Artist: Jon Houghton
Medium: Oil on Canvas, Framed
Dimensions: 19" x 37"

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About This Piece
The scene is an old farm just outside of Thornbury, last October. I was driving home as the harvest super-moon was just coming up and as I passed the farm, I thought the position of the moon in the sky made for a nice balance to the barn against the tree line. If I’d driven by five minutes earlier or later I don’t think the composition wouldn’t have worked. I also liked the way the purples of the sunset/moonrise were reflected in the freshly harvested field.

Biography
Jon 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.