Meet The Artist
Elizabeth Johnson
I’m Elizabeth Johnson, a landscape painter from Dorset, Ontario, capturing the beauty of Muskoka and Haliburton through oil paintings. When not painting outdoors, I create abstract and still life works in my boathouse studio on Shoe Lake.
My Artworks
"I painted whenever I could, and, when I couldn't, I dreamt of painting"
MY ART GALLERY
Winter Paintings
Woodpile on Hwy #35
Last month, I saw this beautiful woodpile along the side of hwy #35 just south of Dorset. It had to be painted. I love woodpiles. My family own a wood-fired pizzeria, and I heat my home with wood, so I am alway stacking and handling wood.
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Ice Falls on Raven Rock, Dorset
Raven Lake is my neighbouring lake. It is known for its majestic rock cliffs that once were sacred to the Indigenous people who revered the raven. In fact, they were not supposed to look at the cliffs as they passed by. So glad that rule no longer applies! I love looking at them, and painting them, especially when the cliffs are dressed in snow or ice, or in the golden glow of evening sun.
This painting is framed in a clear maple floater frame.
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View from Peter Overington Bridge, Stanhope
Stanhope is a very picturesque community on Beech Lake. This quiet and somewhat hidden river runs into Beech Lake.
The painting comes with a maple floater frame.
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Robinson's General Store and the Hump Bridge
Downtown Dorset.
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A Journey of Art and Life
From European Travels to Canadian Creativity
As a teen, I traveled through Europe and the Middle East, lived in Crete, and studied French language civilization, and culture in Paris. After returning to Canada, I taught high school, raised four kids, and painted whenever possible. Now, I paint full-time from November to May and run a wood-fired pizzeria with my kids in the summer.
Autumn Paintings
I don't get to paint a lot when our pizzeria (Pizza on Earth) is open in the warm weather. But, one day a week I take off and escape with my easel. Got to keep the painting skill well primed so as not to lose my the painterly touch!
Country Road, Maynooth
The rolling hills and forests of rural Ontario in the north of Ontario are beautiful, especially in the fall. This day, two artist friends accompanied me for a drive into the countryside. We packed a pick nick lunch and drove through small towns, past hippie farms and down gravel roads. This painting is what came out of the day.
This painting is framed in a clear maple floater frame.
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Lakeside View of Clayton's Store and Marina
Clayton's Store no longer exists as Clayton's, but I remember. when it was in full operation. It had a wonderful butcher shop and a great selection of heavy wool mitts. hats and boots. Today it is an Interior decorating store called "Clark"s on Main.", open seasonally. There is no access to the lakeside of the building, but I often find those out-of-the-way places the most interesting to paint. The mood of something abandoned or neglected is a painter's paradise. I was also drawn to the simplicity of the composition of the scene.
All of the paintings come with a solid maple floater frame, custom-made in Dorset.
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Dorset Lookout Tower
The Dorset Lookout Tower is one of the 3 iconic spots to visit in Dorset. It was used to watch for forest fires, but now it is only for tourists to climb to view beautiful Trading Bay and the village of Dorset from above.
This painting is framed in a clear maple floater frame.
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My Art Spaces
Explore My Work
My paintings are on display at my art gallery at Pizza on Earth. It is open the public every day in the summer. Check my website for spring, fall and winter hours. You can also make an appointment to visit it any time. Solo shows and group shows elsewhere will be announced on my website.
Arowhon Pines and Algonquin Park
For the past two years, I have been the artist-in-residence at Arowhon Pines. I love this opportunity! Theresa, the owner, treats me like royalty. One day a week in the summer, I set up my easel on the grounds of the resort and paint. Guests can come and watch the progress and ask questions about painting, or about the painter. I even have my own little gallery on the premises from which I sell just about everything I produce. When the lunch bell rings, Theresa, or another staff member, fetches me to come into the historic, hexagonal dining hall to enjoy a gourmet lunch, on the house! Sometime, I canoe around Little Joe Lake and paint the landscape, too.
Dining Hall at Arowhon Pines
The dining hall at Arowhon Pines is a soaring, hexagonal, wood structure with a huge, central fireplace open on all sides. The buiding was built in the early 1900's by Polish men using only hand tools. It is stunningly beautiful as well as an engineering feat! I love to paint out on the covered verandah that overhangs Lake Little Joe.
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Servers at Arowhon PInes
Here is the inside of my favourite dining hall. I love to sit and watch the young servers dressed crisply in formal white and black as they silently move around the hall, attending to every need of the guests.
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Camp Ahmek, Algonquin Pk
Camp Ahmek on Canoe Lake is one of my favourite camps in Algonquin Park to paint. I love to paint both the huge, red-roofed buildings painted green, and the
rough log cabins. This painting was done in the morning when the managers were planning out the tasks of day behind the dining hall.
This painting is framed in a clear maple floater frame.
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The Canoeing Masters, Camp Ahmek
I arrived early one morning before breakfast, before the campers emerged from their cabins, to watch the day unfold at Camp Ahmek. Two very skilled canoeists were paddling silently and effortlessly, near the shore in a bright orange canoe. Their canoe danced on the water. I loved the reflection on the water. They graciously allowed me to photograph them. From the photo, I painted their portraits.
This painting is framed in a clear maple floater frame.
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