Canada 150 Art Project – Manitoba

Welcome to the fourth in a series of ten watercolor paintings to honor Canada’s Sesquicentennial – this one featuring Manitoba. Read on to learn more about the backstory behind this painting, and to find out how you can make this painting yours.

The Backstory:   If it’s one thing Manitoba has in plentiful supply, it’s water. Much of the central and northern part of the province consists of lakes and rivers. And, in the south, the Souris River feeds the Assiniboine River and flows on to join the Red River in Winnipeg – making much of this area a potential flood plane.

Where there’s water and good soil, there’s also the potential for good agriculture. All of the traditional cereal grains are grown in Manitoba, along with corn, canola, flax and soybeans.

For me, the most beautiful crops are canola and flax. And one of the sweetest sights you’ll ever see on the great Canadian plains is when both crops bloom together under a big blue prairie sky.

Over the years, I’ve spent a fair bit of time in Manitoba and enjoyed these experiences:

• The Icelandic heritage of Hecla Island in Lake Winnipeg
• The outdoor adventures of Riding Mountain National Park
• The history and entertainment at The Forks in central Winnipeg
• The arts and crafts of Osborne Village, one of the oldest neighborhoods in the Manitoba capital
• Staying at one of Canada’s grand railway hotels, the Fort Garry (I’ve even taken an overnight sleeper train from Winnipeg to back to Saskatoon)

I have yet to visit Winnipeg’s latest cultural addition, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, but I hope to do so sometime soon.

How You Can Make This Painting Yours: In honor of our country’s 2017 anniversary celebrations, I’ve created one watercolor painting to honor each province.

One unique provincial landscape, seascape or streetscape will be featured each week throughout the summer. Ten paintings are up for grabs – one for each province – and one each week.

Each original painting is 8” x 10” in size and each one will arrive mounted in a double white mat bringing the outer dimensions to 11” x 14” – ready to pop into a standard frame of your own choosing.

The price for each painting will be $150 (taxes included) plus $15 for shipping to anywhere in Canada.

If you are looking for a unique remembrance of Canada 150, and you’ve always wanted to buy an original watercolor from the Pauseworks Studio, here’s your chance.

Just send me an email message ( to pat@patkatzart.com) with the words ‘Canada 150 – I’ll Take It’ in the subject line. The first reader to call dibs on each week’s masterpiece takes it. Good luck to all!

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