About
Where we live, as we grow, we take in the energy of that area and it becomes a part of who we are. We cannot escape it, but we can view it from many perspectives, each impacting its own emotions; creating its own memories; taking us into our own direction.
Having grown up in the country, I have a close affinity with the land. I have to embrace and become each area of the landscape in order to interpret that sense in a way others may feel my intensity.
I paint to convey my emotions and feelings - expressions of everything around me. Inspired by Turner, Constable, Van Gogh and the Group of Seven, I desire to continually push colour to interpret the strength and diversity of this land. Regardless of the season, I am inspired by the fleeting beauty and eternal power of nature.
My choice of mediums are pastel and oils, although I have also worked in watercolours and acrylics.
Biography
Audrey Pfannmuller was raised in a small rural community in north western Alberta. Art and design have always been an important means of expression for her. She began her formal training at Olds Collage with a fashion certificate which was followed with a couturier degree under Sig Plach of Edmonton. She then went on to study art at the Extension Branch of the U of A under the following instructors: Douglas Barry, Harry Savage, Harry Wolthfarth, Ihor Dymtryk, and a selection of potters and sculptors. Other instructors in later years have been Alfred Schmidt, Ruth Whitney-Gerwin, Brent Laycock and Neil Patterson.
Audrey Moved to Camrose in 1975 where she opened the Candler Art Gallery. At the Gallery, where she is in constant contact with people, she is able to share her concepts on the enjoyment of visual arts. Working in pastels and oils, Audrey shows her love of people by choosing to paint them and their environment.
Selected Collections
AB Pension Administration Corp.
Pennock Ace
Dr. T. Ranieri
Westcore Hospitality
Calgary Golf & Country Club
Donna Remmington
Colt Engineering
National Oilwell Development
Simmons Group
Grant MacEwan Communtity Collage
North Star
U of A Hospital
Alberta Treasury Branch
Cross Cancer Clinic
Pan-Canadian Petroleum
Public Works & Government Service
Alberta Insurance Council
Bank of Montreal
Telus Ltd. 1997,98,99,2000,01,02
The Westin Hotel 1997,98,99,2000,01,02
Keegan Psyhcological
Nellie McClung Society
Alberta Family & Social services
Bank of Nova Scotia
Nesbitt Burns
Milner Fenerty
Coopers & Lybrand
Alberta Art Foundation
University of Alberta Extension
many private homes, locally, nationally and internationally
Education
2002 Workshop, Brent Laycock
2001 Workshop, Neil Patterson
2000-2 Workshop, Brent Laycock, SWCA
1975 Univeristy of Alberta Extension Certificate in Art
1980 to present Candler Art Gallery
1967 Certificate in Fashion Design - Couturier Degree under Sig Plach of Edmonton
Galleries
Adele-Campbell Gallery - Whistler, British Columbia
Art Beats Gallery - St.Albert, Alberta
Candler Art Gallery - Camrose, Alberta
Gallery on Main - Lacombe, Alberta
Image 54 - Calgary, Alberta
Johnson's Gallery - Edmonton, Alberta
Pacif'ic Gallery - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Picture This Gallery - Sherwood Park, Alberta
Rowles and Company Gallery - Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta
Art Affiliations
1999 Member Alberta Society of Artists
1998 Associate Member Society of Western Canadian Artists
1997 Signature Member in Pastel Society of Canada
1997 Active Member in AFCA
Awards
2000 PSC Merit Award, White Rock - Pastel Society of Canada
1998 Marius-Barbeau Museum Award - Pastel Society of Canada
1992 Certified Picture Framer - PFA
1991 Small Business Owner of the Year, Regional and Local
1983 Dorothy Garner Scholarship - U of A Extension
1978 Dorothy Garner Scholarship - U of A Extension
Selected Exhibitions
2002 G8 exhibit, Calgary
2002-97 Rowles & Company, Edmonton & Calgary
2002-98 Art Beat Gallery, St.Albert
2002 Picture This Gallery, Sherwood Park
2002-00 Adele-Campbell Gallery, Whistler, B.C.
2002-99 Gallery on Main, Lacombe
2002-96 Upper Gallery, Candler Art Gallery
2002-97 Westin Hotel, Edmonton
2000-99 Pacif'ic Gallery, Saskatoon
2000 Jenkin's Gallery, White Rock, B.C.
2000 McMullen Gallery - A.S.A. Group
2000 Seymore Gallery, North Vancouver
1999 New Image Gallery, Gallery, Calgary
1999 Pastel Society of Canada, Hull, Que.
1998-99 Special-T Gallery, Edmonton
1997 Oppertshauser Gallery, Stony Plain
1993-80 Candler Art Gallery
Publications
2002 St.Albert Gazette
2001 The Edmonton Journal
2001 Pastel Artist International
1999 The Best of Canadian Pastel - North Light Books