Jo Parrott - Canadian Artist




Welcome our new artist - Jo Parrot.  It is great honour to dedicate this page to such a talented artist.

Artist Biography:

Jo Parrott was raised in Southern Ontario.  After completing a degree at the University of Toronto which included courses in Art and Archaeology, she travelled to Europe to study the art treasures of its museums and cathedrals.  Returning to Canada, she took evening courses in life drawing and portraiture at the Ontario College of Art. Later, she studied at the University of Calgary and the Northwest Coast Institute of the Arts in Victoria.  Parrott completed a Ph.D. with a major in Art Education from Pacific Western University in Los Angeles.  She has studied privately with Canadian artists Nesta Bowen Horne and Brian Johnson, B.P.A.,F.C.A., and with one of North America’s foremost portraitists, Daniel Greene, N.A. of New York.

After teaching art seminars at Okanagan College for 15 years, Parrott resumed her career in fine art, portraiture and art consultation until her retirement.  Her paintings have been shown extensively in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout Western Canada, and in the Toronto and Ottawa area.  Her work is represented in private and company collections in the Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany.

Jo Parrott Canadian Artist Page

 

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