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Bibliography
- Nasgaard, Roald (2008). Abstract Painting in Canada. Douglas & McIntyre. pp. 106–109. ISBN 9781553653943 . Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- Nowell, Iris (2011). P11, Painters Eleven: The Wild Ones of Canadian Art. Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN 9781553655909.
