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                           CANADIANA PROJECT

                                                 
                   Supported by the Ontario Arts Council 2007

                                                                                      Article by Harriet Cooper



"Doukhobor Women"                     
 
     
Oil on canvas
, acrylic, newspaper, 48” x 24”, 2008

Credits:
National Archives of Canada: c-008891, 1899, 1954-165 NPC

 

   
   
"Doukhobor Women in Saskatchewan"                           
Oil on canvas
, acrylic, newspaper, 60 x 48”, 2008

Credits: National Archives of Canada: c-008891, 1899, 1954-165 NPC
   

"Canada Day III"                             SOLD
Oil on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2008

Credits: Trevor Hall “The Queen’s Tour of Canada”, Souvenir Edition, Collins Royal., photography: David Levenson, p.39;
“American sign language dictionary”, 1998, Random House Webster’s, ISBN: 0-679-78011-4, illustr. from page 527

 

   



"Canada Day IV"
Oil on canvas, 24"x 24", 2008

Credits: “Toronto Star”, February 25, 2008, photograph by Bill Grimshaw; “Basic Sign Communications”, 1983,
NTID at RIT, ISBN 0-913072-55-9, illustr. from p. 65.

   

"Ukrainian Women Cutting Logs"
Oil on canvas, photocopy on paper, 4’ x 5’, 2008

Credits: Julia Saint/ Joan Reid, “Origins. Canada’s Multicultural Heritage”, 1979 by Academic Press Canada            
Limited, ISBN 0-7747-1119-1, illustr. from p.136; Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861),”Kateryna”, oil on canvas
(State Taras Shevchenko Museum, Kiev) 

   

 


 

"Ukrainian Women"
Oil on canvas, 51 x 27”, 2008

Credits:
Julia Saint/ Joan Reid, “Origins. Canada’s Multicultural Heritage”, 1979 by Academic Press Canada            
Limited, ISBN 0-7747-1119-1, illustr. from p.136.
 

   
 



"Stand up for Canada III"
Oil on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2008

Credits: “Ice hockey made simple: a spectator’s guide”,1993, First Base sports, Inc., ISBN: 1-884309-09-7, p.124

   
 



"Stand up for Canada II"
Oil on patterned canvas, 4’ x 4’, 2008


Credits: “Ice hockey made simple: a spectator’s guide”,1993, First Base sports, Inc.,
ISBN: 1-884309-09-7, p.124 (hooking);
www.boutique-shen-ti.com/.../1160057082.jpg

   
 

"Stand up for Canada I"
Oil on patterned canvas, embroidery; 4' x 4', 2007

Credits: “Ice hockey made simple: a spectator’s guide”,1993, First Base sports, Inc., ISBN: 1-884309-09-7, p.124

   
 

 

"Canada Day I"
Oil on patterned canvas, photocopy on paper, charcoal, pencil; 4' x 4', 2007

 Credits: Patrick Montague-Smith, “The Country Life Book of the Royal Silver Jubilee”, ISBN 0-600-38200-1, p.43; Anne
D’Alleva,“Native American”, ISBN: 87192-248-7, illustr.: “Osage Girl in a Ribbon-Applique Robe”(Smithsonian Institution,
National Antropological Arch., neg. no.T-13409); “People of Ice and     Snow”, ISBN 0-8094-9562-7, p.123;
www.hockeymonkey_1938_83784836 (GIF Image); “Rajasthan”, Roloff Beny, In the Crafts Museum of Udaipur –
different “mehndi” disigns  for decorating the palms, to    bring good fortune; www.machanaim.org/teflin.htm, p.4;
“Basic Sign Communications”, 1983, NTID at   RIT, ISBN 0-913072-55-9, Modul 7, p. 65

 

     
 

       
"Sign Language"
Oil on canvas, 4' x 5', 2007
Credits: “American sign language dictionary”,1998, Random House Webster’s, ISBN: 0-679-78011-4, illustr. From    page 527;
”People of Ice and Snow”, ISBN 0-8094-9562-7, illustr. from p.123; www.hockeymonkey_1938_83784836 (GIF Image);
“Rajasthan”, Roloff Beny, In the Crafts Museum of Udaipur – different “mehndi” disigns  for decorating the palms, to bring
good fortune; www.machanaim.org/teflin.htm, p.4.
 

 

 

"Welcome to Canada"
Oil on canvas, 4' x 4', 2007
Credits: “Basic Sign Communications”, 1983, NTID at RIT, ISBN 0-913072-55-9, Modul 7, illustr. from p. 65
 
 

 

"Kayaking for Jesus"
Oil on canvas, 4' x 5', 2007
Credits: “White Water Kayaking”,1988 Strackpole Books, ISBN 0-8117-2284-8, illustr. from p.15;
www.123-posters-online.com, 10055172Jesus.jpeg
 
 

"Queen, Inuit and Geese"                   SOLD
Oil on canvas, photocopy on paper, pastel, pencil; 4' x 4', 2006
Credits: Natural Resources Canada, GSC/CGC 39686; Patrick Montague-Smith,
"The Country Life Book of the Royal Silver Jubilee", ISBN 0-600-38200-1, illustr. from p. 123.
 
 

 

                                                                                    

"Known and Unknown Heroes of Canada"          SOLD
Oil on canvas, photocopy on paper, charcoal: 4'x 8', 2006
Credits: "Portraits of a Challenge: All Illustrated History of the Chinese Canadians",
by Lee Wai-man, ISBN 0-9692106-1-2, illustr. from p.69 (B.C. 1940, Canadian National.):
Stanley I. Fischler, "The Rivalry: Canadiens vs Leafs", ISBN 0-07-551302-1,
illustr. from pp. 100 (3, 4) (Hockey Hall of Fame)
 
 

 

"Taste Canadian"
Oil on canvas, photocopy on paper; 4' x 5', 2006
Credits: "People of Ice and Snow", ISBN 0-8094-9562-7, illustr. from p. 52,
Bryan and Cherry Alexander, Sturminster Nweton, Dorset.
 
 

 

"People of the Book in Canadian Water"
Oil on canvas, photocopy on paper, charcoal: 4' x 8', 2006
Credits: Martin Gilbert, "The Jews in the Twentieth Century", ISBN 1-55263-359-4,
illustr. from pp. 10,12: H-inuit-KAYAKS-012, www.chicagokayak.com
 
 

 

"Balloons Over the Land"
Oil on canvas, photocopy on paper: 4'X 4', 2006
Credits: "The Great Balloon Festival", Free Flight Press, Inc. P.O. Box 3907, Englewood,
Colorado, 80155-3907, photog. by Ed Dosien: Melanie J. Mayer, "Klondike Women:
true tales of the 1997-98 Gold Rush", ISBN-0-8040-0927-9, illustr. from p. 42
(P.A.A.., E. Brown coll'n Mathers photog., B3081): Anne D'Alleva, "Native American",
ISBN 87192-248-7, illustr.: "Osage Girl in a Ribbon-Applique Robe"
 (Smithsonian Institution, National Anthropological Arch., neg. no. T-13409)
 
 

 



 

"The Beautiful Garbage Day"
Oil on canvas, sepia; 4' x 8', 2006
Credits: The City of Toronto Archives, The James collection, Shoeing in High park, 1909.
 
 

 

 "Children are waiting"
Oil on canvas, 4' x 4',  2007 
 
The 0.7% show/fundraiser for HIV/Aids in Africa,
curator Antonia Lancaster, The Propeller Centre For Visual Arts, Toronto, Canada