Current Canadian Artist

In this land of remote places, Canada harbours artists who may not see the mainstream for many years. When I find one on a blog I try to bring them into the consciousness of more people so here is some of the work of Kate Strickland from Hudson, Quebec, Canada

"I am an artist who creates sculptural objects, combining materials such as paper, thread, beeswax, metal, and natural objects. I also give creativity workshops in Hudson, Quebec. Art vein vessel is a place where I share my work, my creative activities, and the little things that inspire me."

Primer on the Group of Seven

The Group of Seven were a group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley. Tom Thomson (who died in 1917) and Emily Carr were also closely associated with the Group of Seven, though neither were ever official members. The Group of Seven is most famous for its paintings of the Canadian landscape. It was succeeded by the Canadian Group of Painters in the 1930s. The Group of Seven was strongly influenced by European Impressionism of the late nineteenth century in the Montmartre district of Paris.