ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Creating art is not only something that I want to do, it is something I need to do. My inspiration evolves out of a variety of different sources. It could be an amusing anecdote, something I see or feel, some tragic story from the news, or even a historic event, which moves me esthetically and germinates the idea.

Once inspired I begin to research the topic, and try to figure out whether I can work this 'inspiration' into an artistic composition. The people and animals in my art are like characters in a drama, each has a role to play, but more significantly the final composition has to feel right. Through my art, I am able to share my paintings and serigraphs with an audience, and expose them to my slightly cynical view of the world, injected whenever possible with a sense of humor. The satisfaction I get from completing a work of art is a necessary part of who I am.

Margot Cormier Splane grew up in the port city of Saint John, New Brunswick, and she graduated from Mount Allison University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1984. Margot has gone on to exhibit her work around the world, participating in 38 International Exhibits, most of them juried shows, including international competitions through out Canada and the United States, as well as shows in Greece, Germany, Bulgaria, India, Spain and Australia. Margot has received the following prizes at international juried art exhibits. First Place, Original Prints, at the Art Center of Estes Park, in Estes Park, Colorado, U.S.A. 2007, Honorable Mention, at the Ambience Art Contest 2007, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Australia, Third Prize at the Fine Arts International Contest 2006', at the Cultural Association Valentin Ruiz; Granada, Spain; Viewers Choice award at the Northbrook public Library in Northbrook Illinois 2006, and an Honorable Mention at the Art Center of Estes Park, in Estes Park, Colorado, U.S.A., 2006.

Margot has had 25 solo exhibits in Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and on the U.S. Virgin Islands. She has had work with Gallery 78

In 1987 Margot married Bruce Splane, they have three children. In 1996 following Bruce's work, the family moved from Saint John, New Brunswick, to Kapuskasing Ontario. In 2001 the family was relocated to Timmins Ontario, where they currently reside. Margot works on her acrylic paintings in the winter, and on her serigraph prints in the summer. Margot pulls all of her serigraph prints by hand in her studio.