Reference: see The Writing on the Wall: the Work of Joane Cardinal-Schubert, by Lindsey Sharman, University of Calgary Press, 2017; A Measure of Success: Graduates of the A.C.A 1963-1984, by L.Greenwood, pg.110; Time for Dialogue, by J.Cardinal-Schubert, pg.49, Calgary Aboriginal Awareness Society, 1992; Indigena, Contemporary Native Perspectives, ed.G.McMaster, pg.130, Can. Museum of Civilization, 1992; Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 1998, by C.Mastin C.Rowston, pg.13, E.A.G. Glenbow Museum, 1998; A Journey - Twenty Year Retrospective, Masters Gallery, Calgary, 1999; Alberta Society of Artists, the First Seventy Five Years, by K.Zimon, pg.115; biographies in Westbridge,Vol.1, pg.58 and N.Am.Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, ed. J.Heller, pg.109-110, Garland Pub., 1995; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see A.J. Casson, by P.Duval, Roberts Gallery, 1975; A.J. Casson, by J.Murray, Art Gallery of Windsor, 1978; A.J. Casson: His Life and Works / A Tribute, by P.Duval, Cerebrus, 1980; A.J. Casson, My Favourite Watercolours 1919 to 1957, by P.Duval, Cerebrus, 1982; A.J. Casson: Early Works, by I.Thom, McMichael Collection, 1984; A.J. Casson: An Artist's Life by Christopher E. Jackson, published by McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1998;A.J. Casson: Behind the Scenes, C. Jackson, Varley Art Gallery, 2006; biographies in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.180; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.63; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.122; Westbridge, Vol.1, pg. 60; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg. 65; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see koymangalleries.com/artist/horace-champagne/#bio for a biography of the artist; see Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1 addendum and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.62, Westbridge Pub., 1999 for biographies; Guide Vallee, III Edition, by F.Vallee, pg.301, pub. Le Guide Vallee, 1992; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 18, pg. 139, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009

Reference: see artist's website at tinyanchan.com; see Artists of British Columbia, by D.Morys-Edge, pg.110, for artist's statement and another example; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.64, Westbridge Pub., 2003; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; exhibited by Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary among others; represented by Koyman Galleries, Ottawa

Reference: see artist's website www.rodcharlesworth.com; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.63, Westbridge Pub., 1999; see also Magazin'Art Biennial Guide 1998-1999, by Editart, pg.254, Magazin'Art, 1998 and Artists of the Okanagan, by J.Davis, pg.73, Okanagan Mainline Seniors Writers, 1988; chosen for the Artist of the Year, 2005 by Trout Unlimited Canada, Calgary; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: biography and other examples in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.189; Vancouver: Art and Artists 1931-1983, by V.A.G., pg.404; also included in One Hundred Years of B.C. Art 1858-1958, by V.A.G, 1958; interesting book Dear Nan, Letters of Emily Carr, Nan Cheney and Humphrey Toms, ed. D.Walker, U.B.C. Press, 1990, moved to Vancouver in 1937

Reference: see artist's website www.steve-coffey.com; see Steve Coffey's Fallen Star Cars, by Steve Coffey, Cello Books, Armageddon Productions, 2018; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; represented by West End Gallery, Victoria, The Collectors' Gallery, Calgary and others

Reference: see Alan Caswell Collier, Of Man and Nature, by Doren Martin, Ottawa Art Gallery, 1998; the RCA presented an exhibition and catalogue of Alan's work An Artist's Journey - Alan Collier, R.C.A. in 1991; N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.200 for paintings in the N.G.C.; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1 pg.135; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.69, Westbridge Pub., 1999; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 20, pg. 298, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009

Reference: see Painting Friends, The Beaver Hall Women Painters, by B.Meadowcroft, Vehicule Press, 1999; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.137; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg. 70, Westbridge Pub., 1999; North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, ed. J.Heller, pg.130, Garland Pub., 1995; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.78 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.76; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 20, pg. 345, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009

Reference: Côté was born in Quebec City in 1940. At the age of 17, he entered the family advertising firm as a lettermaker and gradually climbed up the ranks. In the 1960s, he began painting, devoting himself entirely to it in the years that followed. He moved to the Charlevoix region in 1978, where he painted the landscapes tirelessly and gained an important place in the artistic history of the region. In the early 1980s, Bruno Côté traveled through many regions of Quebec and the rest of Canada to paint his colorful landscapes. Côté’s paintings are held in private, corporate and public collections including the Musée D'Art Contemporain de Montréal, the Musée de Charlevoix, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, the Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin, the Canadian Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Confederation Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown (source: www.galeriecosner.com/en/artists/110-bruno-cote)
see Bruno Cote, Beyond the Land, by R.Babinska, Vincent Fortier Publishing, 2003; biographies in Guide Vallee, III Edition, by F.Vallee, pg.343, pub. Le Guide Vallee, 1992; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.74, Westbridge Pub., 1999; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 21, pg. 500, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009

Reference: Cowin was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He entered Indiana University with an eye on a career as a medical illustrator. Later transferring to fine arts and specializing in printmaking, he completed his BFA in 1969 and received his MFA from the University of Illinois in 1971. He then accepted a position in the Fine Arts Dept. at the University of Regina, teaching for 36 years, retiring in 2007.
for more biographical information and examples of his work see www.slategallery.ca/jack-cowin; see Country Pleasures, The Angling Art of Jack Cowin, by A.Oko, Fifth House, 1984 and N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.222; Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Men, by M.Newman, pg.55, Fifth House Pub., 1994; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.75, Westbridge Pub., 1999; exhibited at Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina and Masters Gallery, Calgary; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see Reta Summers Cowley, by T.Fenton, Mendel Art Gallery, 2006; Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Women, by M.Newman, pg.29; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.150; Saskatchewan: Art and Artists, by N.Dillow, pg.28, MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1971; Watercolour Painting in Saskatchewan 1905-1980, by Robert D. Christie, Mendel Art Gallery, 1981; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.75, Westbridge Pub., 1999; North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, ed. J.Heller, pg.138, Garland Pub., 1995; represented by art placement, Saskatoon; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: Cran graduated in 1979 from the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the National Gallery of Canada [2016] in a large survey exhibition [1984-2016] that combined exhibitions from the Art Gallery of Alberta [2015] and the Southern Alberta Art Gallery [2015]. He received the ACAD Alumni Award of Excellence in 2011. In 2021 he was awarded an Honorary Master of Fine Art from the Alberta University of the Arts. He is represented by Trepanier Baer Gallery in Calgary, Clint Roenisch Gallery in Toronto and Wilding Cran Gallery in Los Angeles.
see artist's website at chriscran.com; see Heads, various, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, 1992; Chris Cran Paintings: 1993-1996, by N. Tousley, Art Gallery of Peel, 1996; Chris Cran, by J.Drouin-Brisebois, R.Doherty, B.McCulloch, N.Tousley and W.Wood, National Gallery of Canada, 2016; biography and other examples in A Measure of Success: Graduates of the Alberta College of Art 1963-1984, by V.Greenfield, A.C.A.D., 1985 and Contemporary '88 Calgary, by M.B.Laviolette, pg.56, Olympic Arts Festival, 1988; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 22, pg. 167, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: listed in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.76, Westbridge Pub., 1999; also listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; artist (former World Champion figure skater) lived in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; see biography and examples on website at toller-cranston.com

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; represented by Elevation Gallery, Canmore

Reference: biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.77, Westbridge Pub., 1999; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 22, pg. 380, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009

Reference: see Maurice Cullen by W.Watson, Ryerson Press; Maurice Cullen by T.R. MacDonald, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1956; Maurice Cullen 1866-1934, by S.Antoniou, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1982; Maurice Cullen and His Circle, by C.Parson, NGC, 2006; other examples in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.234; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.93; biography in E.P.E.C., by R.Harper, pg. 80; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg. 88 and M.M.F.A., pg.87 by E.McMann; biographies in MacDonald, Vol.1, pg.157; Robson, pg.71

Reference: Daley received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ontario College of Art in 1975. Her drawings have been widely exhibited across North America and Europe. Much has been written about Daley’s work including reviews in Canadian Art, Globe & Mail, Border-Crossings and Art in America. Her artworks can be found in collections all over the world, including the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada, the Canada Council Art Bank, The Art Gallery of Ontario, the Kelowna Art Gallery, and Tom Thomson Art Gallery, amongst others. (Source: newzones.com)
see [K]ein Vergleich, [Dis]similarities, by C.Laing, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1991 [with S.Bachli and T. Bolliger]; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al.; represented by Newzones Gallery, Calgary

Reference: Dallaire was born in Quebec, raised in Alberta and taught in Vancouver; see Sahara Foam to Bronze: A Revolutionary Medium and Techniques for the Modern Sculptor, by Jean-Guy Dallaire, published by Blurb, 2015; The Language of Stones, by Jean-Guy Dallaire, published by Blurb, 2015; Wreck Beach Originals: Small Bronze Sculptures Inspired by Stones, Pebbles and Concretions, by Jean-Guy Dallaire, published by Blurb, 2015; biography included in Dictionnaire des auteurs et artistes francophones de l'Ouest; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see Ken Danby, P.Duval, Clarke Irwin & Company, 1976; Ken Danby: the Graphic Work, Lithographs and Serigraphs, by G.Cumming, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1980; Ken Danby: the New Decade, P.Duval, Stoddart Publishing, 1984; biography and other examples in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.252; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg. 82, Westbridge Pub., 1999; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 24, pg. 68, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see History in Their Blood; Indian Portraits of Nicholas de Grandmaison, by H.Dempsey, Douglas and McIntyre, 1982 for many other examples; Drawn from the Past, Nicholas de Grandmaison, by Gordon Snyder, Snyder Fine Art, 2007; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.2 pg.305 for biography; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.87, Westbridge Pub., 1999; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.155; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see Spaces and Places - Eight Decades of Landscape Painting in Alberta, by J.Ironside, pg.122; Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.20, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.2, pg.306 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.87, Westbridge Pub., 1999; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 60, pg. 292, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: biography and other examples in N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.270; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.98; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., pg.100 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.99; Robson, pg.113; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg. 91

Reference: represented by Masters Gallery, Calgary and Alan Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal/Toronto; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: born and raised in Calgary. Drahanchuk graduated from Alberta College of Art in 1963. He worked as a full time ceramicist at Design Associates until he established Drahanchuk Studios Ltd. In Bragg Creek. The Studio now resides in British Columbia. His works can be found in permanent collections of Alberta Foundation for the Arts and his public commissions in the University of Calgary.
listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: represented by Gibson Fine Art Calgary, The Front Gallery, Edmonton and many others

Reference: see artist's website www.christianeckart.info; included in www.artcyclopedia.com; represented by Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Janis Gallery, NY, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris

Reference: see artist's website at shirleyelias.com

listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see 2013 article about her work with wild life at www.gallerieswest.ca/magazine/stories/wild-horses%3A-maureen-enns-and-the-art-of-conservation/; see Beauty Pageant - Paintings by Maureen Enns, by E.Brown, Peter Whyte Museum, 1984; Maureen Enns: Back of Beyond, by D.McAlear, Nickle Arts Museum, 1988; Enns, Evans and Ulrich, Walter J. Phillips Gallery/SAAG, 1977; as well as Alberta Art, Works from the A.A.F., by L.Schmidt and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.105, Westbridge Pub., 1999 for biographies; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.117; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; represented by Masters Gallery, Calgary