Artist: Victoria Pearce
Medium: Acrylic
Dimensions: 40''x 30''

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About This Piece
Situated just outside of Owen Sound, Ingliss Falls is certainly the most spectacular and most visited falls north of Niagara – a real wedding cake. There are hundreds of waterfalls along the Bruce Trail and this area is a favourite of enthusiasts like me. It plunges 18 metres into a very deep valley. I was fortunate enough to get down there pre-COVID and hence this vantage point of the grand old lady is a rare one. My labyrinth lines work particularly well here depicting the movement of the water and even the rock escarpment it tumbles over. Cool tones make it a peaceful painting despite its obvious energy.

Biography
Victoria is a professional artist who earned her Honours BFA from York University under Doug Morton. She continued studies under John Leonard at Haliburton School of Design. She works from her studio in a historic building in Hamilton’s James North Art district and in her Haliburton studio. She is an elected member of Ontario Society of Artists and past program director for Burlington Fine Arts Association and served on the executive of West Hamilton Art Tour. Victoria is an avid Bruce Trail Conservancy member and has organized two successful fundraiser shows for the organization.

Her work is in collections across Canada and United States including at McMaster University’s DeGroote school of business, Security Bank, Bemidji, Minnesota, Hollis Wealth, Oakville and Wickham Investments, Hamilton. She has won numerous awards and shown in many group and solo shows throughout Ontario.