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Joan McGivney                

         
            "Autumn Glory"      
           oil on canvas : 18" x 24" : 2007

 A  Toronto native, Joan graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in  Fine Arts in 1971. After this, a teaching degree lead to a 32 year career as a high school Visual Arts teacher., and as Department Head  of Visual arts , and then Arts and Technology for 22 years at Michael Power St. Joseph High School.

During her early years in teaching, she painted in her summers and had several art shows; her last in 1982 while pregnant with her first son.
With a family and working full time, Joan found little time to paint until recently retiring.

Over the past 4 years she has been painting mainly in

 oils, both landscapes and the human form . She has

 been in several group shows and has  joined  and

 exhibited with :

The Bayview  Art Tour, The  North Toronto Group of Artists ,The Scarborough Arts Guild., The North York Visual  Artists ,and  The Queen West Art Crawl.

 Last April, 2007, she was featured in a solo show  at The Faculty Club , U of T.

 
"Brothers"      
oil on canvas, 18" x 18"     
2007      

     
      "Lawrence Park Winter Trail"      
       oil on canvas : 18" x 24" : 2007

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