Artist Info
Francis Douglas Motter
Francis Douglas Motter (1913–1993) was born in Chicago but moved to Calgary, Alberta with his family in 1918. Douglas spent a lifetime in the arts as a watercolourist, weaver and instructor. He was a Founding Member and President of the Calgary Allied Arts Council; President of the Alberta Society of Artists; Member of the University of Calgary senate; instructor in weaving, design, drawing and watercolour in the fabric-metal department at the Alberta College of Art (Calgary), then called S.A.I.T.; owned and operated Douglas Motter & Associates Weaving studio from 1963 to 1977; Chairman of the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation; Provincial Director for the Alberta Division of the Canadian Crafts Council; and was awarded an Honorary Degree, LLD. University of Calgary in 1980. Douglas showed his work throughout Canada and in Belgium. This book is a collection of his known watercolours.
From "Francis Douglas Motter: A Lifetime of Watercolours" by Jayne Wellygan
