User:IlzeBerzins
Ilze Berzins artist, educator, author Born Sept 5 1942 in Talsi, Latvia Became a Canadian citizen in 1953 Graduated from McGill University and Concordia University in Montreal. In 1980 she founded an art school for children called The New Art Space in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has exhibited widely in Montreal and in Halifax and her paintings are in private collections and in the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. She is the author of a series of murder mysteries as well as biographical portraits and her memoir. Titles: A True Love Story The Blood Red Teardrop Portrait of a Latvian Beauty Freedom Ghosts & Shadows Kolka Riga Blanca Riga Mortis A Tear in God’s Eye Revenge on the Rideau Death in the Glebe Happy Girl Collage
BOOK REVIEWS
- Collage
- Leslie Smith The Chronicle Herald The Mail Star 1988
- Alexa Thompson Visual Arts Nova Scotia 1988
- Richard Mueller The Daily News Sunday Magazine Dec 18 1988
- Happy Girl
- Diana Kiesners latviansonline.com 2002
- Jazeps Beldavs Latvija Amerika 2002
- Death in the Glebe
- Mike Gillespie The Ottawa Citizen Feb 27, 2000
- Diana Kiesners latviansonline.com 2003
- Revenge on the Rideau
- Mike Gillespie The Ottawa Citizen Dec 17 2000
- A Tear in God’s Eye
- Mike Gillespie The Ottawa Citizen Jan 13, 2002
- Andris Straumanis latviansonline.com
- Riga Mortis
- Mike Gillespie The Ottawa Citizen 2002
- Rihards Kalnins The Baltic Times August 14 2003
- Andris Straumanis latviansonline.com 2003
- Riga Blanca
- The Baltic Times 2004
- Laiks
- Andris Straumanis latviansonline.com 2004
- Mike Gillespie The Ottawa Citizen 2004
- Kolka
- Mike Gillespie The Ottawa Citizen 2005
- Andris Straumanis latviansonline.com Feb 19 2005
- Ghosts & Shadows
- Mike Gillespie The Ottawa Citizen 2005
- Andris Straumanis latviansonline.com Jan 31 2006
- Freedom
- William Bushnell Morning Sentinel Maine Today 2007
- Andris Straumanis latviansonline.com March 1 2008
- Portrait of a Latvian Beauty
- Juris Dreifelds latviansonline.com March 12 2011