Canadian Paintings

A large abstract graffiti pop art painting with gold leaf and bright colors on a thickly lacquered acrylic canvas, mounted on a black acrylic base and framed. It is wired and ready t...

S. HARROWING - 'Baie St. Paul, Que.' - Fine Mid Century Canadian Impressionist landscape oil painting on Masonite panel - signed lower right - t...

Vintage watercolor and sepia painting on watercolor paper - indistinctly signed verso - dated in pencil on the back - vintage double matte with beveled edges - Canada - circa 1975. ...

This work is signed, dated and titled "PLUM 2010 Nighttime in Roppongi” verso of the canvas and signed PLUM on recto; canvas size 36" high x 30” wide x .75" profile. Andrew Plum was ...

Surrealistic style oil painting on canvas in original partially gilded wood frame with velvet mat - artist signed and dated along right side. Portrait of a woman in landscape w/ brilliantly flowered dress by Catherine Senitt-Harbison ( American - Canadian b. 1945 - Rochester, NY ) Her works are in the permanent collections of major Canadian public galleries, though she has not publicly exhibited since 1979. Her works were shown at the prestigious Pollock Gallery ( that also represented such as artists as Ken...

Decorative silver painting by William Kozar, 2008, Canada.

Oil on board botanical still life, painted in Canada in 2021 by Nicolette Valikoski. The painting is painted with a palette knife creating a three dimensional, sculptural, layered lo...

William Perehudoff (Canadian 1918-2013) Medium: Acrylic on canvas Dated: 1979 Size: 32" x 31.5". Biography: WILLIAM PEREHUDOFF was born in 1918 in Langham, Saskatchewan and is one of Canada’s foremost modernist painters. With a career that has spanned six decades he is known primarily as a colorist and part of the Colour Field movement. His representation of space has often been influenced by the expanse of Canada’s prairies...

This striking polychrome lithograph, "I Visited Eden at Sunset", is an original work by renowned Canadian artist Freda Guttman Bain. Created in 1974, this limited-edition print is ha...

This original painting was done by the well known Canadian-American Rolph Scarlett, dating to approximately 1950 and done in his Non-Objective Modern style. This abstract painting is...

Charcoal on paper mounted on wood panel, titled: 2020; Panel 48" x 48" x 1.5" deep. Signed Pierre Fortin and dated 2020 on the front and back of the canvas. Pierre Fortin a Conceptual Artist Fine Artist, born in Montreal, Quebec. Fortin's career spans over 30 years designing and creating for a wide range of nationally and internationally recognized corporations, magazines and publishers. His work has been featured in Catapult Magazine, American Illustration and Communication Arts. Fortin's worked in the video game and theme park industry. His work included mural creation for Universal Studios to being commissioned by Sports Illustrated, The Atlantic Monthly, Forbes, Business Week and Time magazine... He has also created designs of sculptures and props for the Beijing Cube Water Park. The water park won a WWA Industry Innovation Award. Pierre also collaborated in the design of the Dollywood Mystery Mine, in Pigeon Forge...

Abstract mixed medium painting, signed: Luigi Cosentino, titled “Abstract #17” and dated 2018, backside of the canvas, canvas size 48" x 72" x 1.75" profile. Luigi’s artwork is his m...

This work is signed, titled and dated "PLUM 2011" recto and verso of the canvas and signed PLUM on recto; canvas size - 24" x 18"; frame size 26" x 20” x 1.5" profile. Andrew Plum wa...

Original Diana Creasey-Funk in black wood float-frame.

VELLA STRAND - '"Mota" on Juan de Fuca Strait, B.C.' - Contemporary watercolor painting on Arches paper - signed lower right - Canada - circa 2000. Excellent condition - no loss - n...

VELLA STRAND - 'Castle Mountain and Bow River - Alberta' - Contemporary watercolor painting on watercolor paper - signed lower right - unframed - Canada - circa 2000. Excellent cond...

VELLA STRAND - 'Red Sails on Juan de Fuca Strait - B.C.' - Contemporary watercolor painting - signed lower right - unframed - Canada - circa 2000. Excellent condition - no loss - no...

Watercolor on paper by John Francis Williams Canadian, circa 1960.

Canadian artist Frank Panabaker (1904–1992) original oil painting on Masonite of Scottish castle Dunderave. Painted in 1959. Actual canvas size 15 inches by 19 inches. Frank Shir...

Very large oil on canvas, ancient tableau, Jaguar by Kindrie Grove, Canadian Artist. Large oil painting that depicts a Mayan Jaguar. Made in 2002. The ar...

KIM HINXMAN BEDARD - 'Lilies & Birches' - Contemporary acrylic painting on canvas - signed and dated lower right - original frame - signed and titled verso - Canada - circa 2006. Ex...

"#9 Chinese Acrobats" - confetti of colors - Acrylic, oil, metal leaf and paint on canvas, signed lower right back and dated '89 - Framed dimensions: 31 in x 25 in.

Abstract acrylic and ink painting on rice paper mounted on board by Andrew Lui. Titled: “Red Journey 1”. Reds, yellows with accents of aqua blue, lavender and black. Signed and dated...

LINDA JENETTI - 'St. George Street Garage' - Impressionist style watercolor and ink over graphite painting on heavy paper - signed/dated/titled lower right - unframed - Canada (Toron...

“Louisiana Blues” is an original, one-of-a-kind, blue, black, white, hues of yellow, contemporary, acrylic on canvas abstract painting. Vibrant pops of color work in harmony to create this unique, contemporary work of art by Andrew...

Raymond Milton Schell (1936-2014) - "Early One Morning" - Canadian school fine art landscape acrylic painting on linen canvas mounted to Birch ply - exacting detail throughout from t...

Powerful original landscape by Canadian artist Guy Roy having marvelous impasto and color palette. Signed lower left. Canvas measures 30 x 36 Matted and framed with gilded molding a...

Thomas (Tom) Hodson (Canadian 1924-2006) Oil on Board Born in Toronto Ontario, Thomas Sherlock Hodgson grew up on Toronto's Centre Island and attended art classes that were organized by Group of Seven member Arthur Lismer at what was then known as the Art Gallery of Toronto, now the Art Gallery of Ontario. He was a successful painter and commercial artist in his lifetime, as well as a teacher and enthusiastic member of the Toronto group “Painters Eleven”. He worked in oil, acrylic, watercolour, gouache, silkscreen, charcoal and mixed media. His subject matters were non-objective abstracts, landscapes, nudes, figures and portraits. His styles were abstract expressionism, lyrical abstraction, realism and pop art. Today it is his abstract expressionism that continues to attract. Hodgson taught at the Ontario College of Art from 1968 to 1972 and began painting full time in 1976. He has traveled with his paintbrush throughout Europe and to Australia. During WWII he served 2 years overseas with the Royal Canadian Air Force. As a member of the Canadian Olympic...

Modern abstract, oil on canvas painting, titled “Summertime III” by Michelle Hénault, a conceptual Fine artist. Signed on front bottom right, also, signed, dated and titled on back; measuring approximate 30" H x 36" W x 1.5” D. Gallery wrapped, finished sides, dated circa 2019. Michelle Hénault is a Conceptual Fine Artist, born in Lachute, Quebec, living and working in Montreal since 1991. She completed a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts at UQAM in 1998. After exploring sculpture and photography, she dedicated herself to oil painting. She has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows over the last fifteen years. In 2010, she moved to Scotland with her partner for two years. Since returning to Montreal, she has devoted her time to oil painting and her work has flourished. Inspired by her many travels, her work explores landscapes as a contemplative territory. The desire to revisit past voyages through painting and to recapture the sentiments she experienced in various places was her primary motivation for producing these landscapes. "For the last fifteen years I have explored the reconstruction of landscapes in my painting. My practice is concerned with our relation to land as the memory of place. A land can be occupied, shared, transformed and dreamed, idealized. The land, as homeland or an idyllic land to travel to, where the memory is presupposed. Through my art, I explore that memory of travel, the journeys I made and the ones I dreamed. When contemplating a landscape and experiencing the change of light or atmosphere we realize the passage of time. As explorers from bygone eras, seeking unknown lands, my work proposes a return to the essential…that the French call ‘le bapteme de la solitude’. It is a unique sensation, and it has nothing to do with loneliness, for loneliness presupposes memory. Here, in this wholly mineral landscape lighted by stars like flares, even memory disappears; nothing is left but your own breathing and the sound of your heat beating. A strange, and by no means pleasant, process of reintegration begins inside you, and you have the choice of fighting against it, and insisting on remaining the person you have always been, or letting it take its course. For no one...

Abstract acrylic and ink painting on rice paper laid on board by Andrew Lui. Titled: “Terrain. Africa lll”; Hand painting is executed in a palette primarily of greens and yellows wit...

Charcoal on paper mounted on wood titled: Confusion, panel 30" x 56" x 1.5" deep; Artist signed Pierre Fortin and dated: 2020 on the back. Pierre Fortin...

This work is signed, dated and titled "PLUM 2014 El Puerto de La Habana” (Cuba) verso of the canvas and signed PLUM on recto; unframed size - 11.75" x 15.75; framed size 16" x 20” x ...

This work is signed and dated PLUM 2011 recto and verso of the canvas; Canvas Size - 24" x 24" x 1.5" profile; Framed Size - 25.5" x 25.5" Black synthetic float frame included. Andr...

Canadian Birch Tree Landscape Painting Oil on Canvas Signed W. Wright. Overall size 36 x 30 x 3 1/2 D image size 30“ x 24“. Great condition age-appropriate wear could stand a light c...

Modern abstract, mixed-media painting; titled “The Taste of Tears” by Maria Astadjov, a conceptual Fine artist; mixed-media on Aluminum; Signed on front...

Contemporary acrylic painting on canvas with blue and aqua colors; titled: "Hidden Door" by Nicholas Malcolm.   

“Rooster” is an original, one of a kind, red, yellow, white, black, blue, contemporary, acrylic on canvas, abstract painting. Vibrant pops of color work in harmony to create this uni...

Henry George Glyde (Canadian 1906-1998) painting Medium: Watercolor Size: Without frame: 16" high x 20" wide With frame: 26.75" high x 30" wide Henry George Glyde was signific...

Contemporary acrylic painting on canvas with rust, black, and beige colors in a black frame; titled: "Whacko" by Ricardo Rumi, 2009. Ricardo Rumi is a Canadian painter who was born...

Charcoal on paper mounted on wood panel, titled: Social engineers, approximate size: 48" x 56" x 1.5" deep. Signed Pierre Fortin and dated 2020 on the ba...

Lloyd Kakepetum (1958) is a Keewaywin first nation band member who was born on the Sandy lake reserve in the far reaches of northern Ontario near the M...

Charcoal on paper mounted on wood titled: Propaganda; Panel 48" x 48" x 1.5" deep. Signed Pierre Fortin and dated 2020 on the back of the canvas. Pierre Fortin a Conceptual Artist Fine Artist, born in Montreal, Quebec. Fortin's career spans over 30 years designing and creating for a wide range of nationally and internationally recognized corporations, magazines and publishers. His work has been featured in Catapult Magazine, American Illustration and Communication Arts. Fortin's worked in the video game and theme park industry. His work included mural creation for Universal Studios to being commissioned by Sports Illustrated, The Atlantic Monthly, Forbes, Business Week and Time magazine... He has also created designs of sculptures and props for the Beijing Cube Water Park. The water park won a WWA Industry Innovation Award. Pierre also collaborated in the design of the Dollywood Mystery Mine, in Pigeon Forge...

This work is signed, dated and titled "PLUM 2008 New Bike” verso of the canvas and signed PLUM on recto; canvas size - 48" x 36” x .75" profile. Andrew Plum was born in Lancashire, E...

Contemporary listed artist Ricardo Rumi (b. 1960) is known for employing a thick impasto technique and strong brushstrokes in a post-Abstract Expressionist style . Many of his work...

Modern abstract, mixed-media paintings; titled “Saddened By the Distance” by Maria Astadjov, a conceptual fine artist; two panels of mixed-media on Alum...

Two contemporary acrylic impasto painting on canvas with multicolored dots on a white background in a white metal frame; by Nicholas, Malcolm (Priced ...

“Printemps Paris” is an original, one of a kind, pink, yellow, green, black, cream, contemporary, acrylic on canvas abstract still life painting. Vibrant pops of color work in harmony to create this unique, contemporary work of art by Andrew...

Modern abstract, oil on canvas painting; titled “Might Dream of You” by Maria Astadjov, a conceptual fine artist, oil on canvas, signed on front bottom ...

Modern abstract, oil on canvas painting; titled “Terre Inconnue 2/Unknown Land 2” by Michelle Hénault, a conceptual fine artist. Signed on front bottom right, also, signed, dated and...

Artist: Rolph Scarletti (Canadian, 1889 – 1984) Object: Modernist Abstract Composition Period: Ca. 1950’s Medium: Guache on paper, framed Dimensions (unframed): Height: 9-1/3” Width: 12” Dimensions (framed): Height: 22-3/4”” Width: 25-3/4” Rolph Scarlett (Canadian, 1889 – 1984) was a consummate explorer of twentieth-century abstract painting. Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him while steadfastly aware that he was on his own path and his alone, Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist of the eras in which he lived. Exposed very early on to the work of Paul Klee through a chance meeting in Europe with the artist himself, Scarlett took up abstraction with a fervor that never diminished during his long and impressive career. To create something that had never existed before: this was Scarlett’s great cause. And that is what is most obvious when you look at Scarlett’s work—you have never seen anything quite like it. Scarlett was Canadian-born, came of age in the Midwest, and spent few important years in Hollywood, where he designed stage sets. His work from this early period echoes Klee’s use of color, his confidence in naïve, primitive forms, and his blend of abstraction and figuration. In its flat spatial qualities it prefigures the Indian Space painting of the 1940s by a decade. He moved to New York in 1933 and eventually found his first great patron at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, directed by Baroness Hilla Rebay and art patron Solomon R. Guggenheim. Guggenheim would collect over 60 works by Scarlett for his collection, more than any other artist outside of Vasily Kandinsky and Rudolf Bauer. As a frequent exhibitor and lecturer at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting (MNOP), Scarlett honed his sensitive feel for bodies in space and capitalized on his trademark use of bright, vivacious colors into accomplished, perfectly harmonized geometric works. However, Scarlett soon morphed these hard-edged forms into a nuanced expressionistic abstraction which, at its best, seems to be populated by dancing forms that animate the canvases. Along this way he was advised by Rudolf Bauer, the German expatriate and one of the originators of non-objective painting in the teens. Bauer had the idea for the Museum, and Rebay, his champion, had found in Solomon Guggenheim a patron for manifesting it. When Bauer emigrated just before World War II, he wanted to meet Scarlett. The two became friends, and Bauer advised Scarlett on his work over the course of many years. Even in a 1979 interview, Scarlett began to tear up as he recalled his first meeting with Bauer, a man whose work he "worshipped," describing that, "It was a touching moment for me, I’ll tell you." Scarlett and Rebay also had a close, important relationship, one in which he bore the brunt of her sometimes condescending, if motherly, critiques and admonitions with tolerance and gratefulness. Eventually, though, he had to push back. In a letter from 1951 he writes, "I have noticed with growing amazement that during the past three years you have accepted less and less of my work—and, that same work, which you rejected has been accepted and shown in the best and largest shows all over this country." This period—the late 1940s to the early 1950s—did in fact correspond to Scarlett’s most critical success, and to a return to the fanciful forms and characters of his pre-war work. At the same time, he found his own rhythm and complexity using a drip style similar to, though denser and more opaque than, the one made famous by Jackson Pollock, who had worked for many years at the MNOP and with whom he shared common influences. In 1949 he had a very well received solo show in 1949 at the Jacques Seligmann Gallery, reviewed very favorably in The New York Times: "The impression made by these paintings is one of originality and strength." He was also included in a juried show "American Painting Today" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1950 and in the Whitney Annual of 1951. The curator for the Whitney show in fact bypassed a selection of Scarlett’s careful geometrics in favor of a new "lyrical" drip painting—one which he describes as having had "a helluva good time" making. Rebay articulated her loss of control over Scarlett very keenly in one of her last official letters to him: "So your way ended in the horrid jungle it is in now; even a Mr. Pollock’s smearage was not bad enough for you to have a try at; and betraying yourself, you betrayed art and my faith in you, and my present disgrace by my failure to foresee such an outrageous possibility—since you even paint objectively now." Yet, despite the fact that he was moving in his own direction when the change in leadership took place at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting and Rebay was forced out as director, Scarlett was hit hard. He understood this change rightly as a betrayal by the establishment. Scarlett was a unique individual and soul, and was affected personally and philosophically by the idea that the movement with which Scarlett had aligned his talents seemed to disappear overnight, and his life’s work rendered valueless. Without the Museum’s support, Scarlett decided eventually to move to the artists’ community of Shady, New York, just outside of Woodstock. He had occasional shows throughout the years, but mostly settled down to regional obscurity. He began making jewelry, which had been his first trade, and it was following a show of his jewelry in 1975 at the Jaro Gallery, that he was rediscovered by Samuel Esses, and his wife Sandy. Samuel Esses was a successful businessman and an avid collector. He always sought out that which was unusual and, like Scarlett, was ahead of his time in many ways. For example, in 1979, Sam became enthralled with the early graffiti appearing on the New York subway trains. With the sole goal of preserving these groundbreaking yet short lived works of art he was inspired to create "The Esses Studio," a painting warehouse and workshop for graffiti artists to work in a studio, collaborate, and paint on canvas. The biggest names of graffiti writing participated—Futura, Crash, Dondi, Zephyr, and Daze to name a few. The project was well received and provided critical validation at an important time for this alternative form of abstraction to be recognized by the established art world. The success of the "Esses Studio" helped fuel an alternative fire that would propel gallerists and curators to acknowledge other street artists and provide a foundation of acceptance for the early careers of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. It is not a stretch to say that what Esses saw in the graffiti art of the 1970s was very similar to what he saw in 1950s-era Scarletts—something raw, honest, and melding many twentieth century influences into one unique form. Inspired by the importance of the collection and the passion of the collector, Weinstein Gallery...

Maria Astadjov Modern Abstract Painting. Imagine If That Was True. Modern abstract, mixed-media on Aluminum; titled “Imagine If That Was True” by Maria ...

Modern abstract, oil on canvas painting, titled “Les Poissons 1/The Fish 1” by Michelle Hénault, a conceptual fine artist. Signed on front bottom right, also, signed, dated and titled on back, measuring approximate 24" H x 18" W x 1.5” D. Gallery wrapped, finished sides; circa dated 2014. Michelle Hénault is a Conceptual Fine Artist, born in Lachute, Quebec, living and working in Montreal since 1991. She completed a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts at UQAM in 1998. After exploring sculpture...

This work is signed "PLUM” on recto; unframed size - 25.5" x 20.25 x 1.5" profile; framed size 18.5" x 13.5”, circa 2013. Andrew Plum was born in Lancashire, England in 1965 and move...

Oil on board of a mythical Scottish highlander who just slayed a dragon that has turned to bones, circa 1990s. Painted by Canadian artist Fraser fr...

Paul Vanier Beaulieu (Canada 1910-1996) Medium: Ink and pencil Size Without frame: 12" high x 9.5" wide With frame: 21.5" high x 17.25" wide Born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1910,...

Title: Ecriture Liee (Linked Writing) Artist: Jean-Daniel Rohrer (Swiss Canadian, 1960-). Media: Mixed media on Canvas (collage, stencil, chalk and oil on canvas). Year: 2007 Siz...

Pair of James Fergus Kyle (1876-1941) paintings by Canadian cartoonist and illustrator. Size Without frame: 11" high x 8" wide With frame: 12" high x 9" wide.

Gordon Eastcott Payne watercolour painting (Canadian 1890-1983.) Painting of Bear River, Nova Scotia. Gordon Payne was born in Payne's Mill...

Modern abstract, oil on canvas painting, titled “Summertime III” by Michelle Hénault, a conceptual fine artist. Signed on front bottom right, also, signed, dated and titled on back; measuring approximate 30" H x 36" W x 1.5” D. Gallery wrapped, finished sides, dated circa 2019. Michelle Hénault is a Conceptual Fine Artist, born in Lachute, Quebec, living and working in Montreal since 1991. She completed a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts at UQAM in 1998. After exploring sculpture and photography, she dedicated herself to oil painting. She has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows over the last fifteen years. In 2010, she moved to Scotland with her partner for two years. Since returning to Montreal, she has devoted her time to oil painting and her work has flourished. Inspired by her many travels, her work explores landscapes as a contemplative territory. The desire to revisit past voyages through painting and to recapture the sentiments she experienced in various places was her primary motivation for producing these landscapes. "For the last fifteen years I have explored the reconstruction of landscapes in my painting. My practice is concerned with our relation to land as the memory of place. A land can be occupied, shared, transformed and dreamed, idealized. The land, as homeland or an idyllic land to travel to, where the memory is presupposed. Through my art, I explore that memory of travel, the journeys I made and the ones I dreamed. When contemplating a landscape and experiencing the change of light or atmosphere we realize the passage of time. As explorers from bygone eras, seeking unknown lands, my work proposes a return to the essential…that the French call ‘le bapteme de la solitude’. It is a unique sensation, and it has nothing to do with loneliness, for loneliness presupposes memory. Here, in this wholly mineral landscape lighted by stars like flares, even memory disappears; nothing is left but your own breathing and the sound of your heat beating. A strange, and by no means pleasant, process of reintegration begins inside you, and you have the choice of fighting against it, and insisting on remaining the person you have always been, or letting it take its course. For no one...

A striking work of decorative attributed to Beatrix Syjuco similar to her Method of Madness II painting, circa 2017. Pencil on canvas. Professionally framed, measures: 50" W x 36" ...