SUMMARY: Juanita Le Barre Symington oil on canvas painting of Winter at ‘Haystack Bay,’ near Huntsville, in the Muskoka’s of Ontario, just south of Algonquin Park.
DESCRIPTION: The sun illuminates the shining bare branches of birch and the welcome green of pine on the near shore of a frozen lake extending outwards to the distant snow covered shores and rolling landscape of Northern Ontario.
DIMENSIONS: 5 ½ H x 7 ½” W (SIGHT) / 8 ½” H x 10 ½” W (FRAMED)
MARKINGS: signed lower right, “JLSymington”; titled verso, “Fairy Lake”; Early Artist Biography affixed verso
CONDITION: Excellent Condition. For Accuracy Only: the frame may show some light signs of age as expected – the colours are bright and it is ready for display
BIOGRAPHY: Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Graduated Royal Hamilton Conservatory. Also studied John Carlson, N. Y. Active member Federation of Canadian Artists, Rockport Art Association, North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester. Prize winner Suffolk Museum, Long Island, 1947-1949. Five Canadian Galleries. Directs Art Appleby College, Maintains Hamilton Studio. Students 7-70 years. She holds year round Exhibitions. Represented in many permanent and private collections here and abroad, including Queen Elizabeth.
