RAY MEAD "THE MEGARON" 1975A founding member of Painters Eleven, Ray Mead (1921 1988) occupies a distinct place within the arc of postwar Canadian abstraction. Mead immigrated to Canada and settled in Hamilton in 1946. He had important relationships with Walter Yarwood and Hortense Gordon. The later shared many of her lessons that she had absorbed from studying with Hans Hoffmann. In the early 1950s, Mead made several trips to New York City, intrigued by the nascent dominance

adorned with flecks of blood orange

"Dark Pines"

Relief print with 23 carat-gold letterpress hot-stamping

flat style--with planes of colour distilling the scene to it's most important elements

"Stretch #30" is a smaller gem and the last canvas created in the series

"Untitled" (Aka "Miss Denim")

The detail in this print

the Tate and the Metropolitan all have examples of his work from this era in their permanent collections

This playful piece depicts Queen Elizabeth mounted on a moose

and merlot

Museum London and the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto)

This bold and extremely rare work on paper was created in the same year as his first solo show