M.A. (Royal College of Art);
A.T.C. (London);
O.S.A.; S.C.A.; M.P.A.C.
BIOGRAPHY
Wendy Boyd is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, London. She emigrated to Canada from Bermuda to teach Stained Glass and Colour Theory at Georgian College, Barrie. After moving to Toronto she taught Basic Design and Life Drawing at Sheridan College in the Illustration Department till 2002. She is a member of the Ontario Society of Artists, the Society of Canadian Artists, Pastel Artists Canada (where she has the designation “Master Pastellist”) and the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto.
She has executed commissions in stained glass and glass mosaic for churches and private homes. Her pastels, acrylic paintings and acrylic mosaics (a technique of her own invention) have been exhibited in several countries and are in many collections. She has a pastel portrait in the Government of Ontario Collection.
Her abstract pastel work is on various Japanese papers but her favourite is Hitachi because of the wood grain texture (the paper is dried on wood planks).
Acrylic mosaic is a method of using acrylic paints and gels to create small sheets that resemble glazed ceramic tile. These are cut up with scissors into the required shapes and attached to a support using various acrylic gels. She completed a series of three dimensional mosaics based upon masks that were exhibited as part of her solo show at the Arts and Letters Club in September 2015.
Wendy was Chair of the Art Committee (2017-2019) at the Arts and Letters Club and continues to run Friday Painters where members work from a costumed model every week.
Her non-art time is taken up with singing in a church choir, performing in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and playing pickle-ball.