Icebergs, the Aurora Borealis, dark seas, and rugged landscapes inspired a series of dynamic compositions by the modernist artist Kathleen Margaret Graham. These were created during time spent in the north at the Cape Dorset workshops where she made lithographs and taught the Inuit acrylic painting.
The Arctic Series were first exhibited at the Pollock Gallery in Toronto in the seventies. In this lithograph black and gray markings flow across the white canvas.

"In the Arctic I find that nature has been stripped down to its essential elements. That fact plus the extraordinary colour which at times seems to fill the whole Arctic world provides endless stimulation for both drawing and painting." K.M. Graham

Born in Hamilton in 1913, she received a B.A. in home economics from Trinity College at the University of Toronto. Graham was well-travelled and frequently visited local galleries where her love of art grew. As a docent at the Art Gallery of Toronto, she met artists, observed their work, and became especially interested in the art of Piet Mondrian and the American colour field painters. She was never formally trained as an artist. Graham’s first exhibition was held at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery, Toronto, in 1967. She became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1973 and participated in several notable group exhibitions, such as "The Heritage of Jack Bush" at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa (1981-82), and "Fourteen Canadians: A Critic's Choice," a series of works selected by critic Andrew Hudson to be shown at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (1977).

Graham's work is held in private, corporate and public collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the McMichael Canadian Collection.

FRAMED
24.5 × 32.5 in