Hilda Markson Gray is an elected member of The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC), and the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA). Although watercolour is her main medium and passion , she also paints with acrylics, oils, and does watercolour monoprints.

She taught Colour and Design at Mohawk College in Hamilton for eight years, as well as Collage and Mixed Media and has been an instructor with the Art Gallery of Woodstock for 16 years.

Here, in London, she enjoys sharing her ideas with her students of watercolour painting. Plein Air paintouts during the summers with the Gallery Painting Group have been a great adventure. She also loves to paint in the south of France.

She exhibits her art at several venues, such as Artworks, Etc and exhibitions held by the Gallery Painting Group, the Brush and Palette Club, and the Lambeth Art Association.

JURIED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS

2009 Woodstock Art Gallery (Woodstock)

2005 COAA., (Central Ontario Art Association) Barber Gallery (Guelph)

2005 Woodstock Art Gallery (Woodstock)

2005 Gallery Lambton (Sarnia) Look 25- 2 paintings accepted

2004 COAA First Virtual Show (internet) FIRST PRIZE (Zoltan Szabo Memorial Award)

2004 Woodstock Art Gallery (Woodstock)

2004 Gallery in the Grove (Brights Grove) AWARD OF MERIT

2004 Gallery Painting Group, Arts Project (London)

2003 COAA, Homer Watson Gallery (Kitchener) JURORS CHOICE AWARD

2003 Gallery Painting Group 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Museum London, London)

2002 Central Ont. Art Association (COAA) (Etobicoke City Hall)

2001 Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (John Aird Gallery - Toronto)

2000 COAA. Barber Gallery (Guelph). 2 paintings accepted.

1999 Michael Gibson Gallery Miniature Show (London)

1999 Arts and Letters Club (Toronto), SCA- members Show

1999 Sifton Gallery (London) Gallery Painting Group, 2 paintings accepted.PRIZE WINNER

1998 Michael Gibson Gallery Miniature Show (London). 2 paintings accepted.

1998 Woodstock Art Gallery (Woodstock)

1998 London Regional Art Gallery & Museum, Gallery Painting Group, members show)

1997 Michael Gibson Gallery Miniature Show (London). 2 paintings accepted. FIRST PRIZE

1997 Woodstock Art Gallery (Woodstock)

1996 Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant (Brantford)

1996 "Insights" Juried Competition (Elora Art Council/ Wellington County Museum)

1996 Woodstock Art Gallery (Woodstock)

1995 COAA Homer Watson Gallery (Kitchener). 2 paintings accepted.

1995 Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant (Brantford)

1995 Lynnwood Arts Centre (Simcoe). HONORABLE MENTION AWARD. 2 paintings accepted.

1995 Woodstock Art Gallery (Woodstock)

1994CSPWC (John Aird Gallery - Toronto)

1994 COAA (Etobicoke City Hall Gallery). JUROR'S CHOICE AWARD

1994 Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant (Brantford)

1993 CSPWC (John Aird Gallery - Toronto)

1993 COAA Barber Gallery (Guelph)

1993 Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant (Brantford)

1992 COAA (Etobicoke City Hall Gallery). 2 paintings accepted. Both winning BEST OF SHOW (TRILLIUM WORKSHOP AWARD

1988 Woodstock Art Gallery (Woodstock)

1987 Woodstock Art Gallery (Woodstock)

1985 Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant (Brantford). 2 paintings accepted.

lOTHER EXHIBITIONS

2010-COAA Members Show- Prism- Oakville City Hall - Oakville

2010-Woodstock Art Gallery Featured Artist of the Month

2011-Woodstock Art Gallery- Nature: Bug's Eye View

1997- present. Various group exhibitions with London s Brush and Palette Club, Londons Gallery Painting Group, & the Lambeth Art Group

2010- Artworks Etc- (since 2007) 426 Richmond St, London

2007 Chester Pegg Jewellers,(London)

2006 Encore! Encore! The Pieces of Eight Return!, Arts Project (London)

2006 Sanctuaries of Mind and Place, Gallery in the Grove, (Brights Grove)

2005 Curves, (London) solo show

2004 Pieces Of Eight, Arts Project (London)

2004 London Lumineries, Museum London (London)

2003 Studio on Queen, solo show ( Brantford)

2002 SCA, Mistletoe Magic Show, John Aird Gallery, (Toronto)

2002 Home Restaurant, solo show (London)

2001 Love of Art Art Auction, Woodstock Art Gallery (Woodstock)

2000 Paint the Huron Shores, Lambton Heritage Museum (Grand Bend)

2000 Garlics Restaurant, (London) solo show

1997-00,02,03 Art in the Heart of London, St. Pauls Cathedral, London [group show)

1998 Meditations, Station Arts Centre, (Tillsonburg) solo show

1998 Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre, solo show (Ingersoll)

1997 Places of Solitude, Sifton Gallery, (London.) solo show

ｷMISC INFO

2002 elected into Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC)

1996-present Woodstock Art Gallery- Instructor of Watercolour Classes

1995-present teach numerous watercolour and design workshops for art galleries, arts groups, & privately in Brantford, Tillsonburg, Ingersoll, London, and Cambridge

98, 99, 02, 03. 05 Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre- teach watercolour and acrylic techniques

1998 elected into Society of Canadian Artists (SCA)

1988-1996 Mohawk College- Instructor of "Design and Colour" & "Collage-Mixed Media"

1995 Mohawk College- taught Commerical Art

1986-2006 studied with and have been influenced by numerous Canadian and American artists mostly by Gery Puley C.S.P.W.C. and Joy Orzy C.S.P.W.C., Judi Betts and Barbara Nechis)