Doris Meyer was interested in drawing and painting since a child. Her first classes were informal at Victoria Art Gallery. She spent several years studying with Peggy Walton Packard at the "Red Barn" on Lansdown Road. At Central Junior High, Bill West helped her with composition and the fundamentals of composition. At Victoria High School she really became interested in painting under Francis Cameron and in 1959 she won the High School Mural Award at the Canadian National Exhibition. The following year she was awarded the Excellence in Art Award.
Doris attended the University of Victoria, majoring in early Childhood Education and Art. It was at this time under the Art Professors Peter Shostak and Geoff Hodder that she was encouraged to develop a theme. At this time she made many detailed pen and ink drawings. It was at the University that she was pushed to see subjects from different points of view.
Now she enjoys exploring the woods and local roadside to find detailed compositions she calls "hedgerows".
Doris attended the University of Victoria, majoring in early Childhood Education and Art. It was at this time under the Art Professors Peter Shostak and Geoff Hodder that she was encouraged to develop a theme. At this time she made many detailed pen and ink drawings. It was at the University that she was pushed to see subjects from different points of view.
Now she enjoys exploring the woods and local roadside to find detailed compositions she calls "hedgerows".
