Carol Weidman

Born in Montreal, Carol graduated from McGill University, BA ’64, and attended L’École des beaux Arts and L’Institut des Arts Appliques (Montreal). In New York city, she attended the Art Students League and in Washington D.C. she studied at the American University and had two successful solo shows (1977, 1978). In 1982, Carol embarked on a unique series entitled “Dancers in Motion”, which was exhibited in 1985, 1987, 1990, and 1993 in major public shows held in Le Salon of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. She has had numerous successful commercial solo shows in Montreal, Kingston, and Toronto on the same theme.

She is currently evolving a new series that interprets Tai Chi movements. Since 1979, Carol has been an instructor at the Ottawa School of Art. Specializing in watercolour and lifedrawing.

For over the past two years, Carol has been interpreting her figures on large-scale paper. She uses highly coloured and varied pastels. Currently it is the subject of her intermediate course: “Adventures in Drawing the Figure”. Her “Dare to draw the Figure” Program is intended for rank beginners.