Plein air sketching in Quebec
Charlotte Bell has studied and practiced drawing and painting since childhood. She chooses workplace, social justice, nature and the built environment as themes. Charlotte has taught watercolour at Coast Collective Arts Centre in Victoria, BC, Canada.
Education and Affiliations
Vancouver Island School of Art, 2004 to 2009, continuing studies
Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, 2004, 2008, 2009
Member, Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria and past Associate, Coast Collective (Colwood, BC)
2008-2011 member of artist-run gallery "Collective Works" - Victoria, BC
Art Exhibits and Activities
2010-2022 Small works group art shows at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
2016, 2013, 2010 Sooke Fine Arts Show
2015 Artist-in-Residence Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse, Colwood BC
2014 Sidney Fine Art Show, Sidney, BC
2014 Communities in Resistance group art show - guest curator, Victoria, BC
2015, 2013 Nature of Island Artists, Goldstream Park BC, exhibitor and demonstration
2013 Fair Fauna, Metchosin Art Gallery, artist’s talk
2013 Cedar and Sawdust, Rollin Art Centre, Port Alberni, BC solo show; Island forests and workers
2012 Following in Emily’s Footsteps Juror’s 3rd prize - Westshore Community Arts, Colwood, BC
2011 “3” Three person show, Collective Works Gallery
2010 Concrete Secrets Three person show, Collective Works
2009 Intruded Landscapes Two person show, Collective Works
2009 -2011 Image as Story – and other group shows Collective Works Gallery, Victoria, BC
2006 -2014 and 2022 art auction participant , Vancouver Island School of Art