"Our desire to find or create the perfect home can be sentimental or practical; aesthetic, or deeply emotional.  The compulsion is often fierce, obsessive, even reckless.  The longing emerges out of a private mythology, formed from dreams dreamt long ago in childhood, from images found in children's books, and in reveries of the past.  "Home" takes imaginary form as a place where people are kind, where children flourish, where profound ceremonies are celebrated.  At home there is warmth, light, and comfort.  There is food in abundance; full tables give shape to our idea of holidays.  To these quiet, essential human imaginings, the paintings of Canadian artists offer their own special tribute."

~ Joan Murray, Oshawa, Ontario.  CELEBRATING HOME ~ A Collection of Canada's Best-Loved Painters, Prospero Books, 2008.