svala arnason dunn
curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
Self-taught with workshops and classes through U of A Extension programs and with various artists.

MEDIA  Oil; acrylic; watercolour; pen and ink; stained glass

COMMUNITY SERVICE; Founder of the Cold lake Visual Arts Society: Instructor of Art to children and adults since 1970: Cultural representative on various recreation and culture boards since 1976: Co-founder of the Grand Centre Art Society: Art purchase selection committee for the Cold Lake hospital; supports all volunteer organizations by donating works for fundraising.

EXHIBITIONS  
Throughout Alberta: Grand Centre, Cold Lake, St. Paul, St. Albert, Edmonton,Lloydminster, Westlock, Grande Prairie, Grande Cache, Red Deer and Calgary; Invermere, British Columbia; Gimli and Winnipeg, Manitoba,
London, England; Stockholm, Sweden; New York,
Swallow's Nest Studio
Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Svala -- Icelandic for  swallow -- paints the land, people and wildlife of north-central Alberta's aspen parkland and boreal forests. Click thumbnails below to explore her works in these categories.
Landscape paintings
Wildlife
Flowers -- wild and garden
AWARDS
Arts Without Borders,Lloydminster;
Canadian representative atWinsor-Newton Worldwide Millennium  Competition;
Gimli, Manitoba -Several best in show, purchase and honourable mention awards, years 1988 through 2006;
Sask Alta Visual Arts Guild, Lloydminster AB, several bests, 1998;
Alberta Environment Week Poster, 1999;
Alberta Environment Week Poster 1994;
Alberta Community Art Clubs Association and Alberta wide;
Northeast Alberta Zone Show.
And a few things that don't fit in categories .
About Svala
The CHRISTMAS TROLLS OF ICELAND

The legend of the Jolasveinar began with a fierce troll couple, Gryla and Leppaluthi.Their sons are the Icelandic Santa Clauses and they start to come to town from their home in the mountains on December 12 and come one a day until Christmas. They play tricks on the people wherever they go but leave a gift or a treat in the shoes of the children who have been good, a potato if they have been naughty.

On  their way the Trolls make their way through the magnificent Icelandic countryside

For more information and to order this  book written and illustrated by Svala
GALLERY

Out of the FireStudio
Jasper Ave Edmonton

Cold Lake Art Society Gallery,Cold Lake

Johnson Art Gallery
7711-85 Str.  Edmonton, AB
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 
City of Cold lake:
Assumption School, Cold Lake, AB:
Cold Lake Regional Hospital:
St. Jean College, Edmonton AB:
Edmonton Power :
Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake:
Alexander Community Hall: 
Assumption Church, Cold Lake AB:
Icelandic Exhibition Association, Gimli Manitoba:
FEESA ( Environment Education Society of Alberta)
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PRIVATE COLLECTIONS 
Throughout Canada, United States, Australia, Europe and Iceland.
e-mail: svala@worldpost.ca
$ 17.50 CDN  plus postage
My Favorite Links
Out of the Fire Studiio
Icelandic Society of Edmonton
Johnson Art Gallery
Ice Can
Icelandic Goods
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Last updated March 2008