Jack Reid
Professional artist, world-wide watercolour instructor
A member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC), Jack Reid is one of Canada's most acclaimed artists. With a career spanning six decades, his honours have been many. His paintings are seen in the diverse locales of people's homes, galleries, major corporate collections, or in Windsor Castle in Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's very own collection.
But Jack Reid started out as a graphic artist, and with no formal training, plunged full-time into a new career. He knows only what he has taught himself, and paints what he feels.
He has taught workshops, demonstrations and foreign tours world-wide since 1971, passing his knowledge on to over 11,000 students. His passion for the renowned techniques he teaches is infectious and invigorating.
In 1992, he was awarded the Commemorative Medal by the federal Government for his contribution to Canadian Art and was honoured to be Arts Person of the Year in his hometown of Brampton. He has exhibited in London, England with the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours; he is a life-time member of Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, Visual Arts Brampton and CSPWC.
He has authored two books, "Watercolour Basics: Let's Get Started", and "Painting Snow and Water", and is currently penning and painting another. He has an instructional CD-ROM and did a mini-series of painting demos, broadcast on Rogers Cable. In 2001, Jack was featured in the popular American publication, Watercolor Magic magazine.
He and his wife and friend Maggie lived in his studio
overlooking the Credit River. After 33 years of mariage, Maggie passed
away in late-2002.
Recent exhibits
VAB Invitational I: Jack Reid and Friends
January 7th to 28th, 2005, at Artway Shoppers World
VAB-Artway's first ever invitational exhibit showed the works of one of Canada's foremost artists, Jack Reid, and four of his favourite students, among the 11,000 he has taught across the world since 1972.
TO CONTACT
Jack can be contacted through VAB, by phoning (905) 453-9142, or by e-mailing visualartsbrampton@gmail.com.
