1919-2004. Betty Jean (BJ) Drummond had a very close bond with her sister, Barbara Marguerite, and the siblings spent much of their life together. In their early years they lived in various mining towns in Canada and the US. Betty Jean studied at the Ontario College of Art, and after graduation worked as an illustrator for advertising and publishing firms. From Ontario Hydro in Toronto, to Mitchell Press in Vancouver, Betty Jean never stopped working on her own art.
Betty Jean was part of the Art Colony at San Miguel de Allende in Mexico where she painted and exhibited her oil paintings. During many years as a member of the Dundarave Print Works Studio on Granville Island she produced numerous prints using different techniques, from etching to woodblock to collography, very much influenced by Japanese washing (paper) materials.
(Excerpt from Betty Jean Drummond's biography on the 4th Meridian Art and Auctions website).
Betty Jean Drummond's printmaking range is broad, from woodcuts to aquatint etchings to collographs. There is a great deal of attention and purpose evident in each. You feel that she cared deeply about the method, production and rust. This is as much about the process as the finished artwork.
(Excerpt from Betty Jean Drummond's biography on the 4th Meridian Art and Auctions website).
