Margot and Bruce Margot's Children in the mid 1990's Margot's Children in the late 1990's

Margot was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1961. In 1984 she graduated from Mount Allison University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Following graduation she decided to pursue her art full time. Margot has gone on to exhibit her work around the world, participating in 55 International Exhibits, almost all of them Juried Competitions, in 11 different countries, including shows throughout Canada, throughout the United States, as well as shows in Greece, Germany, Bulgaria, India, Spain, Australia, Poland, England, and Turkey. Margot has won 11 awards for her artwork at international juried competitions.

Margot has also had 25 solo exhibitions, including shows in Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and on the U.S. Virgin Islands.

In 1987 Margot married Bruce Splane, they have three children. In 1996 following Bruce's work, the family moved from Saint John, New Brunswick, to Kapuskasing Ontario. In 2001 the family was relocated to Timmins Ontario, where they currently reside. Margot works on her acrylic paintings in the winter and on her serigraph prints in the summer. Margot pulls all of her serigraphs by hand in her studio.

Critical Reviews

Margot's art has been the subject of numerous regional articles and interviews, a partial list including such media and publications as: MCTV News for North Eastern Ontario; the MCTV Evening News Timmins; Persona TV Timmins; The Daily Press in Timmins; The Timmins Times; the Sudbury Star; C.B.C. Radio Sudbury; The Northern Times Kapuskasing; Fundy Cable Art Club Chronicles; C.H.S.J. T.V. Midday; C.B.C. Radio, Moncton; C.B.C. Radio, Saint John; The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton; The Times Transcript, Moncton; C.B.C. Radio Halifax; Maritime Sunday Morning; The Atlantic Advocate; The Evening Times Globe, Saint John; and The Chronicle Herald, Halifax.

International Reviews

Internationally Margot's work has been covered by, Free Art Tomorrow, New York, New York, November issue, by City Beat, Cincinnati�s News and Entertainment Weekly, in Cincinnati Ohio, USA, on January 3, 2007; and by the Cincinnati Enquirer in Cincinnati Ohio, USA, on July 21, 2006. It has also been covered in Greece by GNOMI TV; KYDON TV; and KRITI TV, as well as the Kyrix; the Haniotika Nea; and the Nea Kriti News Papers. These reviews were all on December 3rd or 4th, 2002, following a press conference for a 3 person show at the Omma Center of Comtemporary art in Greece.

Artist's Statement

Creating art is not only something that I want to do, it is something I need to do. My inspiration evolves out of a variety of different sources. It could be an amusing anecdote, something I see or feel, some tragic story from the news, or even a historic event, which moves me esthetically and germinates the idea.

Once inspired I begin to research the topic, and try to figure out whether I can work this 'inspiration' into an artistic composition. The people and animals in my art are like characters in a drama, each has a role to play, but more significantly the final composition has to feel right. Through my art, I am able to share my paintings and serigraphs with an audience, and expose them to my slightly cynical view of the world, injected whenever possible with a sense of humor. The satisfaction I get from completing a work of art is a necessary part of who I am.

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