Tom Thomson print - Summer Shore Georgian Bay - 1916 Canadian artwork - Group of Seven True North Mat and Frame not included Choose the PAPER Premium Matte Fine Art Paper: a smooth, neutral-white, matte paper. or a Bright White Textured Matte Fine Art Paper Watermark will be removed before printing.There will be a .25 inch border all around the print unless you ask us to print to the edge.
Maud Lewis’s origins as a painter lie in her childhood home, and she only ever had one teacher, her mother, Agnes.
Lewis may have operated on, or even outside of, the fringes of the art world, but the McMichael Canadian Art Collection believes she deserves a place within its halls.
Are you teaching children about Canada and its symbols? This post includes arts and craft activities, lesson suggestions and ideas, and a FREE printable Canadian resource for primary teachers.
This package contains 7 sheets covering the Elements of Art/Design (each as a student version and a teacher version) - 14 pages total This package uses the Canadian/British spelling of colour. If you would prefer color, please see my store for the other version. Principles of Art and Emphasis Varie...
The Canadian Smocking Matrix Design is a unique and popular way of creating smocking patterns. It is created by first creating a grid of horizontal and vertical lines on a piece of fabric. Then, the fabric is gathered along the lines to create the desired pattern. This method is often used to create intricate and … Continue reading "How To Do Canadian Smocking Matrix Design"
Tom Thomson’s landscapes were influenced by British painter John Constable and by Art Nouveau design but his colours were all his own. Read about his influential style.
The Canadian Smocking Matrix Design is a unique and popular way of creating smocking patterns. It is created by first creating a grid of horizontal and vertical lines on a piece of fabric. Then, the fabric is gathered along the lines to create the desired pattern. This method is often used to create intricate and … Continue reading "How To Do Canadian Smocking Matrix Design"
The Canada lynx cat from the regions of Canada and Alaska may look like a regular house cat but, these adorable fluffy looking predators are pretty wild. These cute looking creatures live under fallen tress, [...]
4th graders just finished a lesson about totem poles. Students learned about the significance of totem poles and that they were (and still are) made by native tribes who lived in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The big word for this project was stylize. We learned that some artists stylize their work by changing shapes, colors, etc. in order to give their work their own personal touch. Each student created one stylized animal in the style of a real totem pole. (There are some great resources on totem pole parts online here. Unfortunately, I didn't find this until we were almost done with the project!) In the past, I had kids paint the finished product, but I decided to try collage this year after seeing an example from another blog last year. I really like how clean the collage is. More importantly, the students were more successful using collage. My lesson plan can be found here. My keynote for this lesson is here. A PDF version of my keynote can be downloaded here. Feel free to use or modify for your own room!
One of the most popular artists in Canada, Richard Savoie, draws pictures that are literally full of feelings of winter. His works are in many private collections all around the world. Richard didn’t plan to draw pictures professionally until he tried it and loved it. And now we can enjoy his warm and beautiful paintings.
- * This post was originally published on January 23rd, 2008 /Opinions and thoughts of admirers of Norval Morrisseau art, art collectors, friends.../ /Click on image to Enlarge/ NORVAL MORRISSEAU: BEST CANADIAN PAINTER EVER I'm guessing that when the 2010 Vancouver/Whistler Winter Olympics finally roll around in two years there's going to be lots of references to Aboriginal culture. Lots of dancing, drumming, native dress, references to aboriginal creation myths during the opening ceremonies; some elders will be brought in to bless the proceedings, that kind of thing. You can already see them using an Inuksuk (those Inuit 'rock piles') as one of their official icons. And as it should be. I have no problem with it, in fact I'm all for it. Like Australians we post-centennial, post-modern Canadians like to reach back to the deep time or the dream time when it comes time to show our face to the world. How real we are. The indigenous art. What inspired up and out from the land before the blight of colonialism. See, "we" are as ancient as everybody else. As old as Europe. I suppose its a kind of progress really, but a large dose of irony might still be necessary amidst all our mutual, terribly official self-congratulation. Residential schools aside - check out Bill Reid on the twenty dollar bill. Bill Reid at the Vancouver airport. And my personal favourite, Bill Reid at the Canadian Embassy in Washington. Many a Canadian white boy and girl has ventured forth into The Bush, however clumsily, trying to catch a whiff of the spirits. Going deep, getting back, oh yeah - getting real. Going back to the earth, because as the late, great Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwen once wrote: "No one invited us here." But I wonder if any "Canadian" (and yes, in the context of this post I do feel the need to put that word in quotation marks) ever saw this 'real spirit' behind the surface of what we now call Canada better and more vibrantly than the recently, dearly departed Norval Morrisseau. His paintings were literally churning from the inside out. Skeletal and skeletons. Often called "x-ray". People within animals and animals within people and animals within animals within people covered in flowers riding on a fish, and all of it singing in the most glorious colour. And so out there and dangerous, freaky, hallucinogenic, tripping the bounds of sanity, and erotic. And inspired by sacred, ancient aboriginal myth. "Why am I alive?"he said in a 1991 interview with The Toronto Star. "To heal you guys who are more screwed up than I am. How can I heal you? With color. These are the colors you dreamt about one night." I've adored his work for years, before I ever knew his name or even knew who the heck he was. I bought my first Norval Morrisseau print a few years back at some poster sale in Hamilton and I remember riding the GO bus back into Toronto with the thing spread out on my lap for the whole trip, taking it in grinning ear to ear, just dazzled. And that was just a print. A poster. I tacked it to my kitchen wall and it made me happy every time I looked at it. If anyone was the God Father of the Renaissance of Aboriginal Art and Culture that has ultimately made Canada a much humbler, more honest, better and yes more beautiful place, it had to be him. And at its heart the work was a profound movement for justice. That which cannot be denied. Marc Chagall famously compared him to Picasso. Keep your Group of Seven's, sure. But Norval Morrisseau was the Best Canadian Painter Ever. Reid Neufeld - Source: Global Health Nexus Blog /Global Health, Politics and Culture/ * Detailed information about the painting in this post unknown: "Flower of Life", © c. 1980s or 1990s Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/
Lewis may have operated on, or even outside of, the fringes of the art world, but the McMichael Canadian Art Collection believes she deserves a place within its halls.
Anna and Piotr Angiel collaborate on their embroidery kits and projects inspired by the Canadian Rockies translated into colorful stitching.
This painting of three yellow birds and flowers is atypical of Maud Lewis’s larger body of work, but it reflects the type of composition she preferred for the interior decoration of her house.
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We often don't know what someone is thinking unless they choose to share it with us. Third graders made their thoughts visible in these ama...
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Canadian artist Glen Ronald has the incredible ability of finding beauty in visual chaos. Looking beyond crackled paint and frenetic ink splatters, his
Desde los inicios de la cultura occidental el mito ha planteado un problema de significado e interpretación que ha generado numerosas controversias sobre el valor y la importancia de la mitología. …
- Housing is a human right is an 8.5 x 11 inch print of an original digital illustration by Montreal artist Tricia Robinson. It is digitally printed on matte card stock. The item you receive is a physical item. This listing is for the print only and the item DOES NOT come framed. - It's not optional to ignore the housing crisis. We see Canadian and Quebec pension, labour union $$$, individual RRSPs, goddamn even homeless youth orgs ALL tied up into real estate and REITs. It's happening in our neighborhoods, across the globe. People are dying for lost and stolen housing and always in the name of and the deep rooted insatiable desire for profit. For profit housing is a stain on our world, on our society, and even culturally in our way of thinking. It's so engrained to justify actions of landlords in the name of the economy, as if it's a job and not a risk investment. A fantasy that out of any investment, this is the only one where profit stays consistent. Justifying building real estate empires off the backs of vulnerable tenants, the working class and impoverish, and displacing them is an ENTITLEMENT. As if it's their RIGHT. It has gone as far as personifying exploitative developer and property management companies as if they are TOO just an individual trying to get their bread and butter on the table. Our governments have pension money tied up in private real estate - there is no incentive to admit there is crisis and take action beyond performative legislation that takes years to implement. No institution wants to take suitable action when the end result means they financially lose. We need direct action now and we need to show up for ourselves, our neighbours, and children who ultimately will be handed off this steaming pile once we're done with it. What can we do to help? Find the housing activist groups in your neighbourhood, in your city, and in your province/state/whatever. There are people on the ground fighting hard and have been for a long time. They need more hands, more voices, more solidarity and more money. Share your resources, share your precious time. Let's protect each other. We deserve this ❤️ - If you like this pro-union art, check out other work by Tricia Robinson here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/triciarobinsonshop/?section_id=15771857 - Signed on the back by the artist, Tricia Robinson. - Shipped from Montreal, Quebec Canada. When shipped, the print is safely packaged with a recycled hard protective backing and sealed envelope. All prints are sent via regular mail to keep the cost affordable. If you require a different type of shipping, please contact me! - Most of my prints are either digitally illustrated, or illustrated by hand and altered in photoshop. What you see in the image is the digital file of the print before it gets printed. Keep in mind the colour may vary due to different types of monitors. - Follow me on Facebook for updates, contests and promos: https://www.facebook.com/triciarobinsonillustration - Favourite the print or the shop and share with friends if you like it.
Did you know Canada's national animal is the beaver? That's right! Since March 24, 1975. The castor canadensis (beaver) became an official symbol of Canada when the National Symbol of Canada Act received royal assent, granting these remarkable creatures recognition for their sovereignty. Beavers are true symbols of strength and perseverance. Now let's learn a few fun facts AND make our own paper bag Canadian beaver! Fun Facts about Beavers 1.Beavers are true engineers of the animal kingdom! They build elaborate structures called lodges using branches, logs, and mud. These cozy lodges have underwater entrances to keep them safe from predators. Inside, they create chambers for sleeping, raising their young, and storing food 2. Beavers have a voracious appetite for bark and twigs. They love to munch on the bark of trees such as aspen, willow, and birch. They even create a healthy balance by felling trees to build their dams and lodges, which actually helps create diverse wetland habitats for other animals. 3. When it comes to hard work, beavers take the crown! They are known for their industrious nature. With their sharp teeth, powerful jaws, and strong front paws, they are excellent at cutting down trees and moving heavy branches. They can transform a calm stream into a bustling beaver pond by building dams made of sticks and mud. 4. Beavers are incredibly adapted to an aquatic lifestyle. Their webbed hind feet and waterproof fur make them excellent swimmers. They can stay underwater for up to 15 minutes! Beavers also have a special inner eyelid called a
Sunrise along Frobisher Bay on the morning of december 28th, 2011.
An ambitious survey of a Canadian master’s six-decade career, the Art Gallery of Ontario’s 110-painting Alex Colville exhibit, writes James Adams, aims to enlighten but manages to exhaust
On heels of Dulwich and AGO exhibits, seven of Canadian painter’s canvasses being auctioned by Heffel Brothers
