Creative Cultivation

From grain elevators to bison farming, the vast and beautiful farmland that is better-known as ‘The Claybelt’ spreads out before us! For many of us, this land is a part of our heritage. This is where our grandparents first cut trees for their homesteads, raised cattle and harvested crops! The beautiful vastness of the Claybelt offers such a unique contrast to the rocks, trees and lakes of our region that we are often overwhelmed and overcome by it. We wish to glean the wealth of this land’s glowing colours - to harvest the sunrises and sunsets, and to preserve the homesteads, barns, livestock and livelihoods through our paintings and interpretation.

Artists: Jerry Jordison, Gerry Sheperdson, Bonnie Hallay, Colette Belanger, Susan Welch, Mary-Lou Lauzon, Jackie Murphy, Joe-Ann Cleroux, Bea-Yeh Lin Eckert, Lyne Montigny, Carmen Cantin

Melanie Bourgeois, Laura Landers, Melinda Mauro-Ethier, Greg Martin, Lynne Nyman, Loretta Stevens, Iris Shields, Lillian Knowles, Brenda Henderson, Elizabeth Wreggitt, Rosanne de Vries