| BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
He married Gertrude Harriet Blanchard at Oak Bay, Vancouver Island, on March 23, 1929, according to B.C. Vital Statistics on-line. His wife died in North Saanich on December 12, 1966, at the age of 69. Bunyard died in North Saanich on June 6, 1973 at the age of 89.
His middle initial is variously given as C, D, and G, correctly the latter.
He was a long-time member of the B.C. Society of Fine Arts, first listed as a member in the 1938 annual exhibition catalogue. He was elected Life Member of the Society on May 16 1963, at the same time as Fred Amess and B.C. Binning. It is curious that he could be elected to such a status in 1963, yet twenty years later the Printmaking in British Columbia catalogue noted that "no biographical data about this artist has been found." This is perhaps related to the demise of the Society in 1967, only four years after Bunyard was elected as a Life Member. His work was shown in their final 1967 annual exhibition.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
| 1934 Sept. 21 - Oct. 14 | VAG B.C. Artists 3rd Annual | Stanley Park |
| Fishing Boats, Steveston | ||
| 1934 ? - ? | VAG B.C. Artists Edmonton Exhibition | Stanley Park |
| 1934 Dec. 4 - 16 | VAG B.C. Artists Christmas Exhibition | Chrysanthemums |
| Saanich Indian, Spearing Fish | ||
| 1935 Sept. 20 - Oct. 15 | VAG B.C. Artists 4th Annual | The Ebb-tide |
| 1936 Aug. 18 - 28 | David Spencer B.C. Artists' Golden Jubilee | "a pair of coloured prints" |
| 1936 Sept. 18 - Oct. 11 | VAG B.C. Artists 5th Annual | Tyee - Red |
| Buffalo | ||
| Town Topics | ||
| 1938 April 29 - May 15 | BCSFA 28th Annual | Morning Mist |
| March | ||
| 1939 June 9 - 25 | BCSFA 29th Annual | Yale, B.C. |
| Sweep, Damn Ye, Sweep | ||
| 1946 May 31 - June 23 | BCSFA 36th Annual | Buttles Lake from Price Creek |
| 1949 May 3 - 22 | BCSFA 39th Annual | Liquid Sunshine |
| 1950 April 25 - May 14 | BCSA 40th Annual | Yale, B.C. |
| Shearing Sheep on Pender Street | ||
| 1954 May 25 - June 13 | VAG BCSA 44th Annual | Two Burnt Stumps |
| 1956 Feb. 28 - March 18 | VAG BCSA 46th Annual | October, North Saanich |
| 1957 March 5 - 24 | VAG BCSA 47th Annual | Maples, Cowichan Flat |
| 1958 Feb. 4 - 22 | VAG BCSA 48th Annual | Barkerville, 100 Years After |
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
PRINTMAKING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1889-1983 (refer to AGGV83)
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE marriage, death (refer to BCVS)
THE FECKLESS COLLECTION (refer to FECK18)
"R.G. Bunyard offers a water color of considerable charm."
From "Leading Provincial Artists Exhibit at Show" by T.H.W.
News-Herald, June 10 1939
"R.G. Bunyard's "Yale, B.C.," is an exceptionally fine
painting of the Interior. Well defined and yet delicate in structure, the old houses
against the sombre mountains give the true character of the locality with marked success."
From "Watercolors Highlight of Art Showing" by
Mildred Valley Thornton
Vancouver Sun, May 3 1950