Group of Seven grave sites
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 […]
April 18, 2025
J.E.H MacDonald and his enormous contribution to Canadian art and identity
On My Beautiful Walk at Prospect Cemetery – Discovering J.E.H. MacDonald On my beautiful walk today at Prospect Cemetery in west-end Toronto, just prior to Easter weekend, I discovered the grave of J.E.H. MacDonald—one of Canada’s most celebrated artists and a founding member of the Group of Seven. In January 1913, MacDonald and fellow artist […]
