Group of Seven grave

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

On my fall walk with paintbrush in hand, I discovered the grave of Alfred Joseph Casson at a quiet cemetery near the entrance of the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg, Ontario. Born in Toronto, A.J. Casson left school at just fifteen to apprentice at a lithography company, honing his artistic skills by attending night classes at […]