Stephen Altena
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Upper Canadian Living: A Montgomery's Inn Intervention
September-November 2019
Montgomery's Inn, A City of Toronto Museum, Etobicoke ON

Since it was built in the 1830’s, Montgomery’s Inn has had a long and varied history.  The original decorative elements have long since vanished.  This series of paintings is an attempt to reintroduce decorative elements and motifs to the Inn.  The paintings represent a sampling of wallpaper patterns that would have been found in any respectable Upper Canadian Home, at that time.  
By visiting historical homes that existed around the same time as Montgomery’s Inn, such as: MacKenzie House (Toronto), Dundurn Castle and Whitehern (Hamilton), I have discovered patterns and decorative motifs that would have been typical of that era.  The ornamentation, specifically the historical wallpapers, are the inspiration for these paintings.  

Dundurn Castle Gothic. 2019, oil on canvas, 24”x30” $525
Dundurn Castle Gothic. 2019, oil on canvas, 24”x30” $525
Lady MacQuesten. 2019, oil on canvas, 24”x36 $550
Mary’s Room. 2019, oil on canvas, 24”x30” $525
Mary’s Room. 2019, oil on canvas, 24”x30” $525
West St. Mary’s. 2019, oil on canvas, 16”x20” $400
  • Home
  • FROLIC 2023
  • Pretty Things 2021
  • In The Shadow Garden
  • Quarantine Garden 2020
  • Paintings 2020
  • Upper Canadian Living: Montgomery's Inn 2019
  • Mckenzie House (2019)
  • The Miss Philippa Savary Residency, Elton House, Bath UK (2018)
  • In Bloom (2018)
  • Another Spring (2018)
  • Luxury Scarves (2016)
  • Wallpaper (2016)
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