A Portrait of the Visual Arts in Canada

This picture by Christopher Pratt is part of their heritage, permanent collection in the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was p...

The Provincial Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, presents visitors with an excellent representative view of this province's art....

By |Bill Bradley Sudbury Northern Life Mantoulin Island painter Ivan Wheale said the various landscapes around the Sudbury area are an in...

Go ahead  price this elk. Was it carved with a jack knife? Some painters price by the square centimeter.  How does a good carver set his p...

It can be a strange world at times. I was sitting on a Caribbean beach recently, talking about my love of art, when the person I was chatt...

This 'Picturesque' concept of landscape had a pervasive influence upon landscape painting and garden design in England,...

This grand old painting shows an intriguing, classical management of light.  I expect, that its a watercolour, since that was the media tha...

I have seen a few floral paintings over the years that have impressed me, and Jeanne d'Arc's 'Orchids', belongs in this gro...

I have been hoping for some time now to be able to profile a Saskatchewan artist on 'The Portrait'.  But because of a smaller popul...

I will be the first to admit that I have been remiss in failing to acknowledge the skills of our many skilled crafts people as visual arti...

“Throughout their careers, the 2012 winners of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts have surprised, touched and inspire...

Vincent is coming to the National Gallery of Canada.  There will be more then 40 of his paintings from private and public collections ar...

As for my father, when he retired he was alarmed to realize that his life had raced  past him. In his agony he found only one place where he...

My mother, MARIE CECILIA GUARD, had been convinced that she would be a figure artist since she was thirteen. When she saw a full-sized repro...

My parents, Ken Phillips (1909-1983) and Marie Cecilia Guard (1908-2003), were that rare entity, a Canadian artist couple. They attended th...

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...