Trisha Romance
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{{Infobox artist
| name = Trisha Romance
| image = Trisha Romance.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| alt = refer to caption
| caption = Trisha Romance
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1951
| birth_place = Hamburg, New York
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality =
| spouse = Gary Peterson
| known_for = painting, illustration
| training = Sheridan College
| movement = Americana, American scene painting
| notable_works =
| patrons =
| awards = Order of Ontario, Canadian Artist of the Year
| elected =
| website = [http://www.trisharomance.com/ TrishaRomance.com]
}}
Trisha Romance {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|Ont}} is an American-born Canadian painter and illustrator of popular realistic and idyllic subjects.
Works
Romance's work commonly features domestic settings, family events, and holiday scenes, "ideal[s] in family life",{{cite web |author=Stiller |first=Karen |date=2007 |title=Interview with Trisha Romance, originally printed in Women live |url=http://www.christianity.ca/netcommunity/page.aspx?pid=5144 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120608023056/www.christianity.ca/netcommunity/page.aspx?pid=5144 |archive-date=2012-06-08 |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Christianity.ca |publisher=}} reminiscent of artists in the American Scene Painting tradition.
She showed her first work, "Speaking of Spring" work in 1978.{{Cite news |date=1984-02-28 |title=Classifieds {{!}} Trisha Romance limited edition prints |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/993568296/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-02-20 |work=Kitchener-Waterloo Record |page=64 |via=Newspapers.com |volume=106}}
An oversize book of her illustrations, The World of Trisha Romance, was published by Studio, a Penguin imprint, in 1992.{{Cite book |last=Romance |first=Trisha |title=The World of Trisha Romance |last2=Burnett |first2=David |date=1992-09-01 |publisher=Studio |isbn=978-0670842018}} It contains 130 full-color reproductions of Romance's paintings, many of which had not previously been published.{{cite web |title=Romance Collection - Books |url=http://www.romancecollection.com/niagara_books.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080317083208/http://www.romancecollection.com/niagara_books.php |archive-date=2008-03-17 |accessdate=31 July 2011 |website=The Romance Collection Gallery}} She is also the author of A Star for Christmas, a children's book published in 2007{{cite web |last=Brunette |first=Gillian |date=31 October 2007 |title=Trisha Romance launches children's book |url=http://www.cottagecountrynow.ca/cottagecountrynow/article/384412 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120326214620/http://www.cottagecountrynow.ca/cottagecountrynow/article/384412 |archive-date=2012-03-26 |website=CottageCountryNow}} by Tundra Press.{{cite book |last=Romance |first=Trisha |url=http://www.tundrabooks.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780887768361 |title=A Star for Christmas |date=October 2007 |publisher=Tundra Books |access-date=2024-02-20 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20071111223329/http://www.tundrabooks.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780887768361 |archive-date=2007-11-11 |url-status=dead}}
Many of Romance's works are available as reproduction prints using the giclée process, and on posters and collectible plates.{{cite web |title=Trisha Romance |url=http://www.zartgallery.com/html/romance.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060221111256/http://www.zartgallery.com/html/romance.html |archive-date=2006-02-21 |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Z. Art Gallery}}
=''Romance Inn'' project=
In 2010, Romance proposed creating the Romance Inn on the grounds of the former Randwood estate in Niagara-on-the-Lake,{{cite news |author=Fraser |first=Don |date=2010-09-28 |title=Artist Romance has hotel plan |url=http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2776288&archive=true |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120325125053/http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2776288&archive=true |archive-date=2012-03-25 |accessdate=3 August 2011 |newspaper=Welland Tribune}} which would consist of a 100-room lodging facility and restaurant, as well as a cultural centre with studio space available where "guests may explore their creative talents and be inspired by their own creations".{{cite web |title=The Romance Inn |url=http://www.theromanceinn.com/ |url-status=unfit |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170602065042/http://www.theromanceinn.com/ |archive-date=2017-06-02 |accessdate=31 July 2011 |website=The Romance Inn}} The proposal met with some opposition from local residents,{{cite web|url=http://notl.org/files/%7BC0A60A63-B1C9-48C4-B181-699DCCC498B5%7DJun%202-11%20Info%20Items%2012-23.pdf#page=61|accessdate=31 July 2011|title=COTW-Council Meeting Follow Up, Miscellaneous Correspondence, Item 15.}}{{cite web|url=http://notl.org/files/%7BC0A60A63-B1C9-48C4-B181-699DCCC498B5%7DJun%202-11%20Info%20Items%2012-23.pdf#page=71|accessdate=31 July 2011|title=COTW-Council Meeting Follow Up, Miscellaneous Correspondence, Item 19.}} and evenly divided the town council — the proposal only received approval when the mayor cast the deciding vote in favour.{{cite web |last=Mason |first=Susan |date=2011-12-13 |title=Romance's inn plan narrowly wins approval in Niagara-on-the-Lake |url=http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2011/12/13/romances-inn-plan-narrowly-wins-approval-in-niagara-on-the-lake |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20171205072203/http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2011/12/13/romances-inn-plan-narrowly-wins-approval-in-niagara-on-the-lake |archive-date=2017-12-05 |access-date=2017-12-08 |website=Niagara Falls Review}} Though the plan was approved, the project never got off the ground.{{cite web |last=Vallier |first=Kevin |date=2018-04-20 |title=Niagara-on-the-Lake Dvivided Again Over Development Issue |url=https://niagaraindependent.ca/niagara-on-the-lake-divided-again-over-development-issue/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=The Niagara Independent}}
Awards, honors, and media appearances
Romance is a member of the Order of Ontario (since 1996),{{Cite web |title=Order of Ontario Appointees |url=http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/citizenship/honours/orderofontario_appointees.shtml#1996 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120226070032/http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/citizenship/honours/orderofontario_appointees.shtml#1996 |archive-date=2012-02-26 |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Ontario Citizenship}}{{cite web |title=About Trisha Romance |url=http://www.picturethisgallery.com/Artists/Romance,%20Trisha/about_trisha_romance.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20040904212858/https://www.picturethisgallery.com/Artists/Romance,%20Trisha/about_trisha_romance.htm |archive-date=2004-09-04 |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Picture This! Framing Gallery}}{{Cite news |date=1996-09-19 |title=Trisha Romance named to Order of Ontario |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1016812307/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-02-20 |work=Niagara Falls Review |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com}} the province's highest honour. She also is a winner of the Canadian Artist of the Year Award in 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.{{cite web |title=Trisha Romance |url=http://www.christianity.ca/netcommunity/page.aspx?pid=3202 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120608023127/www.christianity.ca/netcommunity/page.aspx?pid=3202 |archive-date=2012-06-08 |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Christianity.ca}}
She carried the Olympic Torch through Niagara-on-the-Lake during the relay leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.{{cite web |author=Coles |first=Penny |date=2009 |title=Artist 'icon' will carry Olympic Torch along Queen Street |url=http://www.niagaraadvance.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1788666&archive=true |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120315075631/http://www.niagaraadvance.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1788666&archive=true |archive-date=2012-03-15 |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Niagara Advance}}
Romance has been featured on Fred Anderton's "You Asked" series on CHCH News, on 100 Huntley Street's Full Circle,{{cite web |date=2009-09-25 |title=The Art of Romance |url=http://www.100huntley.com/video.php?id=La9Fxy537nU |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110101181710/https://100huntley.com/video.php?id=La9Fxy537nU |archive-date=2011-01-01 |website=Huntley.com}} and on 'Person 2 Person with Paula Todd', a TV Ontario interview program.{{Cite news |date=2003-08-02 |title=TV Listings, Sunday, August 3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/466881086/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-02-20 |work=The Ottawa Citizen |page=112 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Personal life
Romance was born in Hamburg, New York{{cite web |last=Rumleski |first=Kathy |date=2010-11-22 |title=Romance supports new work with gallery visit |url=https://lfpress.com/entertainment/2010/11/21/16251786.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20101125102359/https://lfpress.com/entertainment/2010/11/21/16251786.html |archive-date=2010-11-25 |accessdate=31 July 2011 |website=The London Free Press}} in 1951.{{cite web |title=Official Trisha Romance Website {{!}} Media |url=http://www.trisharomance.com/media.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160328225453/http://www.trisharomance.com/media.html |archive-date=2016-03-28 |accessdate=31 July 2011 |website=Official Trisha Romance Website}}
She moved to Canada in 1969 to attend Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, where she received a degree in design and illustration.{{cite web |title=Trisha Romance - Artist Biography |url=http://www.prints.com/art.php/Trisha_Romance/?artist_id=3124&type=6 |accessdate=31 July 2011 |website=Prints.com}}
Along with her children and her husband, Gary Peterson, who is also her manager and promoter, Romance lives in Niagara-On-The-Lake in Southern Ontario, Canada, where she also maintains a gallery of her works.{{cite web |title=Welcome to the Romance Collection Gallery |url=http://www.romancecollection.com/niagara_home.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070113023133/http://www.romancecollection.com/niagara_home.php |archive-date=2007-01-13 |website=The Romance Collection Gallery}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.trisharomance.com/ TrishaRomance.com]
- [http://www.theromancecollection.com/ The Romance Collection]
- [http://www.theromanceinn.com/ The Romance Inn]
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Category:American emigrants to Canada
Category:Canadian landscape painters
Category:Canadian women painters
Category:20th-century Canadian painters
Category:21st-century Canadian painters
Category:Canadian children's book illustrators
Category:Canadian women children's book illustrators
Category:Members of the Order of Ontario