Maritimes in the article. In the late 70s Senitt developed the Wrinkles plush toy along with many other animal puppets. Around 1980, she left her art career to move to Carnarvon, Ontario, where she focused on raising her four children. At this time, Senitt patented a number of these toys, and formed Senitt Puppets to manufacture them. They were licensed to Ganz Brothers, and in 1986 to Coleco for distribution in the US. Her work is known for its creativity and sophisticated use of naive forms. Many of her works incorporate unusual human forms, and various series have focused variously on abstract portraiture, her pet Red Dog, and hybrid human-animal forms reminiscent of Hieronymous Bosch or Gauguin. The Globe and Mail'' critic Kay Kritzwiser compared Senitt to "...Renaissance painters such as Grunewald (for whom she admits a worship) and Hieronymous Bosch (who impresses but does not inspire her.)" Senitt currently lives and works in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Collections Senitt's paintings are held in the following permanent collections: Art Gallery of Ontario Art Gallery of Windsor Art Gallery of Hamilton University of Saskatchewan Queen's University Trent University Seneca College Canada Council Art Bank Awards John A. Varney Award, Brockport, 1964 Finger Lakes Exhibit, Best Female Artist, 1966 Canada Council Grant 1968 Childe Hassam Purchase Award, 1969 Aviva Hadassah, First Prize, 1971 and 1972 Canada Council Grant, 1974 Ontario Arts Council Grant, 1975 Ontario Arts Council Grant, 1979 References 1945 births Canadian women painters Artists from Rochester, New York Living people 21st-century Canadian women artists