Passion, Paris and Picasso

Doris was raised in Toronto, where she completed her post-secondary education at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute majoring in psychology. She has been teaching the art of painting in all mediums for ten years.

Her work has been featured on wine labels, magazine covers, in renowned local galleries. Paintings by Doris are in several private collections including the President of the Canadian United Nations and a board member of Sunnybrook Hospital. In the spring of 2013 one of her paintings was sent to the Vatican in Italy.

Doris has been invited to participate in the Autumn Art Show at the McMichael Canadian Art Gallery for the past nine years. She has consistently ranked in the top five painters, featured as the top artist in 2005 and selected as the feature artist and Best in Show for the 2013 show. 

Doris continues a freelance writing career, as the senior art writer and columnist for Tempo Toronto Magazine and feature arts writer for the Persian Tribune. 

Most recently Doris was one of the first Canadian artists to be selected to have her work exhibited at the December 2012 Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (SBNA) annual show at the Louvre in Paris. While in Paris her work was also exhibited at the Kameleon Gallery and the Jardin Gallery as well as being featured at the Brenart Gallery in Brussels for the month of October. Most recently she was personally selected by Marina Picasso, Pablo Picasso’s granddaughter to exhibit her works at the September 2013 Artists of the World show in Cannes, France.

Special Presentation to retired Staff Sergeant Doug MacDonald from CPLC 22 Division and The Rotary Club of Etobicoke.