2025 Staff Picks
In 2025, our team selected their favorite paintings from the collection for display in the main gallery hallway – a challenging task to say […]
Phoebe Watson & Maker’s Marks
In the late 19th century, china painting emerged as a refined and socially acceptable art form for Victorian women, and
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A Poem Draft, “We Glide by Ships”
It is no coincidence that our Writer’s Market falls on Phoebe Watson’s birthday, June 1st. At HWHG we celebrate many
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Passage to the Unknown
Homer Watson was frequently patroned by Commander James Kenneth Levenson Ross, a Canadian businessman and art collector. Just after the
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A Spooky Election Prediction
In April of 1934, Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King met with Homer and Phoebe Watson at the siblings’
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Tom Cayley’s Doon School of Fine Arts
The Doon School of Fine Arts opened in 1948 under the leadership of Bess and Ross Hamilton. Inspired by the
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James Esson
A Snapshot of Esson In 1852, George Esson of Preston, Ontario opened a photo gallery. The next year, 1853, on
Phoebe’s Palette Garden
For this year’s Historic Places Days, we are highlighting Phoebe Watson’s Palette Garden. Planted inside a ring of stones, the
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Believe Me, Truly, Oscar Wilde
Throughout his career, Homer Watson met and was in contact with many notable figures. One of which was Oscar Wilde,
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Berry Picking
Though people don’t tend to be the focus of most of Homer Watson’s paintings, small figures are still found within