Knowles studied with
Eli Bornstein at the
University of Saskatchewan and she went on to study at the
Goldsmith School of Art in London and
Banff Centre. She was influenced by her studies at the
Emma Lake Artists' Workshops. She is known for her often large perceptual landscape paintings and exhibitions of her work have been mounted across Canada and the United States. Knowles was appointed a
Member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit (SOM) in 1987, and became a
Member of the Order of Canada (CM) in 2004. She was made a member of the
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. In 2012, Knowles received the
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Two postage stamps depicting paintings by Knowles,
The Field of Rapeseed (1971) and
North Saskatchewan River (1971) were issued by Canada Post on April 7, 2006. ==References==