Bernice Fenwick Martin

Laura Bernice Fenwick was born July 7, 1902, in Shelburne, Ontario to William Alfred Fenwick and Sarah Rouse.^[2] She married her husband Langton Martin (1903–1974), who was an artist as well.^[3] She began her art studies at Toronto Technical Schools. She continued her education throughout the 1920s and 1930s at the Ontario College of Art.^[1] Her teachers included John William Beatty and Group of Seven painter Franklin Carmichael.^[2]

In 1941, Martin met the artist Peter Clapham Sheppard and the two were sketching companions until Sheppard's death in 1965.^[4]

From 1945 to 1947, Martin's work was included in the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts exhibitions.^[2] She held one woman shows at Eaton's College Street Fine Art Galleries in Toronto, at the Casa Loma also in Toronto, and at the Hamilton Art Gallery.^[1]

Martin was a member of the Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers, and the Print and Drawing Council of Canada.^[1]

Martin died in 1999 in Toronto.^[1]