| ARTIST BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Dee Parsons De Wit was born and raised in Massachusetts and lived in Michigan, California, Montana, and Wyoming before settling in Calgary in 1995. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy from Stanford University. Upon moving to Canada, she studied art under Holly Middleton and Wil-liam Stevenson, attended short courses at the Banff School of Fine Arts (Now the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity), for ten years participated in evening classes at the Alberta College of Art (now the Alberta College of Art & Design), and ultimately received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Calgary in 1992.
Parsons de Wit taught painting in rural towns for the Alberta University Extension Service (now the University of Alberta Faculty of Extension). She served as a founding member and President of both the Calgary Artists’ Association, and the Centennial Gallery, a marketing guild of Calga-ry artists. She became a member of the Alberta Society of Artists in 1988. She exhibited regularly in Centennial Gallery and in Juried group exhibitions, including Canadian Perspectives, hosted by the National Gallery of Canada, until she moved to Victoria in the early 2000s. Her work is held in the collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, as well as corporate and private collections in Canada and the United States.
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