Vernissage (Meet the artist):
Thursday, September 7th
from 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Ottawa artist Shirley Van Dusen is internationally recognized for both her sensitively rendered portraits and her evocative paintings of iconic scenes of Ottawa and the surrounding valley.
Her paintings are held in notable private and public collections around the world including those of Prime Ministers Pierre Elliot Trudeau (1919-2000) and Brian Mulroney, the National Press Clubs in Ottawa and Washington, DC and the Bank of Canada.
At 91, Van Dusen continues to paint prolifically. She is a life member and Fellow of the Ottawa Watercolour Society, an art teacher and published writer.
