The paintings of Fiona Hoop are collaborative works, which combine the talent and experience of two professional artists, Michele Woodey and Mary Kennedy.

Michelle Woody graduated with honors in Fine Arts from Brighton School of Arts in England in 1979. While working as an antique and art restorer in London she continued her education with courses in printmaking and photography.

From 1981-1986 Michele was apart-time tutor teaching foundation level students in conceptual development, drawing and painting while continuing to develop her own artwork.

In 1986 Michele spent some time in New York, then eventually settled in Canada. She has multi-disciplined experience as Joint Head of Montessori School art programs, guest lecturer and artist residence at the Aitlin School of Arts and as an Arts council artist in various post-secondary and graduate school programs.

Michele Woodey has held solo exhibits of her work at the prestigious Nexus Gallery in Brighton England, at Erindale College within the University of Toronto, and multiple showings at the Leo Kamen Gallery in Toronto. Her artwork is held in both corporate and private collections spanning cities from London and New York to Barcelona and Toronto.

Mary Kennedy graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 1989 and received OCAD’s Experimental Arts Award in Painting. Since then, she has been the recipient of several Visual Arts Grants from the Ontario Arts Council, as well as from the Sheila Dick Mackay Arts Foundation.

She has juried the University of Toronto Students Exhibits and Grants Awards, been featured on WTN Network’s “Bella” Productions, and has appeared in campaigns for Nokia Cellulars’s “Connecting People” series.

Mary’s work may be found incorporate and private collections in Toronto, Amsterdam, and across the United States.