Brigitte Granton
Awards
Best in Show - McMichael Autumn Artisan Show 2021, McMichael Art Gallery
Merit of Distinction Award - McMichael Art Gallery En Plein Air Competition - 2019, 2018.
1st Place Oils
“Colours of Canoe Lake” - SOYRA Art in the Valley 2019
“Algoma North Shore” - SOYRA Art in the Valley 2016
1st Place Acrylic
“Evening Glow” SOYRA Art in the Valley 2013
Honourable Mention in Oils
“Quiet Autumn” Art in the Valley - 2018
“The Portage” – Art in the Valley 2015;
“Shadow Giants” – Art Aurora 2015
People’s Choice Award
“Silent Bay” - Art in the Valley 2016
“Winter Beeches”- Art Aurora Juried Art Show 2015, SOYRA Showcase 2015
“Cottage Colours” Art in the Valley - 2014
“Sideroads” Art in the Valley - 2013
Cover of the 2017 calendar - A Celebration of Canadian Art - “The Portage”
Flag banner displayed throughout King Township - “Dancing Queen” - 2015 Winner of the King Township Flag Banner Contest
Finalist in the Headwaters Horse Country Art Competition – Winter’s Hold” 2014
Publications and Media
The WiseOwl Literary and Art Magazine- Sept 1, 2024
https://www.thewiseowl.art/interview-brigitte-granton
Artists and Illustrators Magazine- May 2023 - Cover and Feature Artist
“ Landscape Artist of the Year Canada”, selected as a wildcard for the Midland television episode.
tv.bemakeful.com/landscape-artist-of-the-year-canada/
London Free Press “OntarioLandscapesGetNewEye”-Nov18,19,2019;Nov 21,2019
"Granton skillfully blends realism with abstraction" Nov 19, 2015
The Informed Collector - Oct 6, 2019 https://informedcollector.com/nl/?nid=145561&type=html
The Ringer
“The Best Stuff We Bought in 2017” By Katie Baker https://www.theringer.com/2017/12/5/16736160/ringer-gift-guide-2017
Toronto artist BRIGITTE GRANTON at "Fool For Art" opening show, STOCKYARDS GALLERY, Toronto https://youtu.be/icsVzAJK9h0
Great Lakes Echo
“Ontario Artist Finally Doing What She Loves” http://greatlakesecho.org/2017/03/31/ontario-artist-finally-doing-what-she- loves/
Ontario Nature/Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation – selected “Green Pastures” as their header for their twitter page, twitter.com/ormaoraine, April 2015
The Aurora Banner Newspaper
“Brush strokes of Genius” May 14, 2015 The Auroran Newspaper
“Canada represented from coast to coast in milestone art show” Jan 20, 2017
“Talent honoured at annual Art Show and Sale” May 7, 2015
King Weekly Sentinel Newspaper
“Reflections on King: then, now, and now what” Sept 24, 2015
“Schomberg Street Gallery brings out the colours” Sept 17, 2015
“Artists Welcome Guests at ASK Studio Tour” Apr 30, 2015
King Connection Newspaper
“For The Love of Art” Apr 16, 2015
“Great White North” Feb 19, 2015
“Seasons, Colours” Mar 27, 2014
“Going Green Exhibit Kicks off in King Township” Mar 19, 2014
The Blazing Star (NANPS) - Illustrator, 2001 - present
Mosaic Magazine - Feature Cover Artist – Fall 2014 King Living Magazine – Feature Artist, August 2014
Trees Fact Sheet – NANPS – 2013 – in publication Shrubs Fact Sheet – NANPS 2002
Gallery Representation
Algonquin Art Centre - Algonquin Provincial Park
Bright's Gallery - Blue Mountain, ON
Cloud Gallery - Orillia ON
Coles Art Market - Huntsville ON
Crescent Hill Gallery - Mississauga ON
Paula White Diamond Gallery - Waterloo, ON
Solo Art Shows
Feature Artist - Solo Exhibit "Light and Reflection in the Landscape" Algonquin Art Centre June 1 - Aug 15, 2023
Sunsets - Solo art Show - Paula White Diamond June 8, 2022
Landscape Reflections - Art with Panache Art Gallery Nov. 18- 30, 2019
Piano Cafe, in association with Meta4 Art Gallery in Port Perry - July 1 - Sept 30, 2018
Queens Shop Hair Salon, Toronto, ON - Nov 2017 - Jan 2018
Blonde VS Blonde Hair Salon, Toronto, ON - June - August 2017
Exhibitions
Brushes with the Ethereal - Crescent Hill Gallery Group show May 5, 2023
Pairing Palettes Art Show - Cloud Gallery - Dec 2022
McMichael Autumn Artisan Show - October 2021,2022
Heintzman House Art Show and Sale- May 2016 - 2018
Kingsway Lambton art Show and Sale - April 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022
McMichael Autumn Art Show and Sale - October 2015
Cottage Life Show (in partnership with Eclipse Gallery) - Booth #152. March 31- April 2, In- ternational Centre
King Studio Tour - 2015 - 2019
Aurora Art Show and Sale - 2013 -2015, 2017-2019 Newmarket Studio Tour - 2019
Stouffville Whitchurch Art in the Park 2015, 2017-2019 Purple Turtle Art Show 2017-2019
The Fine Art Show - Streetsville 2017, 2019
The Painted Perch -2017
Uxbridge Art in the Park - 2017-2019 Kawartha Arts Festival -2017 SOYRA Art in the Valley -2015 - 2019
Collections
International private and corporate collections - Canada, USA, Australia, UK, Iceland, China
Education
Master of Science degree in Zoology - University of Western Ontario, 1986
HBSc Biology, University of Western Ontario 1980 - 1984
Work Experience
Illustrator - North American Native Plant Society (NANPS) – 2001- 2020
Forensic Science Technician – Centre of Forensic Sciences 1990 - 1994
Research Assistant – Toronto General Hospital 1986-1994
Lab Assistant- Ministry of Natural Resources 1985
Sunlit Morning. Selected for the cover of the Mosaic Magazine winter issue 2016. SOLD
The Portage. Selected for the cover of the 2017 Calendar - A Celebration of Canadian Art; Honourable Mention Art in the Valley 2015. SOLD
Green Pastures. Selected for the Twitter banner header for the Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation,
Cover photo for King Living Magazine Aug 2014. SOLD
Cottage Colours. Peoples Choice Award - Art in the Valley 2014
Evening Glow. 1st place acrylics 2013 Art in the Valley. SOLD
Shadow Giants. Honourable Mention - oils, Art Aurora 2015. SOLD
Winter's Hold. Finalist in the Headwaters Horse Country Art Competition - 2014 SOLD
People's Choice Award - 2014 - Art in the Valley - SOLD
Dancing Queen. Selected for flag banner in King Township