Toward The Awakening

It was in July of 1964 that I made my first excursion into the uncompromising solitude of the northern wilderness. There, on a lake called “Hazen” I fell in love with this country.

First Trips

Two years later I bought my first canoe, a 16 foot Langford, cedar and canvas. The following year, 1967, Canada’s 100th birthday, I took my first trip into Algonquin Park, the beginning of a romance that has lasted fifty years.

In 1970, after three years of immersion in this majestic beauty, I succumbed to a nagging desire to attempt to capture it on canvas. I received no formal training in painting; I found the “Park” to be my classroom-the elements my teacher.

 

Lake Lavielle

For many years I headed north in the glory of autumn on solo painting trips. The wilds of Algonquin were my preferred subjects and still are. 

Selling My Art

My work began selling sporadically in the seventies and in the early eighties I had two gallery shows at “Horizon Artworks” in London Ontario, both of which were quite successful. Shortly thereafter my wife Donna and I built our own log cabin gallery at home, outside of Dutton Ontario, “Gallery of Northern Landscapes”.

Bio

The Artist's Story

Paul was born in March of 1944 in St. Thomas, Ontario. He graduated from Arthur Voaden in St. Thomas, and not long after answered the call of the north. The year was 1964, and Paul found himself at Hazen Lake. He was transfixed and transformed by the raw beauty he found there; and, thereafter, his life would never be the same. The next six years saw Paul purchase his own canoe, explore Algonquin Park for the first of many times, and in 1970 a truly Canadian artist was born. He needed to express what he saw and felt. Paul picked up a brush and….
Paul J Stevenson
Artist

Fishing At Lake Lavielle

No matter rain or shine, winter or summer Algonquin park continues to call.

Our Dog Quito

Our dog Quito jumped at any opportunity to go interior camping.”In loving Memory Of Quito”