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Trudy Daley

Born in Soest, Germany during the Second World War, Trudy's family  survived the Allied bombings and Hitler's craziness. After the war, she grew up in this historic and picturesque  little town from the Middle Ages, went to primary and high school there. She  wanted to follow a profession as  a business correspondent which was in demand at that time in Germany  and for that reason started working in a Canadian Superstore for a couple of years to improve her English and French knowledge. Through her work there, she  met her future husband.

After two years she  returned to college and after further studies received her diploma in 1960.

Trudy has always been interested in art and anything to do with the arts. Having a grandfather who was himself an artist, she was keenly interested in drawing and painting and tried different methods of art by herself.

After immigrating to Canada  in 1961 and meeting again with her friend she had met in Germany, they were married in  1962, and started a family which they were busy raising in Gatineau, Quebec.

She always loved art and probably inherited her  penchant for exploring nature and art from her grandfather.. However, being busy with a full-time job and raising their three children, it left little time to pursue this interest. Trudy is also an avid sewer and has tried her hand at interior decorating , and therefore did not really have a lot of time left to concentrate on her other  hobby "painting".

After retiring from the Federal Public Service, she finally found the time needed for her second passion: capturing images of nature on canvas.  Trudy has travelled extensively both in Europe and the Americas and some of her artwork reflects these images she captured, first on camera, then on canvas.

At first, she started out  painting for herself and her home, but after a while she extended her art to other menus, such as the Owaa gallery where she takes part in the bi-montly art exhibitions at the Goulbourn Recreation Centre.

Trudy loves the atmosphere the creation of art gives her.  It creates a feeling of total relaxation and concentration in the subject of the moment, be it impressions from her travel or scenes of nature at home.  Through courses, and self-study she has  created  paintings that express realism and promote her artistic expression. Painting creates an inner fulfillment and calms her. When she paints, nothing else interferes with her work. You will see from some of the paintings exhibited here how she creates the atmosphere of the subjects  and lets her imagination  take over.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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