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Monday, February 22, 2010

Meet the Artists - Part 8

Sonia Urquhart


Born in Toronto, Ontario to Harry and Sophie Marak in 1949. She grew up in Toronto until her family moved to Scarborough Ontario when she was nine years old. As a young child, she was always fascinated by her mother and uncle always sketching things, which led to her love of drawing. She was very artistsic as a young child, which allowed her to draw backdrops for school plays when she was in elementary school. After grade school, she enrolled in visual arts as her major in highschool. Because of her love for art, she decided that she wanted to become an art teacher. As a result, she attended Ontario Art College after highschool.

Upon completing her education, she did some free lance work as an artist until she met her husband, Carl Urquhart. She then got married and began a family. She had two beautiful girls, Wendygale and Melinda Ann, whom she adores. As the girls got older, she was able to do some more free lance work (ads, blue prints, etc.) from home for those wanting help with designing their houses or businesses. After the girls left home, she was able to travel with her husband as he worked as a long haul truck driver; driving all over North America.

While travelling with her husband, she enjoyed sketching other drivers and places they saw. Her and her husband have now settled in Victoria, and she now has the time and ability to get back into her love of art. She enjoys working with all kinds of materials (watercolours, acrylic, oil paints, etc). She joined the Esquimalt Painters Group and was the co-ordinator of this group until she had to focus more of her time to care for her husband. Although she has once again regained time to focus on her art, she has decided to be a member of the painters group and she is not interested in involving too much of her time away from family. She says that her mother always wished that she would go back to art and she knows in her heart that if her parents were still alive, they would be proud of her!

Sonia has continued to strive in her artistic prowless and has become a successful artist in the Victoria BC area, with the ability to state that numerous works of her's are in private collections across North America.  She is now an associate member with the Coast Collective Gallery in Victoria.  She also has numerous pieces on display in various businesses across the city.  We are pleased to have her works available for sale through Griffin Gallery!

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