Background
Certified Public Accountants, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (7 May 1890 – 27 July 1967) was born Mildred Valley Stinson a Canadian portrait and landscapepainter. Thornton was born in Rutherford in the Township of Dawn, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
Education
Thornton"s early education was in Lambton County. Artistically she trained at the Olivet College in Michigan, United States of America as well as the Ontario School of Art and the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago.
Career
Education and training Private Her parents were Edward Stinson an Irish immigrant from Cork, Ireland and Clara Delitia Valentina Longman from Cook County, Illinois, United States of America. In 1913 she moved with her family to Regina, Saskatchewan. With artistic aspirations her family encouraged her to seek out her dream of being an artist knowing a woman could be successful in the field In the first instance she painted her surroundings of Lambton Country, Ontario to include a few portraits and later when she would attended art schools namely Olivet College, Michigan, the Ontario School of Art and Art Institute of Chicago.
With family in America and living close to the United States. border she was naturally drawn to the American art scene which at the time was far more established than the Canadian art scene.
Exhibitions Thornton exhibited widely during her career to include Royal Commonwealth Institute. Awards and Honours Represented Thornton is represented by the National Gallery of Canada with her oil landscape painting "The Touchwood Hills" among other institutions and private collections worldwide.
Membership
In 2000 Thornton was posthumously made an Honorary Member of the Canadian Portrait Academy thereby granted the acronyms Honorary