For Immediate Release
Minden, Ontario
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
10:00 AM
Release # 25-93

Subject: Haycock, One Family’s Canvas of Canada – Group Exhibition with Maurice H. Haycock, Kathy M. Haycock, Karole Haycock Pittman, Erika Pittman

Haycock, One Family’s Canvas of Canada, tells the story of how a chance meeting in 1927 in Canada’s Arctic led to nearly 100 years of painting the Canadian landscape from the vantage point of one family of painters. Maurice Haycock was on a Geological Survey assignment when he met A.Y. Jackson on a painting trip. Their friendship changed his life and consequently shaped the future lives of his two daughters and his granddaughter. 

Inspired by Jackson’s artistic interpretation of the Arctic he had come to love, Maurice began painting. The two artists became steadfast painting partners for thirty years, travelling extensively across Canada and the North. Both of Maurice’s daughters (Karole and Kathy) and his granddaughter (Erica) became artists, powerfully influenced by Maurice’s vision. They have all travelled widely to paint as well; with Maurice, individually, and together, creating a Canadian artistic lineage.

This special family exhibit contains many works from private collections not publicly displayed before. It is a rich visual narrative of the changing Canadian landscape from the 1940’s to the present, of a family truly shaped by Canada’s geography, and of how a powerful sense of place and emotion can be expressed in the personal brushwork, palette and style of each of the artists.

The exhibit will be on display at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery from September 18 to November 15, 2025. The opening reception takes place on Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.

The Artists:

Maurice Hall Haycock was a well-known Canadian artist and an important figure in artistically interpreting the Canadian Arctic and its history. It is estimated he travelled more than 500,000 km throughout northern Canada by sea, air, tracked vehicle, canoe, umiaq, dog team and on foot personally exploring remote lands and painting what he saw.  

Kathy Haycock’s major creative influence comes from her father, and A.Y. Jackson.  After years as a fiber artist and tapestry weaver, Kathy was introduced to oil paints by her sister Karole and instantly fell in love with them. She follows her spirit on adventurous painting trips to natural landscapes across Canada and beyond. 

The Agnes Jamieson Gallery is a public gallery with year-round visual exhibitions of local and regional art. The Gallery is part of the Minden Hills Cultural Centre which also includes the Heritage Village & Nature Place Interpretive Centre. The Gallery is fully accessible. The Minden Hills Cultural Centre is located at 176 Bobcaygeon Road, Minden, Ontario and is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission by donation.

For questions regarding this exhibit, please call the Community Services Department at 705-286-1260 x 542. For more information, visit the Township of Minden Hills website at www.mindenhills.ca.

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