the series Floral Aerogrammes (released in 1973). Her "Autumn" stamp from the Maple Leaf in Four Seasons series (illustrated right) was selected as the stamp of the month by the Scott Monthly Journal, a periodical from the creators of the Scott catalogue that commented on stamps worldwide. Later life From 1960 until her death, most of Alma Duncan's time was devoted to her painting and drawing, much of it done on location near her home outside of Cumberland, Ontario. She and her partner, Audrey McLaren, regularly hosted social gatherings that brought together members of Ottawa's artistic community. Duncan maintained her interests in both industrial subjects (which began during her World War II project and resulted in a traveling retrospective of her industrial drawings in 1987, mounted by the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, Ontario) and the Canadian North (spending two months in 1975 on a sketching trip to Baffin and Ellesmere Islands). Duncan became a Board Member of ATAI Arctic Creative Development Foundation in 1974, joined the Print and Drawing Council of Canada in 1976, and joined the Canadian Artists' Representation in 1978. Duncan also taught at various points in her career including teaching the course "Visual Presentation of Ideas" at Laval University and at Macdonald College in Quebec, lectures on "The Art of Animation" at the Advertising Club in Montreal and later to the National Gallery Association, a three-year teaching position in painting and drawing at the Ottawa Municipal Art Centre (now the Ottawa School of Art), painting and drawing courses at the Rockcliffe Public School Art Club, and a lecture on "The Art of Collage" to the National Gallery Association. Among her pupils was the printmaker Betty Davison. Alma died on December 15, 2004, after living with Alzheimer's disease for nearly ten years. Legacy In 2014, Catherine Sinclair and Jaclyn Meloche curated the exhibition Alma: The Life and Art of Alma Duncan (1917-2004) for the Ottawa Art Gallery and Judith & Alix Norman Art Gallery in Sarnia, Ontario. References 1917 births 2004 deaths Canadian animated film directors Canadian war artists Canadian stamp designers Women stamp designers Canadian experimental filmmakers Stop motion animators Canadian women painters Canadian women film directors People from the County of Brant World War II artists Canadian women animators 20th-century Canadian painters 20th-century Canadian women artists Women graphic designers Women experimental filmmakers Canadian LGBT artists