Awards

  • 2025 Special Merit for “Sitting on Top of the World, Art&Color365 Pastel Art Competition

  • 2025 Special Merit for “Perseverance”, Art&Color365 Pastel Art Competiton

  • 2024 Top Finalist for “Buddy”, Manitoba Society of Artists

  • 2024 Top Finalist for “Buddy”, Portrait Society of Canada, Animal Portrait Competition

  • 2024 Silver Award for “Clermont le Forgeron”, Realism Competition, Camelback Gallery

  • 2024 14th Annual Plein Air Salon Art Competition, one of 100 Finalists for “The Cycle of Life”

  • 2024 Second Prize for “Nature’s Blend”, Wild Heart Gallery 3rd annual wild art open international competition

  • 2024 Honorable Mention for “Perseverance” Society for Canadian Artists 56th Elected and Associate Members Juried Exhibition (number of entries: 480 entries from across Canada, 13 award winners)

  • 2024 Brian Hyslop Award for Pastel for “Art in the Driver’s Seat” (first place) Manitoba Society of Artists

  • 2024 Norval Morrisseau Award for Visual Arts 2023 for “Amanita Moss Dance” (Honorable Mention) and Award for Emerging Artist of Canada

  • 2024 Special Merit Award for “Seventies Sweethearts”, Art&Color365 Portrait Competition

  • 2024 Special Merit Award for “Perseverance”, Art&Color365 Pastels Art Competition

  • 2023 Second Place Award for “Snug as a Bug in a Rug”, Purely Pastel, Pastel Artists of Canada

  • 2023 Artistic Recognition for “Autumn Sanctuary”, Art&Color365 Pastel Competition

  • 2023 Special Merit for “Buddy”, Art&Color365 Figural/People Competition

  • 2023 Artistic Recognition for “Art in the Driver’s Seat”, Art&Color365 Drawings Competition

  • 2023 Pastel Artists of Canada Signature Status

  • 2022-2023 Best Beginner, 12th Annual PleinAir Salon Art Competition for “Clermont le Forgeron”

  • 2022 Honorable Mention, National Art Competition for August 2022, PleinAir Salon (850 entries) for “The Fairy Tree”

  • 2022 June Top 100 Finalists, PleinAir Salon Art Competition for “Our French Heritage”

Exhibitions

  • 2025 Wasagaming Community Arts Centre Exhibition, June 27-July 23, for 15 paintings: “Muskoka Therapy”, “Birdbath Kaleidoscope”, “Habitat”, “Fairy Tree”, “Nature’s Blend”, “Autumn Sanctuary”, “Carpe Diem”, “Gourd Morning”, “Back to Nature”, “Perseverance”, “What Have They Done to My Song”, “I Need Ammunition, Not a Ride”, “The Last Resort”, “Clermont the Blacksmith”

    2025 Society of Canadian Artists Open Online Juried Exhibition for “Muskoka Therapy”

    2024 Manitoba Society of Artists Open Juried Exhibition and Competition for “Buddy”

  • 2024 October, Bonfem Online Exhibition for “Let the Sun Shine In”

  • 2024 Oct. 1 – Oct. 31 “Dreams” - Part Crowd Art Gallery, Toronto (“Beyond,” “The Clown President”)

  • 2024 August, 14th Annual PleinAir Salon (“The Cycle of Life”)

  • 2024 Society for Canadian Artists 56th Elected and Associate Members Juried Exhibition (“Perseverance” and “Hope III”)

  • 2024 CanadianArt Daily.Ca Online Exhibition, Northern Visions (“Carpe Diem” & “Normal  Times”)

  • 2024 Piano Nobile Gallery Exhibition, Centennial Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba Society of Artists (“Perseverance”)

  • 2024 Society for Canadian Artists 56th Elected and Associate Members Juried Exhibition (“Perseverance” and “Hope III”)

  • 2024 CanadianArt Daily.Ca Online Exhibition, Northern Visions (“Carpe Diem” & “Normal Times”)

  • 2024 Piano Nobile Gallery Exhibition, Centennial Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba Society of Artists (“Perseverance”)

  • 2024 Manitoba Society of Artists Open Juried Competition & Exhibition (online) (“Art in the Driver’s Seat”)

  • 2023 Purely Pastel, 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Pastel Artists of Canada, Etobicoke (“The Handyman” & “Connections”)

  • 2023 Purely Pastel, 11th Annual Members’ Online Juried Exhibition, Pastel Artists of Canada (“Normal Times” and “Abby”)

  • 2023 Purely Pastel, 10th Annual Members’ Online Juried Exhibition, Pastel Artists of Canada (“Snug as a Bug in the Rug”)

Interviews, Published Artworks and Articles

  • 2025 Art&Color365 Poster for the 2025 Portrait Competition featuring “Buddy”

  • 2024 Visual Art Journal Interview, Issue # 4, p. 18-21

  • 2023 Pastel Artists of Canada, feature page with “Art in the Driver’s Seat,” “Perseverance,” and “Seventies Sweethearts”

  • 2023 Purely Pastel 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Pastel Artists of Canada, print edition

  • 2022 Pastel Today, article by Gail Sibley, Editor, “Louise Renée – June Winner of the Best Beginner PleinAir Salon Award”

  • 18 octobre 2022 - Article in La Liberté

Invited Presentations

  • Galaxy of Friends Fundraiser, Annual Fundraiser for Breas Cancer Research and Support Programs, September 29, 2024, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Greeting Cards!

Greeting cards of my artwork are now available on my online shop. If you are in the Winnipeg area, they are also available for purchase at A la Page in St .Boniface!