Barbara Weaver-Bosson
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Barbara Weaver-Bosson is an artist whose paintings document the architectural character of Victoria, British Columbia. Since 1978, her paintings have illustrated Canada's West Coast urban landscape as it changes. In numerous works of art, she has created a visual and residential history of the area. Her detailed paintings document Victoria's street views, seaside neighbourhoods and harbour areas.[1][2]
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Weaver-Bosson grew up in Calgary's south-west community of Shaganappi. At the age of seventeen, she was accepted into the four-year fine art program at the Alberta College of Art.[3] She graduated in 1974 with a Diploma in Applied Arts.
In 1975, after a year working as an illustrator and layout artist in a Calgary advertising agency, Weaver-Bosson and her partner Victor Bosson [4] moved to Victoria. Her first job there was as an assistant background artist for comic book artist John Byrne (comics).
In the 1980s, she studied Architectural Rendering and Perspectives through Camosun College[5] in Victoria. She continued to paint and exhibit while working as an art supply sales assistant at Island Blue Print[6] between 1978 and 1986. That December, Weaver-Bosson left her job to work full-time as an artist and to travel abroad. Her 2018 oral history describes her artistic trajectory.[7]