Description:

We are pleased to offer an Orenco Originals Counted Cross Stitch Chart, Pattern, Graph

McCaulay Point, British Columbia Canada 1924 Landscape by Canadian Artist Emily Carr Counted Cross Stitch Pattern

Counted Cross Stitch Chart Specifics:

·        Size: 16 inches (224 stitches) by 12 inches (168 stitches)

·        Fabric Size: This chart is designed for 14 count fabric

·        Fabric Color: We suggest using ivory or white fabric

·        Thread: This chart is designed for DMC Cotton Floss

·        # Floss Colors: This chart calls for 40 colors

Note to Stitchers: You will receive a chart that is of the entire image including the background.  You can stitch the background or stitch on your choice of a 14-count solid cloth and create a raised embossed effect.

***This is NOT a Kit-Purchase for graph-pattern-chart only***

This chart was inspired by the artwork of Emily Carr.  Emily Carr, 1871 1945, was a Canadian artist and writer heavily inspired by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. One of the first painters in Canada to adopt a Modernist and Post-Impressionist painting style, she did not receive widespread recognition for her work until late in her life. As she matured, the subject matter of her painting shifted from aboriginal themes to landscapes—forest scenes in particular. As a writer, Carr was one of the earliest chroniclers of life in British Columbia. The Canadian Encyclopedia describes her as a "Canadian icon".

Canadian Group of Seven: Believing that a distinct Canadian art could be developed through direct contact with nature, the Group of Seven is best known for its paintings inspired by the Canadian landscape, and initiated the first major Canadian national art movement. The Group of Seven, also known as the Algonquin School, was a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920 to 1933, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley. Later, A. J. Casson was invited to join in 1926; Edwin Holgate became a member in 1930; and LeMoine FitzGerald joined in 1932.Two artists commonly associated with the group are Tom Thomson and Emily Carr. Although he died before its official formation, Thomson had a significant influence on the group. In his essay "The Story of the Group of Seven", Harris wrote that Thomson was "a part of the movement before we pinned a label on it"; Thomson's paintings