Taking Care II

October 11, 2025 - January 4, 2026

Bell's image depicts two seated figures facing one another in brown paint on a pale background of flat paint.

Leland Bell

How the Fish Got Their Names, 1979
acrylic on canvas

Gift of Tamara Butler and Andre Boaden, 1987.
Collection of the Art Gallery of Peterborough.

a group of figures in the Woodland style of artist Daphne Odjig

Daphne Odjig

Tales from the Smokehouse #3, 1970
acrylic on board

Gift of Tamara Butler, 1987
Collection of the Art Gallery of Peterborough

Kenojuak Ashevak

Sun Owl, 1963
stone cut on paper, ed. 28/50

Gift of Dr. John Bell, 1997
Collection of the Art Gallery of Peterborough

Michael Robinson

Fragile Rock #2, 1990
etching on paper, AP 6

Purchased with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program, 1998
Collection of the Art Gallery of Peterborough

image of a crouched figure on an icy foreground with an RL 207 plane pointed at them. In the background is a cityscape

John Boyle

RL207, 1982
serigraph in baked porcelain on steel

Gift of the artist, John Boyle, 2003. Collection of the Art Gallery of Peterborough

works from the Permanent Collection

Kenojuak Ashevak, Pitseolak Ashoona, Barbara Astman, Peter Barron, Ann Beam, Carl Beam, Leland Bell, David Bierk, John Boyle, Marlene Creates, Lena Daling, Tom Forrestall, Leonard Hutchison, Alex Janvier, Joshim Kakegamic, Nobuo Kubota, John MacGregor, Daphne Odjig, Martin Panamick, Michael Robinson, Clemence Wescoupe

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