Roy Austin "North of Waterloo" Oil on Board, 1994 Joan Miro Details: "Victory at Sea" 2006

Details: "Victory at Sea" 2006

the Pumpkin at Japan's Naoshima Island (also known as the "Art Island") in the Seto Inland Sea

” Plant life turns to a majestic red or purple hue while non-plant life often renders in grey or blue

Enacted as a compulsive expression of infinity

Roy Austin "North of Waterloo" Oil on Board, 1994 Joan Miro Details: "Victory at Sea" 2006Roy Austin (1910 1997) was born in Faversham, England and emigrated to Canada a year later. After a short stay in Toronto, his family settled in Orangeville, Ontario. Growing up surrounded by the rural countryside, the young Austin developed a keen appreciation of the beautiful Ontario landscape. In 1930, at age 20, Roy Austin enrolled at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and studied painting and design under J. W. Beatty, J. E. H. Macdonald,