A Portrait of the Visual Arts in Canada

As  producer of 'The Portrait of the Visual Arts in Canada', it gives me pride to celebrate the anniversary of our 800th  posting,  ...

David Bierk, 1944-2002 Photo from: Diane Ferris Gallery. Please click here . I shared the office with an 80 year old sculptor who sm...

. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a pretty quiet place nowadays. It seems that a light fin gered Louis, had off with this relief of a ...

Homemakers: Portrait of a woman – Heidi Berger By Patricia Thangaraj Women always play multiple roles, first as daughters and/or sist...

Black History month earns a place in the Canadian cultural milieu because the end point of the underground railroad was in Canada.  Many b...

. "I was delighted to see the picture of my mother, Marie Cecilia Guard and your interesting contrast of her and Prudence Heward.  Thi...

The Buxton Liberty Bell The Buxton Liberty Bell was commissioned by The Buxton Historical Site and Museum to replicate  the existing bell...

I was reading Stuart McLean's ,Vinyl Cafe Notebooks yesterday, when I chanced upon his writings about the Gander Airport.  And, to S...

The Portrait's Editor, Mo Bayliss, put me onto this painting by Marie Cecilia Guard.  The painting caught me by surprse for it reminded ...

Art and expression are precious natural — and national — resources, says Michaelle Jean. During her five years as Canada’s governor-genera...

Photo and Article from The Globe And Mail, Authored by Phillip Fine January 11, 2012. "With the couple not able to have children,...

Kim Ondaatje is one of Canada's foremost artists.  She was born in Verona, Ontario (north east of Kingston), and has made a formidable ...

F.S. Coburn is perhaps best known for his rural Quebec scenes, but, Coburn was an eclectic painter and his works covered a variety of subje...

Ottawa, January 25, 2012—The Canadian Museum of Nature notes with sadness the recent passing of esteemed Canadian wildlife artist Clarence...

Its time to celebrate the season in art.  'The Melbourne Notch' was painted by FS Coburn in 1928 and was deposited in the National ...

                                I smell the woodsmoke in the air                                 up with the smoke there goes my cares    ...

Janis is a mom of two young boys and she lives in Golden. She's been painting since she was in her early teens and she is, by vocation,...

General Brock, leading his troops This year marks the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812, during which the United States f...

Rob Gonsalves (born in 1959 in Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian painter of magic realism with a unique perspective and style. He produces o...

This beautiful floral beadwork vest is an example of traditional Metis work. The Sioux, called them the Flower Beadwork People. This be...