Robert Francis Michael (RFM) McInnis -   born 11 March 1942, Saint John, NB

-   Diploma  in Fine and Applied Arts (1961)  Saint John Vocational School,  Saint John, NB Teachers Fred Ross and D. Edwin Campbell
-   Newspaper Reporter and Photographer, Telegraph Journal and Evening  Times Globe, Saint John, NB (1961 - 1962)
-   Royal Canadian Air Force photographer (1962- 1966)
-   Graphic Illustrator, Department of Transport, Ottawa, ON  (1966-1967)
-   Head of the Art Department and Artist in Residence, Prince George  College, Prince George, BC (1968- 1971)
-   Moved to Powell River, BC to paint (1971)
-   At age 30, moved to Toronto to begin serious art career (1973)

Selected Solo exhibitions:

1989 Roberts Gallery, Toronto, ON

1991 Rodman Hall. St Catharines, ON

1991 Roberts Galler, Toronto, ON

1991 Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, ON

1991 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB

1991 La Folie des Arts, Pointe-au-Pic, QU

1992 Grande Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, AB 'Ten Year Survey'.

1992 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB - New Figurative Work.

1993 Galerie Woltjen Edmonton, AB 'Five year Survey.'

1993 Roberts Gallery, Toronto, ON

1994 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB 'Off Connemara', new landscapes.

1997 Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, ON - 'Western Art of RFM.McInnis'

1983 Portraits of the Prairies, Assiniboan Gallery, Regina, SK

1998 Portraits of the Prairies, Assiniboia/Bessborough, Saskatoon, SK

1999 Figure Paintings, Leighton Centre, Calgary, AB

1999 'The Roads That Lead There', Leighton Centre, Calgary, AB

2000 Feature, Grand Opening, Art and Soul Gallery, High River, AB

2001 New Works, Masters Gallery, Calgary, AB

2001 Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, ON '40 Years a Painter'

2002 Masters Gallery, Calgary, AB '40 Years a Painter'

2004-2007 'A' is for Alberta 'AFA travelling show, curated by Edmonton Art Gallery, AB

Alberta 's Centennial show, 26 paintings

2005 The Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB, 'Retrospect of Figures'

2006 Mayberry Fine Art, Summer Feature, Winnipeg, MB

2007 Roberts Gallery, Toronto, ON - 'New Works'

2007 Masters Gallery, Calgary, AB . 'A' is for Alberta 'Exhibition

2008 The Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB   - 'New Works'

Selected Group Exhibitions:

1990 'Spaces andPlaces.' Alberta Art Foundation, Japan

1990 Ring Gallery, Saint John, N.B. 'Artist in the Garden'

1993 Roberts Gallery, Toronto, ON, Watercolour Show.

1993 Faculty of Extention, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB 'Masterful Drawings' show.

1994 Ring Gallery, Saint John, N.B. 'Artist In the Garden'

1995 Roberts Galler, Toronto, ON 'Artist's Choice'.

1995 Roberts Gallery, Toronto, ON 'Sketches and Major Landscapes Show'.

1995 Roberts Gallery, Toronto, ON 'Three Alberta Artists' - McInnis, McLean, Sinclair.

1995 Leighton Foundation, Calgary, AB

1996 'Artists in Transition' Duma, McInnis, More. Leighton Foundation, Calgary, AB

1996 AFA COLLECTS' travelling exhibition to Dec. 1998 - Southern Alberta Region

1997 Roberts Gallery, Toronto , ON 'Sketches and Tom Roberts'.

1997 MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK 'Treasured Moments' James Kurtz Memorial Exhibition

1997 'The Best of our Workshops', Leighton Foundation, Calgary, AB

1998 Collection Alberta Art, 25 Years, AFA Collection - Triangle Gallery, Calgary, AB

1998 Prairie Sentinels, The Vanishing Grain Elevator. Kinderdine Gallery, U of S, Saskatoon, SK

1999 Grain Elevators -'Finding Our Way Home' Provincial Museum of Alberta

1999 - 2002 Grain Elevators - Travelling Show throughout Alberta

2000 Artist's Choice, Roberts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2000 Artist's Choice, Masters Gallery, Calgary, AB

2000 Rural Route (AFA Collection) Crowsnest Pass Public Art Gallery, Blairmore, AB

2001 Group Shows, Art and Soul Gallery, High River, AB

Grand Opening Show, Gust Gallery, Waterton Park, AB

2002 Group Shows, Art and Soul Gallery, High River, AB

Group Show, Gust Gallery, Waterton Park, AB

Artist's Choice. Roberts Gallery, Toronto, ON

2003 Group Shows, Art and Soul Gallery, High River, AB

Images of the West - Bell , Lougheed-Sinclair, McInnis, - Roberts Gallery Toronto, ON

Grand Opening Show, Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, MB.

Duma, Laycock, McInnis, Nolin. Gust Gallery, Lethbridge, AB

2004 McInnis, Davies, Graff, Stehelin. Whyte Museum, Banff, AB

2005 Collectors Show. Leighton Centre, Calgary, AB

2006 Celebration of the Figure, The Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2006 Plug-In Gallery, Fabulous Fakes: Pop art with a Twist, Winnipeg, MB

2007-2008 Traveling show Rêves d'automne Art Festival - Baie Saint-Paul, QU

2007 December Choice Exhibition, Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, ON

Collections:

RFM Mclnnis paintings can be found in the following public collections:

* Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton , Alberta .

* Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montréal, Québec.

* Canadiana Fund, (Residences of the Governor General), Ottawa , Ontario .

* Edmonton Art Gallery , Edmonton , Alberta .

* Hart House, U of T, Toronto , Ontario .

* Glenbow Museum , Calgary , Alberta .

* Government House, Edmonton , Alberta .

* Leighton Foundation, Calgary , Alberta .

* Library and Archives Canada , Ottawa , Ontario

* MacKenzie Gallery , Regina , Saskatchewan .

* Medicine Hat Art Gallery , Medicine Hat , Alberta .

* Moncton Museum , Moncton , N.B.

* New Brunswick Museum , Saint John , N.B.

* Nickle Art Museum , U of C, Calgary , Alberta .

* Office of the Chief Justice of Canada , Ottawa , Ontario .

* Parliamentry Restaurant, Parliament Buildings , Ottawa , Ontario .

* Progressive Conservative National Headquarters, Ottawa , Ontario .

* Rideau Club, Ottawa , Ontario .

* Red Deer College Collection, Red Deer , Alberta .

* Red Deer and District Museum , Red Deer , Alberta .

* Rodman Hall, St Catharines , Ontario .

* Royal Alberta Museum , Edmonton , Alberta .

* Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies .

and in many private and corporate collections across Canada

Publications:

- Canada 's Who's Who lists publications as 'author The Renegade's Lament' Poem 1973 Fiddlehead Press;

- co author 'Toronto We Love You' The Brunswick House' drawings and poems, 1973 (Simon & Pierre Publishers);

- 'Steel & Steam' series train paintings, text by Pierre Berton (published by Laurier St-James, Montreal, Quebec )”.

- Photos and articles in BranchLine Magazine, Ottawa, on railway related Canadian history (20 years, current).

- Rail related photos and articles in Canadian Railway Modeller Magazine, Winnipeg , Manitoba , (15 years, current).

- Monthly column 'The Chronicle' dealing with art issues.

- Unpublished manuscript, 'Crossing Canada', about painting trains across Canada and the history of railway art in Canada .

- Former newspaper reporter, Evening Times Globe and Telegraph Journal, Saint John, N.B. Daily newspaper, 1961-1962.

Freelance writing for various newspapers since.

- The National Archives of Canada has acquired - and the Canadian Cultural Properties Export Review Board has approved as being of 'outstanding significance and national importance'

- the RFM McInnis fonds 1960-1991 and the RFM McInnis fonds 1957-1999  '1.48 meters of textual records (his on going journals, correspondence, and other materials documenting his life, career and travels'.