[BCMA] Gold Medal for Local Artist Angie Au Hemphill

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For Immediate Release

January 26, 2011

 

Prestigious Spilsbury Gold Medal awarded to Canadian painter

New Westminster resident Angie Hemphill wins for "Christchurch Oxford"

 

 

New Westminster, BC -- Three West Coast Canadian artists received medals at
the prestige Spilsbury Medal Show at the Federation of Canadian Artist on
Granville Island in December. Painter Angie Au Hemphill took home gold for
her vibrant acrylic painting, Christchurch Oxford. The Spilsbury Medal Show
is an annual juried exhibition open exclusively to Signature Members of the
Federation.

 

Painting has always been Angela's passion. Her latest work capture the
vibrancy of a scene by distilling it into precisely placed blocks of solid
and transparent colour.  Her work is strongly influenced by the
impressionist styles. Au Hemphill was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to
Canada in 1973. Her first formal training was at the age of twelve with
watercolour Master Lo Ku Chune. She studied at the Alberta College of Art
and worked as a Commercial Artist and painter in Vancouver for over 25
years. She works with oils, acrylics and watercolours, and has won awards in
all three media. 

 

Au Hemphill works from her home studio in New Westminster and has grown to
love the heritage homes in her neighborhood. She is a supporter of the
HYPERLINK "http://www.newwestheritage.org/" New Westminster Heritage
Preservation Society and has painted many heritage homes for the City of New
Westminster and receives many commissions to paint cherished homes for their
owners.

 

Angie serves on the Board of Directors of the Federation of Canadian
Artists, and is twice recipient of the Federation's Award of Excellence. Her
works are held by collectors in Asia, the USA, Europe and across Canada, and
a number of her pieces are owned and on permanent display locally by
Westminster Savings Credit Union and by the City of New Westminster.

 

Angie Au Hemphill is represented by the Van Dop Gallery.

 

 

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For photos and more information, contact:

 

Trudy Van Dop

VAN DOP GALLERY

421 Richmond Street

New Westminster BC V3L 4C4

604.521.7887 |  1.888.981.9886

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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