Kathleen Morris

Kathleen Morris

I am really enjoying meeting other like minded people in the sketch groups I belong to.  We live in the city and most of our meet ups involve sketching the urban environment.  Kathleen Morris (1893-1986) is a Montreal artist who also captured the city.
Kathleen, like many other members of her art group called Beaver Hall, was from a wealthy family.  She had a handicap which impaired her coordination and speech yet she had a wonderful sense of humour and was determined to live a life of joy despite her problems.


I love her winter scenes of the horses and carts waiting outside the church to take their owners home for lunch.
The bold colours and simplified forms make these paintings very charming.  No wonder Kathleen Morris paintings have been made into stamps and Christmas cards over the years.