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We are pleased to offer online the Northland Framed Art Collection, exceptional framed art reproductions produced by Northland Art Company in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Under the leadership of Paul Bremner, Northland Art Company has created Canada's best value and quality in framed images by Canadian and international artists, including Canada's famed Group of Seven and their contemporaries. Many Limited Editions are offered, plus wonderfully attractive and well-priced open editions. Each item is wired, ready to hang.
Each Signature Series print is produced on fine acid-free paper and is traditionally framed using acid-free Bainbridge Alpha mats™ and glass.
Each Heritage Series print is produced as a Limited Edition, accompanied with a Certificate of Guarantee and the edition title, artist's name, edition number and the NAC seal. All Heritage Series prints use "seamless" liners and are printed using the patented Titec™ process. Titec™ is a textured protective finish applied by hand over the print, which in effect transfers the image onto a fine wooden palette. Like the original, one can now view the artwork without glass. A light dusting with a damp cloth will keep the framed image looking just like the original. Only a limited number of each image is produced which make this a very collectable series.
Paul Bremner prides himself in the quality of the framing perfected over 29 years of experience. He has painstakingly designed beautiful and handsome frames designed to compliment the artwork for home or office.
"Exceptional art - uniquely accessible™"
Artist Profiles
Clyde Aspevig
Ovanes Berberian
Norman Brown
Franklin Carmichael
A.J. Casson
Doug A. Dunford
Clarence A. Gagnon
Abbott Fuller Graves
Lawren Harris
Don Hatfield
Ray Hendershot
Rajka Kupesic
Leonard Carlyle Skinner
Tom Thomson
David Lorenz Winston
Clyde Aspevig
Clyde Aspevig, who one critic has called "the master of the spectacular view", is a pleinair landscape painter of enormous versatility and vision. He has painted the entire range of the Rocky Mountains, from Alberta to New Mexico as well as scenes from the Caribbean, the southeastern United States, Italy and France. Aspevig paints sublime impressionistic vistas of western wilderness: clouds, sky, and shimmering peaks, wild, flowing rivers and huge rock faces half eclipsed by shadow. Having grown up on a farm 30 miles south of the Canadian border in the shadow of the five mountain ranges, gave him " a sense of enormous space and the profoundness of the sky."
His interest in art began when he was 11 and started to paint under the tutelage of his uncle, an amateur artist. After graduating in 1976 with a degree in art education Aspevig took on a short stint as an art teacher before returning to paint full time. The prolific artist makes his home in a converted church in Loveland, Colorado. His work hangs in many private and public collections, including the Rockwell Museum, the Museum of the Rockies and South Carolina Governor's Mansion.
Ovanes Berberian
Born a Russian Armenian, Berberian received his primary art education studying his father who was an important artist majoring in theatrical set design and as a professor of art. He immigrated in 1977 to the United States, initially in California. Four years later he moved to Seattle where a chance encounter led him to Sergei Bongart's summer classes in Idaho. In 1984 he moved to Idaho and opened his own studio.
Whether painting still life or landscape, Berberian prefers to work directly from his subject. One of his many strengths is his ability to simplify subject matter, reducing components to their most poetic and fundamental form, thus endowing the painting with renewed life and vitality. He explains, "no matter what I paint I am in essence looking for the harmony in my chosen subject."
Norman Brown
Born in Toronto in 1958, Norman R. Brown is now a highly developed and sensitive painter. Painting has been a natural form of expression since childhood. His ability to capture light and vibrant colours, as well as varying moods and feelings within each painting, is quite remarkable. Norman's paintings are alive with discovering nature and the natural beauty the world offers to all of us. The concern and love he carries for the environment are always evident with his work. In pursuit of inspiration, Norman has toured coast to coast, with particular emphasis on all of rural Ontario.
Norman Brown has received many awards and high praise for his paintings throughout Canada, the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan and Australia. Norman is well respected for his repeated generosity in providing work to several charities. Astute collectors are enjoying, and acquiring the work of this provocative and strikingly talented artist. Major exhibitions of his work include a "one man show" at the prestigious Thompson Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
Franklin Carmichael (1890 - 1945)
Some of the finest of Carmichael's work is the countryside and rural buildings around his hometown. Like A.J. Casson, Carmichael documented our rural Ontario and its architecture. A member of the Group of Seven, his early period works use a rich paint impasto, glowing with colour. Carmichael loved the natural pattern that he discovered within nature, reflecting this love in his many works. Today these works still stand out as icons of Canadian art, placing him among Canada's finest painters, both in the medium of oils and also water colours.
Franklin Carmichael, born at Orillia, Ontario. Went to Toronto in 1911 and studied at the Ontario College of Art with William Cruikshank and G.A. Reid and at the Toronto Technical School with Gustav Hahn; also at the Antwerp Academy (1913). Original member of the Group of Seven, 1920, and of the Canadian Group of Painters, 1933. A.R.C.A. in 1935, R.C.A. in 1938. Worked for a time at commercial art, then taught at the Ontario College of Art (1932 - 45). Died in Toronto.
A.J. Casson (1898 - 1992)
His friendship with Franklin Carmichael, an original member of the Group of Seven, proved to be the catalyst of Casson's career. Asked to become a member of the Group in 1926 to replace Frank Johnston who had resigned, Casson went on to become known as a painter of Ontario, as was Carmichael. He was able to document many of our rural settings and buildings, as well as his great study of the Ontario landscape with all of the riches that are found in his interpretive paintings of sharply defined colour and shape and contrast.
Alfred Joseph Casson, born in Toronto, began to study art with J.S. Gordon at Hamilton Technical School and was apprenticed to a lithographer. Returned to Toronto in 1916 and studied with Harry Britton at the Ontario College of Art; also at the Central Technical School. Met Franklin Carmichael in 1919 and worked with him at Sampson & Mathews, as a commercial artist. Became a member of the Group of Seven in 1926 and a founding member of the Canadian Group of Painters, 1933. A.R.C.A. in 1926, R.C.A. in 1939, P.R.C.A. 1948 - 52. His paintings hang in every important private, corporate and public collection across our land, including the National Gallery of Canada. He died in Toronto.
Doug A. Dunford
Doug A. Dunford has been a professional artist since 1974, and is best known for his ability to capture the symbols of Muskoka life in high realist style. Born in Owen Sound in 1953, the eldest of three, art fascinated him from an early age. He had his first gallery show when he was 21, and it sold out. In 1982, in an effort to promote the artists in the area, Dunford became involved in the Muskoka Autumn Studio Tour. Dunford's image of the R.M.S. Segwun, titled " Coming Home", was chosen for the cover art for the CD of original songs about the boat. He also co-wrote, with the producer of the CD, the title song "Coming Back Home Again." His works are part of a coffee table book called "Muskoka Originals."
Dunford's acrylics, watercolours, and soft pastels hang in many private and corporate collections, and are a testament to his lifetime commitment to his work. Limited edition prints and posters have made his instantly recognizable Muskoka scenes accessible to a large enthusiastic following.
Clarence A. Gagnon (1881 - 1942)
Clarence Gagnon was born in Montreal and began studying art in 1897 with William Brymner at the Art Association of Montreal. He went to Paris in 1904 to study at the Académie Julian. For the following several years Gagnon traveled throughout Europe painting with the style of the Impressionists that he would later apply to his paintings of Canadian subjects. He also distinguished himself abroad as a printmaker, winning awards in the United States and France for his picturesque engravings of villages and towns. In 1909, he began to divide his time between Montreal and Charlevoix County, east of Quebec City, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence. Gagnon became renowned both nationally and internationally for his paintings of the winter villages of his native land.
In 1928, Gagnon embarked on his most famous oeuvre: the 54 paintings that would illustrate the 1933 deluxe edition of Louis Hémon’s novel Maria Chapdelaine. “My purpose in illustrating Maria Chapdelaine,” he wrote, “was to catch the spirit of Canada and of the French-Canadian life.” 1n 1941 he exhibited a model of a French Canadian Village, which he had hoped to build as an outdoor museum. Gagnon died in 1942 in Montreal. Our National Gallery of Canada has a major collection of Gagnon’s work.
Abbott Fuller Graves (1859 - 1936)
Abbott Fuller Graves was a renowned specialist in decorative open-air garden paintings and floral still lifes. His use of thick, impasto brushstrokes, bright colours and natural light, most evident in his later garden paintings, shows the influence of European impressionism. Born in Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1859, Graves studied both in New England and abroad. Although already considered one of the best flower painters in Boston, Graves traveled to Paris and Italy in 1884 to continue his studies. After returning to Boston in 1885, he became an instructor at the Cowles Art School. In 1887, Graves returned to Paris to study figure painting at the Academie Julien. There he studied under Croman, Laurens and Gervais until 1891.
After 1891, the majority of Grave’s works depict gardens and floral landscapes. Often these oils, pastels and watercolours include female figures. Some portray exotic gardens of Spain and South America. The bright sunlight and bold use of colour and paint, as well as the subject matter of the garden paintings, reflect the influence of European impressionism on Grave’s work. Throughout his career, Graves continued his travels between New England and Paris. In 1891, he opened his own art school in Boston. The school moved to Kennebunk, Maine and closed in 1902. From 1902 to 1905, Graves was employed as a commercial illustrator for magazines in Paris. When Graves died in 1936, he had achieved wide acclaim as a specialist in garden painting, both in New England and Paris.
Lawren Harris (1885 - 1970)
Lawren Harris was born in Brantford, Ontario October 23 1885; died January 29 1970. After three years of study in Germany he returned to Toronto where he began his career by depicting houses in an impressionist style. Harris' technique and subject matter changed radically after a trip in 1918 to northern Ontario. He painted the rugged landscape while traveling in a railroad boxcar.
In later trips he sketched the north shore of Lake Superior, the Rockies, and the Canadian Arctic. He captured the stark landscape of these regions using a more simplified, powerful technique. His paintings hang in the every major museum across Canada, including the National Gallery of Ottawa.
Don Hatfield
Don Hatfield is one of the most innovative impressionists of our time. His style of painting softly blends figures of realism with the gentle touch of classic impressionism. In the vein of romantic impressionism, he shows that beauty can arise from one stirring moment: a family outing on the beach, a family reunion, or a young boy searching for shells. Hatfield says he is preoccupied with the effect of light on form. The beach with all the purity of its light on sand, water, and figures is a frequent setting for his stories.
Hatfield started out studying philosophy, theology, and literature. It was not until he met the well-known portrait artist Charles Cross that he really began to explore his talents as an artist. Although Cross became his mentor, Hatfield was not convinced he could make it as an artist, and pursued his career in the ministry. On the advice of another artist, Ray Kinstler, Hatfield moved in 1979 to Santa Fe , New Mexico, to once again pursue his art career. He moved back to Los Angeles and under the master tutelage of Sergei Bongart he developed and perfected the style we recognize today. His unique impressionistic style has brought him great acclaim in the art world. Hatfield's paintings hang in many important private and corporate collections throughout the world.
Ray Hendershot
The Pennsylvania countryside provides the subject matter for this watercolor artist. He is highly regarded for his detailed rural landscapes and antique still lifes. However, he explains, the real subject of his work is not the aging farm buildings, the rustic old mills or the antiquated crocks and jugs. The real subject is their surfaces. "I am intrigued by the texture of a crumbling stone wall, the splintered wood of an old wagon or the way the light reflects off a piece of hand-turned stoneware, the signs of many years of wear and hard use. Over the years, I have developed a number of texturing methods that I feel adequately depict these signs of aging. As a matter of fact, I have written a book about the subject, titled 'Texture Techniques for Winning Watercolors', that was released by Northlight Publishing in November of 1999."
Ray's work is being reproduced by Bruce McGaw Graphics. It has also appeared in several books and magazines such as Splash 3, Splash 4, Palette Talk, Bucks County Magazine, American Artist and Artist's Sketchbook. He is represented by several galleries in southeastern Pennsylvania including Golden Door Gallery in New Hope, Dutchland Galleries in Intercourse and Chadds Ford Gallery in Chadds Ford.
Rajka Kupesic
Rajka Kupesic was born in Zagreb, Croatia, where she began her career as a professional ballerina. She performed extensively throughout Europe before immigrating to Canada at the age of twenty-three, where her passion for art soon became her focus.
Today she is a renowned artist, but still maintains an involvement with dance as an educator. It is this affinity to both passions that lends such a unique quality to her paintings. She brings a fragile grace to naïve art – a grace borrowed from dance – and her people and pastoral landscapes share rounded, flowing lines. Naturally, she is finely attuned to movement and her larger-than-life figures seem to flow across the canvas in a delightfully whimsical fashion.
But this lightness of effect is achieved through painstaking effort. Each of Kupesic’s paintings is worked out first in one or more detailed sketches. Next, the pigments for her palette are carefully blended until the desired colours are found, whether vivid or soft and subtle. She also follows the classical convention of painting on linen.
Rajka’s incomparable style has enchanted art lovers across Canada, the United States, and Europe. Her work has been featured in magazines in France, Canada, and Japan. Her paintings hang in museums in addition to many important private and public collections around the world, including former Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Pierre Elliot Trudeau, The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (Corporate Collection), Oscar Peterson, and Musée d’art naïf de l’lle-de France, just to name a few.
Kupesic’s declaration that “I follow the music” is literally true, as she listens to music while she paints (Mozart is a favourite). “ I paint with great emotion. My art is a Celebration of Life in all its beauty. Art should be our escape from the mundane. It should inspire and transport us to a world of harmony and peaceful beauty as nature intended.”
Leonard Carlyle Skinner
Leonard was born August 5, 1950 in Victoria, British Columbia, the son of a Canadian Naval Officer. As a result, Leonard has had the opportunity of living in many parts of Canada. Today, Leonard and his family continue to live and work in London, Ontario.
As a young boy, Leonard and his family made annual auto trips to his grandparents' farm in northern Saskatchewan. The Trans Canada Highway, in the late 50's and 60's exposed Leonard to the dynamic natural beauty of the Northern Landscape. In later years, Leonard and his family would spend their summers camping in Ontario, and in particular, the Algonquin and Georgian Bay Regions. This kind of exposure during his formative years, is very evident in his work today.
Leonard is a lifelong painter who, for the past 10 years, has devoted himself to painting full-time. He now has works hanging in several galleries in Canada and the United States, and his work is finding its way into many collections. Leonard's present work, with its unique compositions and bold use of colour, has made him a true leader and innovator in the Canadian landscape tradition.
Tom Thomson (1877 - 1917)
Tom Thomson was born near Claremont, Ontario and his family moved to Leith near Owen Sound, where he grew up. First visited Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park, in 1912. Worked for Rous and Mann, Toronto, 1912 - 14, and in 1914 he was enabled by Dr. J.M. MacCallum and Lawren Harris to devote his full time to painting. Lived in a shack beside the Studio Building, Toronto. Exhibited his first canvas in 1913. Was at Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park, with Jackson, Lismer, and Varley in 1914. From 1914 to 1917 he spent most of the year in Algonquin Park, returning in the winters to Toronto to paint the few canvases which he completed.
When Tom Thomson drowned mysteriously in Algonquin Park in July, 1917, he left behind a legend that has burgeoned with time. People claim to see his ghost at Canoe Lake where he died. Thomson was an original, mainly selftaught, and armed with an enormous natural talent. He painted from an intense inner necessity and a consuming love of the Ontario north. Thomson was encouraged by J.E.H. MacDonald, and members of the Group of Seven, and from 1914 onward, he painted with a passionate intensity, as though experiencing the landscape for the first time. His paintings hang in every major museum across Canada, including the National Gallery of Ottawa.
David Lorenz Winston
David Lorenz Winston studied photography at Pennsylvania State University where he received a B.A. in art in 1965. His unique images emanate from a lifelong love of the natural landscape and human nature. David's vision has been inspired by the people and panoramas of Siberia, Peru, India, Nepal, Tibet, Greece, Portugal and Nova Scotia. He is equally moved by Pennsylvania's landscapes, where the major portion of his work has been done. Winston's images have been exhibited in numerous one person and group exhibits along the Eastern Seaboard of the US where he has received many first place and best of show awards. In 1994 he added the computer to his vocabulary. It has enabled him to reach deeper into his imagination resulting in a new and inspired body of work. In 1998 David's penetrating photographs of swine were used to illustrate LIFE ON A PIG FARM, a children's book published by Carolrhoda Books, which has won a number of awards. Four new books in this Farm Series were published by Carolrhoda in 2001.
Winston's work has been featured on many calendars published by Pomegranate Publications. Brown Trout Publishers and Hallmark. UNICEF, The National Wildlife Federation. Recycled Paper Products, Borealis Press and Palm Press have published his photographs on holiday and special occasion cards. In addition, three posters of his winter landscapes were published by Bruce McGaw Graphics in 1999. Articles on David Lorenz Winston and his work have appeared in "La Fotografia" (Dec.'99/Jan.00- Barcelona, Spain), Desktop Publishing Journal (Oct.'99 - Topsfield, MA) and Art Matters (Sept.'99- Philadelphia, PA) as well as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug.'98. Winston's work can also be seen at the Hahn Gallery in Philadelphia (www.hahngallery.com), www.inliquid.com, www.galleryprint.com, www.digitalartmuseum.com, and www.darkroomlab.com. David is a native of Philadelphia, where he resides and works as a photographer and computer artist.
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