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Oil Painting by Arthur Shilling

Arthur Shilling’s vibrant oil painting of four Indigenous family members gathered around colourful blankets hanging to dry outside on a sunny winter day.

Part of OMAH’s Art Collection
Information sourced from thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

Arthur Shilling, artist (b at Rama IR, Orillia, Ont 19 Apr 1941; d there 4 Mar 1986).

The son of Ojibwa parents, Shilling attended the Mohawk Institute Residential School (Brantford, Ont) and the Ontario College of Art. He won national acclaim at his first solo show in Ottawa in 1967. Using oil on canvas, he depicted life on the Rama Reserve, where he built an art gallery to encourage local talent. His specialty was portraits in a broad impressionist style.