Artist: Jon Houghton
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 18''x 48''

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About This Piece
The scene in the painting is from a lookout point on a bend of the Onakawana River, just before it meets the Abitibi, 80km South of James Bay. It came from a January painting trip with the group Untamed Things. We went on two plein air paintings trips to Camp Onakawana during an 18-month long project to capture the landscape and life at Camp Onakawana and bring awareness to the Onakawana Education Fund. 

Biography
Jon Houghton grew up in Thornbury, Ontario. After graduating from Lakefield College School in 2003, he studied Fine Arts at Mount Allison University, majoring in Painting and Drawing. After three years at Mount Allison, Jon moved to Greece where he studied Classical painting at the Aegean Center for Fine Arts. He returned to Canada in 2008 to round out his education with a year at Ontario College of Art and Design. Jon has since returned to the Southern Georgian Bay area to open a studio/gallery in downtown Collingwood.

Jon’s paintings can be recognized by the use of bright colours and a clean graphic style. He works with oil on canvas and his subject matter consists of scenes ranging across Canada, with a focus on Georgian Bay, The Niagara Escarpment and Toronto.

Jon works in his gallery/studio – Art by Houghton – at 161 Hurontario street Collingwood, Ontario.

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