude experimented on her own, developing some of the techniques seen in her work today.

It is Jude's wish as an artist that everyone could experience what she does in her painting in some aspect of his or her life.

Exhibiting her work in both solo and group shows, Jude has won awards in both Canada and the USA. She has taught in Canada, Cuba, the USA, and Australia.

Professional Associations

Member:

  • Visual Arts Nova Scotia
  • Scotia East Art Society
  • Citrus Watercolor Club
  • Citrus County Art League
  • Red Hat Painters
  • Spring Hill Art League

Professional Accomplishments

  • Invited by the Department of Culture, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, to teach Watercolor
  • Top of Division Award for Citrus Count Fair, Inverness FL, 2004 & 2005 and Best of Show 2005
  • Voted Artist of the Month 1998-2001, 2003-2006 for Citrus County FL
  • One of three selected to represent Eastern Shore in VANS magazine's regional series
  • Only painter to have a work selected for Florida University's collection at the Art on Campus Festival 2001
  • Invited to tour Cuba with piece “Similar Yet Different” 2011

Teaching

  • Department of Education Teacher's Certificate Class 5, permanent
  • Classes and workshops through Municipal Recreation, NS; Citrus County Art League, Hernado, FL; Tatamagouche Center, Tatamagouche, NS; Australia, Cuba and Wayward Goose Studio, Mineville, NS; to name a few

Galleries

  • Harris & Company Gallery, Jeddore, NS
  • Citrus County Art League Gallery, Hernando FL

      • Recent Exhibitions

      Solo:

      • Feb.- March 2010: Art League of Citrus County, Hernando, FL
      • Jan. - Feb. 2010: Summit Financial, Spring Hill , FL
      • Jan. 2010: Easy Street Home Décor, Brooksville, Fl
      • February & March 2009: Solo Show - Chronicle Gallery, Inverness, FL USA
      • September 2009- Sister 2 Sister Show, Dartmouth, NS
      • October 2006: "Through My Eyes", Harris & Company Gallery, Musquodoboit Harbour, NS
      • October 2005: Annual Studio Tour and Show, Wayward Goose Studio, Mineville, NS
      • November 2004: Web Page Launch & Annual Studio Tour, Mineville, NS
      • November 2004: Eastern Shore Studio Tour Rally
      • February 2004: Jude, Again, Citrus County Cultural Center Theatre, Hernando, FL
      • January 2004: Doin' It Big!!!, West Wall Gallery, CCAL, Hernando, FL
      • February 2003: Between Here and There, Chronicle Office, Inverness, FL
      • January 2002: Here's Jude!, Crystal River, Florida
      • March 2001: That's Me!, Chronicle Off ice, Inverness, Florida
      • February 2001: Discovery, Lakes Region Library, Inverness, Florida

      Group:

      • March Yearly: Paint In The Park, Rainbow Springs, FL, USA
      • Feb. Yearly: CWC Show- Homosassa State Park, FL, USA
      • Jan- March Yearly : ACCC Gallery, Hernando, FL, USA
      • September (Yearly) Clothesline Art Show & Sale, Musquodoboit Harbour, NS
      • October (Yearly): Mental Health Mosaic Exhibit, Dartmouth, NS
      • April 2010: Citrus Watercolor Club - Brooksville City Gallery, FL, USA
      • July 29- Aug. 30, 2009: Earth Tones- Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, NS, Can.
      • July 25-Sept 7, 2009: Coastal Winds- Harris &Company Gallery, Jeddore, NS, Can.
      • April & May 2009: Stoneridge Snowbirds- Brooksville City Gallery, FL, USA
      • June and September 2007: Dartmouth Visual Art Society Annual Shows, Dartmouth, NS
      • December 2005-April 2006: CCAL Members Exhibits, CCAL Gallery, Hernando, FL
      • January- February 2005: Open Your World (Juried), Brick City Center for the Arts, Ocala
      • January 2005: Mixed Media, CCAL Gallery, Hernado, FL
      • November 2004: Aren't We Presumptuous! Red Hat Painters, Musquodoboit Harbour, NS
      • April- June 2004: Where Water Ends And Begins, Brick City Gallery, Ocala, FL
      • March 2004,05,06: Art in the Park, Rainbow Springs State Park, FL
      • March 2004: Citrus Watercolor Club Member Show, CCAL, Hernando, Fl
      • February 2004: Communications of Love, Brick City Gallery, Ocala, FL
      • February 2004: CCAL Members Show, CCAL, Hernando, FL
      • January 2004: Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!, CCAL Gallery, Hernando, FL
      • December 2003: Light and Shadow, Brick City Gallery, Ocala, FL