Jack Reid

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Jack Reid is a Canadian artist and a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC). With a career spanning six decades, his honours have been many. His paintings are seen in the diverse locales of people's homes, galleries, major corporate collections, or in Windsor Castle in Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's personal collection.

Reid started out as a graphic artist, and with no formal training, plunged full-time into a new career. He knows only what he has taught himself, and paints what he feels.

He has taught workshops, demonstrations and foreign tours world-wide since 1971, passing his knowledge on to over 25,000 students. His passion for the renowned techniques he teaches is infectious and invigorating.

In 1992, he was awarded the Commemorative Medal by the federal Government for his contribution to Canadian Art and was honoured to be Arts Person of the Year in his hometown of Brampton. He has exhibited in London, England with the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours; he is a life-time member of Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, Visual Arts Brampton and CSPWC.

He has authored two books, Watercolour Basics: Let's Get Started, and Painting Snow and Water, and is currently penning and painting another. He has an instructional CD-ROM and did a mini-series of painting demos, broadcast on Rogers Cable. In 2001, Jack was featured in the popular American publication, Watercolor Magic magazine.

He and his wife and friend Maggie lived in his studio overlooking the Credit River. After 33 years of marriage, Maggie died in late-2002. In 2006, he moved to Lagoon City, Ontario.

[edit] Workshops

Jack has taught over 25000 people all over the world, including at workshops in:

New Brunswick: Steves Mountain (2006)
Ontario: Brampton (19??-current), Erieau (2006), Haliburton (2006), Mississauga (2000), Sarnia (2001)
Saskatchewan: Saskatoon (2005, 2006)
Alberta: Calgary (2006), Cochrane (2005)
British Columbia: Agassis (2005), Comox (2005), Kamloops (2005), Qualicum (2006), Victoria & Tofino (2005)
Scotland
Ireland: Adare (2005), Dingle Peninsula (2005), Dublin (2005), Killarney (2005)