Shelly Ives is a visual artist and creator living and working in the Hills of Headwaters area. She expresses her creativity in many ways - painting, portraiture, writing and content creation.

A resident of this beautiful area of Ontario for over two decades, she is concerned with the loss of habitat and negative change brought by development and growth. She finds herself compelled to capture glimpses of the landscape around us, before parts of it are lost forever.

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2025 Artist Spotlight, Alton Branch - Caledon Public Library, Caledon, ON

2024 Artist Spotlight, Blackhorse Theatre, Caledon, ON

2023 OAG 51st Annual Art Show, Orangeville ON

2023 Caledon Creative Arts Festival, Caledon East ON

2019 En Plein Air Painting at Albion Hills Community Farm, Caledon, ON

2011 International Women Celebrate!, AyrSpace, Ayr, ON

Lectures and workshops - Visual Arts

2019 En Plein Air Painting at Albion Hills Community Farm

Lectures and workshops - Visual Arts

2013 Managing Multiple Social Media Platforms (Equine Industry), Caledon, ON

2013 Social Media Basics, Caledon Public Library, Bolton, ON

Associations

Dufferin Arts Council, Orangeville, ON 2025

Artful Caledon, Caledon Public Library, Caledon ON 2023-present

Contributing Guest Author

Just Sayin’ Caledon, Caledon, ON 2016-present

Publications

2009 Focus on Heroes: Beyond the Uniform, Caledon ON

Providing the narrative for a photographic celebration of first responders by photographer Lisa A. Scale; a fundraiser benefiting Tema Conter Memorial Trust