Haycock: One Family’s Canvas of Canada – Group Exhibition with Maurice H. Haycock, Kathy M. Haycock, Karole Haycock Pittman, Erika Pittman

Address:

176 Bobcaygeon Road, Minden
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Cultural Centre

Event Details:

Haycock: One Family’s Canvas of Canada, tells the story of how a chance meeting in 1927 in Canada’s Arctic led to nearly 100 years of painting the Canadian landscape from the vantage point of one family of painters. Maurice Haycock was on a Geological Survey assignment when he met A.Y. Jackson on a painting trip.  Their friendship changed his life and consequently shaped the future lives of his two daughters and his granddaughter. 

This special family exhibit contains many works from private collections not publicly displayed before.  It is a rich visual narrative of the changing Canadian landscape from the 1940’s to the present, of a family truly shaped by Canada’s geography, and of how a powerful sense of place and emotion can be expressed in the personal brushwork, palette and style of each of the artists.

 The Artists:

Maurice H. Haycock was a well-known Canadian artist and an important figure in artistically interpreting the Canadian Arctic and its history. It is estimated he travelled more than 500,000 km throughout northern Canada by sea, air, tracked vehicle, canoe, umiaq, dog team and on foot personally exploring remote lands and painting what he saw.  

Kathy M. Haycock’s major creative influence comes from her father, and A.Y. Jackson.  After years as a fiber artist and tapestry weaver, Kathy was introduced to oil paints by her sister Karole and instantly fell in love with them. She follows her spirit on adventurous painting trips to natural landscapes across Canada and beyond.

The Agnes Jamieson Gallery is a public gallery with year- round visual exhibitions of local and regional art.  The Gallery is part of the Minden Hills Cultural Centre which also includes the Heritage Village & Nature Place Interpretive Centre.  The Gallery is fully accessible and is open Tuesday – Saturday from 10 am – 4 pm.  Admission is by donation.