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Jackie Gale-Vaillancourt was born in
Placentia, on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, in 1959.
Throughout her university studies, which resulted in Bachelor of
Commerce (Honours) and Master of Business Administration degrees,
and a career that culminated in the vice presidency of an advertising
agency in St. John's, she made an effort to make time for her real
passion...art. In August 1997, she completed a Master of Arts in
Illustration from Syracuse University in New York and in November 1997,
she was elected to membership in the Society of Illustrators in New York
City.
Jackie's interest in representational art
contributes to a style that tends toward realism. Her interest in
subject matter is eclectic, ranging from flora... to children at play...
to still life ... and landscape. While she has produced
award-winning work in acrylic, her primary medium is watercolour.
In April 1999, the Royal Canadian Mint
issued $100 14 karat gold coins, designed by Jackie, to commemorate the
50th anniversary of Newfoundland becoming the tenth province of Canada.
She has been recognized by Newfoundland's
Lieutenant Governor and Minister of Tourism and Culture for charitable
contributions to the Canadian Red Cross Annual Christmas Card Fundraising
Campaign, a project which originated in 1992, with the New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia branches joining the campaign in 1993. The Christmas
Cards featured two of Jackie's paintings.
Over the years, she has made a number of
art donations to charitable causes, including two watercolours and a
3" X 5" acrylic piece to a Humour Room on the Cancer Ward
of a St. John's, Newfoundland hospital. As well, she has contributed
to the Newfoundland art community by serving several terms as vice
president and president of the Art Association of Newfoundland and
Labrador. In 1999, she donated her creative abilities to a number of
charities, including a project that benefited the Art Gallery of
Newfoundland and Labrador and the Newfoundland and Labrador Special
Olympics through the creation of a limited edition serigraph of Canada's
Larry Walker of the Colorado Rockies. As well, the Lung Associations
in Atlantic Canada and Ontario used four of her pieces for the donor
notecards.
She is a two time winner in the
Newfoundland Government sponsored Annual Arts and Letters Competition: the
1993 First Prize Award in Painting for Tropical View (acrylic) and
the 1991 Seconf Prize Award for Rope & Wood (watercolour) in
the same category.
In December 1994, Red Sky Productions
published Jackie's first limited edition poster reproductions titled Hand
Knit in Newfoundland. The 3000 hand signed and numbered posters,
distributed by galleries, frame shops and gift shops, depict the
traditional patterns and colours of the gloves and mittens of
Newfoundland. In 1995, the Newfoundland Historic Parks Association
introduced a poster series titled Memories of Newfoundland
featuring Jackie's watercolour paintings. In 1997, Red Sky
Productions published One of a Kind and a four piece set titled The
Collection. Jackie's most recent posters, Pieces of the Past
and Bakeapples, Beets, and Other Treats were introduced in the fall
of 2000.
Jackie is honoured to have her work hung in
many personal and corporate collections, as well as the collection of the
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador through its annual art procurement
program.
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