Tina Newlove graduated from McMaster University with an Honours BFA in 1996 Since then she has exhibited her work extensively in private and public galleries and Artistrun centres across CanadaTinas abstract oil painting titled Organizing my Mind is in the City of Torontos permanent collection and her artwork is a part of the King William Public Art Project in the City of Hamilton Her awards include grants through the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts and she has been a juror for the OACs Artists in Education programTina works from her studio in Campbellville ON and her painting themes relate to the intersections of work and family alienation in modern society and the necessity of withdrawing into nature