Slices of Temiskaming
by Laura Landers
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Laura Landers was born and raised in Noranda, Quebec. One of her main interests even as a child was drawing and painting everything she could. In high school she drew classmates' and teachers' portraits and took her first art class after school with Noranda artist Gwen Cameron. After she married in 1970, I continued to draw and to supply teach arts and crafts in a local school.
In 1978 her family moved to Espanola, Ontario. The breathtaking mountain range of LaCloche, Manitoulin Island and the North Shore struck a chord with me. She became involved with the annual LaCloche Art Show and have exhibited her work with them for thirty years and recently was given the title of Distinguished Artist. As well, the Willisville Mountain Project was to raise awareness of the potential quarrying of this particular LaCloche mountain where many members of the Group of Seven created their most important works.
In 1981 she moved to Timmins where she became a member of the Porcupine Art Club and the Northern Ontario Artist Association. Moving to Haileybury, Ontario in 1984 she began a career in custom framing out of our home called Laura's Art Shoppe. At this point she developed the Slices of Temiskaming series. Soon the series expanded to over 70 art pieces and unlimited edition giclée prints.
She moved her frame shop into Canvas and Clay in New Liskeard, owned by Carolyn Campsall. Being a member of the local art club and with my N.O.A.A. affiliation was a great way for them to tap in to the prolific artist network in this region. She has taught numerous workshops for adults and children both privately and through the Temiskaming Art Gallery, the local schools and art clubs. In 2011 Laura's Art Shoppe moved to its current location on Silver Street in Cobalt.
Because of her family and wonderful friends who encouraged her throughout the bad times and praise her throughout the good, she has the confidence to grow as an artist who revels in the world around her and the people in it.
To acquire any of the Slices of Temiskaming giclée prints or to view or purchase original works of art, please visit her store at 36 Silver Street, Cobalt or her website: www.laurasartshoppe.com
Slices and Tableaux are available locally at the following outlets: Chat Noir Books, New Liskeard; President's Suites, Haileybury; Temiskaming Shores & Area Chamber of Commerce, Dymond; Garlin's Gift Gallery Plus, Englehart; and White Mountain Publications, Cobalt.
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ISBN: 9781894747714 | WMPub# 1054 | 8" x 8" | 74 pages with full colour photos | $24.95
Table of Contents
3 Dedication
7 Introduction
Views Around Lake Temiskaming
8 Martineau Bay
9 Dawson Point
10 Former Look Out at Devil's Rock
11 Devil's Rock (South)
12 Haileybury, Overlooking the Lake
13 Get The Net! Fishing on Lake Temiskaming
14 Ice Fishing
15 Enchanted Forest, Fort Temiskaming, QC
16 Northern Lights
Cobalt
17 Legend of CobaltFred Larose and the Fox
19 Silver Street, Cobalt
20 Headframes of Cobalt
21 Classic Theatre, Silver Street
22 Fraser Hotel, Silver Street
23 Cobalt Train Station
24 Cobalt-Haileybury Curling Club
25 Temiskaming Nordic Ski Club, Cobalt
26 That's My Bobby!
27 Cobalt Artists' Colony
28 St. Patrick's School, Cobalt
29 First OPP Station, Cobalt
30 Autumn Days, Cobalt
31 Cobalt Heritage Trail, Headframe # 96
32 Highway Book Shop, Highway 11, Cobalt
33 Inside Highway Book Shop
Latchford
34 Aubrey Cosens Memorial Bridge
35 Shortest Covered Bridge, Latchford
Temagami
36 Temagami Fire Tower
37 Temagami Canoe Company
38 Temagami Train Station
Haileybury
39 Ferguson Avenue, Haileybury
40 Haileybury School of Mines, and Rockwalk, (Northern College) Haileybury
41 Haileybury District Court House
42 Haileybury Fire Hall
43 Haileybuy Public School
44 Restored Streetcar, Haileybury Heritage Museum
45 Tri-Town Ski Village
46 Last Minute Adjustments
47 Little Blades On Ice, Haileybury
48 Haileybury Beach
49 Art in the Park, Haileybury
50 Haileybury Golf Course
New Liskeard
51 Armstrong Street, New Liskeard
52 New Liskeard Public School
53 Empire Theatre
54 At the Playground, New Liskeard Waterfront
55 New Liskeard Mini-Putt
56 For The Love Of Dogs
57 New Liskeard Public Library
58 In A Different Light - New Liskeard Public Library
59 Little Tykes, New Liskeard
60 New Liskeard Santa Claus Parade
61 Riverside Farmers' Market, New Liskeard
Dymond
62 Ms. Claybelt, Dymond
63 New Liskeard Agricultural Barn
64 Original Shepherdson Basket Works
65 Little Claybelt Homesteaders Museum
66 New Liskeard Golf Course
67 Pete's Dam
Hudson Township
68 Triangle Hill
Earlton
69 Frosty Winter's Day, along Highway 11, Earlton.
70 The Little Claybelt
Englehart
71 Kap-Kig-Iwan, Englehart
72 Steam Buffs, Earlton
Kirkland Lake
73 Government Road, Kirkland Lake
74 Laura Landers Biography