1962, Collection of New Westminster Public Library, photo G. Sim
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He had work in exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1940, 1943, 1945, 1952, and 1956.
He exhibited his work in the B.C. Artists annual exhibitions from 1940 to 1949, and in 1953 and 1956.
He submitted two pastels to the 1949 B.C. Graphic exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, one of them was selected for the exhibition. He was living in New Westminster.
He exhibited with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in their 39th Annual Exhibition in 1949, also in 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1959, and 1962.
In 1960 he had work in Arte Canadiense, in Mexico City, a show sponsored by the National Gallery of Canada.
In 1979 he was living in Paris, where he lived since 1951, but later began living in England as well. He died in England at his home, in his sleep, in 2014 at the age of 96.
| DATE | EXHIBITION | LOCATION |
| 1941 Dec. 2 - 14 | 21 paintings | Vancouver Art Gallery |
| 1944 April 11 - 30 | 26 paintings | Vancouver Art Gallery |
| 1945 Sept. 4 - 19 | 21 paintings | Vancouver Art Gallery |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 1940 Sept. 20 - Oct. 13 | VAG B.C. Artists 9th Annual | Iris |
| Derelict | ||
| The Point, Crescent Beach | ||
| 1941 Sept. 26 - Oct. 19 | VAG B.C. Artists 10th Annual | The Old Vicarage |
| Lumber Pile | ||
| Modern Fortress | ||
| Sapperton | ||
| Allegory | ||
| 1942 Sept. 25 - Oct. 18 | VAG B.C. Artists 11th Annual | Chepako |
| Plums and Cherries | ||
| Sunflowers | ||
| 1943 Sept. 25 - Oct. 20 | VAG B.C. Artists 12th Annual | Invasion |
| Portrait of the Artist Going to Pot | ||
| 1944 July 4 - Aug. 30 | VAG B.C. Artists 3rd Annual Summer | Invasion |
| 1944 Sept. 23 - Oct. 22 | VAG B.C. Artists 13th Annual | Lake Osoyoos (1) |
| Black Mountain | ||
| 1945 May 18 - June 10 | BCSFA 35th Annual | Escape |
| From Mount Anarchist | ||
| 1945 July 3 - Aug. 26 | VAG B.C. Artists 4th Annual Summer | Black Mountain |
| 1945 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21 | VAG B.C. Artists 14th Annual | Air Age |
| Landscape, Osoyoos | ||
| 1945 ? - ? | FCA B.C. Artists Selections from 14th Ann. | Landscape, Osoyoos |
| 1946 May 31 - June 23 | BCSFA 36th Annual | Good Friday |
| Terry | ||
| Young Trees | ||
| 1946 July 2 - 28 | VAG Jubilee Exhibition | The Barn, Osoyoos |
| 1946 Sept. 21 - Oct. 13 | VAG B.C. Artists 15th Annual | Figment |
| The Circle Citadels | ||
| 1947 May 9 - June 1 | BCSFA 37th Annual | Indian Village, Kamloops, B.C. |
| Rockaway Beach, California Coast | ||
| Negress | ||
| 1947 July 8 - 27 | VAG B.C. Artists Summer Exhibition | Rockaway Beach, Calif. |
| Indian Village, Kamloops | ||
| 1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12 | VAG B.C. Artists 16th Annual | Down Cumberland Way |
| Duo | ||
| 1948 May 18 -June 6 | BCSFA 38th Annual Exhibition | Indian Graveyard, 150 Mile House |
| 1948 Sept. 18 - Oct. 10 | VAG B.C. Artists 17th Annual | The Attic Room |
| Still Life | ||
| 1949 May 3 - 22 | BCSFA 39th Annual | The Poet |
| The Bridge, New Westminster | ||
| 1949 Oct. 8 - 30 | VAG B.C. Artists 18th Annual | New Surface |
| 1949 Nov. 22 - Dec. 11 | VAG First B.C. Graphic | Still Life |
| Figure (disqualified - oversize) |
100 YEARS OF B.C. ART (refer to VAG58)
B.C. PAINTINGS BURNABY 58 (refer to BAG58)
SUMMER BUBBLE (refer to BAG70)
VANCOUVER: ART & ARTISTS 1931 - 1983 (refer to VAG83)
A MODERN LIFE: Art and Design in British Columbia 1945-1960 (refer to VAG04)
OUR CHANGING LANDSCAPE (2008) (refer to BAG08)
RICHMOND ART GALLERY 25:25 - 1980-2005 (refer to RAG05)
THE ORNAMENT OF A HOUSE - FIFTY YEARS OF COLLECTING (refer to BAG17)
CREATIVE CANADA - VOLUME TWO, by University of Toronto Press
1972; ISBN 0-8020-3285-0
Includes one full column of concise information about Plaskett
THE MOUNTAINS AND THE SKY by Lorne E. Render
1974, Glenbow-Alberta Institute; published by McClelland and Stewart West
ISBN 0-7712-1001-2; 224 pages, illustrated throughout in colour and b&w
Includes biographical information on Plaskett and one of his paintings illustrated
THE SHELL CANADA COLLECTION (refer to SHEL77)
VISUAL ARTS BRITISH COLUMBIA (refer to VABC77)
ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS -
EXHIBITIONS & MEMBERS 1880 - 1979
(refer to RCA81)
BRITISH COLUMBIA ART COLLECTION 1974-80 (refer to BCAC80)
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
ART BANK CATALOGUE (refer to AB87)
THE ALMA MATER SOCIETY ART COLLECTION
University of British Columbia 1948 - 1988
No ISBN, 64 pages, illustrated in colour and b&w
Includes history of the collection, artist biographies
A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS
(refer to M)
Extensive biography of the artist.
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA
(refer to BIAC03)
11 references cited for Plaskett.
THE GRANDE DAMES OF THE CARIBOO (refer to FOW13)
THE FECKLESS COLLECTION (refer to FECK18)
GREATER VANCOUVER ART GALLERIES 1954-2020
(refer to GVAG20)
6 references to Plaskett.
VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - B.C. ARTISTS FILES (refer to VPL)
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