Ruth is a completely self-taught artist who loves the challenge of many different mediums, drawings with graphite and ink and paintings with water-colour, ink & acrylics. Combining this with her love & beauty of nature, the story that each painting portrays is a one of a kind masterpiece. Her love of life, nature, animals, people and pet are evident in each of her paintings.Ruth’s art developed at a very young age. At the age of eight she had gotten her first commissioned work. Her art was judged in many contests throughout school and was a collection of art work that travelled the world. Her Mother was her inspiration and losing her at a very young age had set her art work at a stand still for a few years.Meeting her husband and starting a family took priority for the first little while. Fruit farming in Beamsville Ontario and markets in Northern Ontario took up most of their early years together. In the mid sixties their lives took a new path and their team work unfolded in everything they did.Their combined work and experiences have led them through many challenges and facets of life. Ruth now lives with her loving husband in Port Loring, Ontario. Her husband George has special talents of his own with woodworking and combining her talents with his, they started their own Gift Shops. That led to many customized paintings and a variety of subjects that has developed her talents in so many ways. Her works of art have went all across Canada, United States and around the world.She has now combined her talents with her husbands writing career and now have 6 published books. Her illustrations in each book bring the stories to life as the pages unfold. The warmth and love that her husbands stories portray are captured in each drawing. The Covers of each book is and original painting Ruth masterfully painted, which takes the viewer on a personal journey through time where his stories reside.

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