Gordon Harrison Canadian Landscape Gallery

Lieu a visité

On peut toujours se glisser dedans.. réchauffer nos corps.. s'assoir et admirer des toiles.. regarder les gens. (^^)?

Beautiful Gallery, Great Canadian Landscape Artist.

Decent place ,proactive team.

The owner of the galley is an absolutely amazing human being. Would highly recommend to anyone interested in some excellent art and great customer service.

In October 2021, eight ladies joined Gordon Harrison at his lakeside home in the Laurentians. A lovely spot with a treacherous flagstone stairway (of varying heights & no hand rails - which could be added to the already enchanting vista), when going down from the Studio to the Main house. The main house is the location where "relaxation" times are enjoyed prior to the amazing meals that are created and served by a delightful and an absolutely enchanting chef, named Joanne. . Thus a warning to anyone with hip, feet, knee or balance issues - think long and hard prior to booking this retreat. Gordon Harrison is an amazing artist and wonderful teacher of his style. I was thrilled to be part of the 8 students learning his method of oil painting. However, when our bookings were made, months earlier in the year, I was ensured by Gordon's partner Phil that a suite would be given to my friend and I. Considering that there are only 2 in-house suites available, this becomes a difficult promise to keep, especially, when there are 8 participants, paying over $2,000.00 each for the 3 days there. Needless to say 4 of the participants ended up in the Garage. Two individuals were assigned to the lower floor, sleeping in single beds with a chair acting as a catchall - no tables, no lamps, no doors, no draperies over a large picture window that overlooks the driveway, a bathroom off the studio and no heat (as it was "forgotten" to be turned on) until the day / night after arrival. The second pair of the "garage" group, suffered no doors, told no shoes were to be worn on the stairway or floors, endured an unusual bathing solution, had no where to place their changes of clothes (most individuals do NOT like living out of a suitcase) - although they did have consistent heat. All 4 of these participants were to endure trying to sleep with the smell of drying oil paintings permeating through their environmental space. The Studio was on the main level, attached to the garage. Again with no doors thus allowing noxious fumes to be inhaled by the 4 unlucky participants