Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris

A Fall Walk at Greenwood Cemetery, Brantford On my fall walk through Greenwood Cemetery in Brantford, Ontario, I was in search of the father of one of Canada’s greatest artists — Lawren Stewart Harris. His father, Thomas Morgan Harris, served as secretary to the firm of A. Harris, Sons & Company Ltd., founded by his […]

Reuniting the Massey and Harris Families On my walks through Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto and Greenwood Cemetery in Brantford, Ontario, I recently reunited two families whose legacies helped shape Canadian agriculture and manufacturing — Hart Massey and Alanson Harris — names forever linked as Massey-Harris. Hart Massey joined his father’s agricultural equipment business and […]

On my walk in Kleinburg, Ontario at the McMichael Gallery and with paint brush in hand, I discovered the grave of the great Canadian artist, Lawren Harris and his second wife Bess.