Canadian artists
October 31, 2025
Six members of the Group of Seven resting peacefully by slabs of granite quarried from the “artists’ beloved north country”
As I passed through the stone gates of the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg, Ontario, paintbrush in hand, I followed a well-kept, tree-lined walkway for several minutes until I reached the McMichael Canadian Art Collection Burial Grounds—known to many as the Group of Seven Cemetery. Here lie six members of the Group of Seven and their […]
October 10, 2025
Tom Thomson is one of the greatest artists Canada ever produced
When Tom Thomson was two months old, his parents moved to a farm in Leith, on the Bruce Peninsula. This is where my journey began on my return visit from Manitoulin Island. With a framed, numbered print of Tom Thomson’s and a paintbrush in hand, I arrived at Leith United Church in the small hamlet […]
December 10, 2023
Two Group of Seven members not buried at The McMichael Cemetery, J.E.H. MacDonald and Franklin Carmichael
A Reunion Among the Pines: Honouring J.E.H. MacDonald and Franklin Carmichael On my recent walk through Prospect Cemetery in Toronto and St. Andrew’s and St. James’ Cemetery in Orillia, I visited the final resting places of two members of the Group of Seven — J.E.H. MacDonald and Franklin Carmichael. Though buried in different towns, they […]
