Jon Butler

Visions of La Cloche:  Ontario’s Spiritual Mountains

La Cloche Photograph Exhibit – Visions of La Cloche:
 Ontario’s Spiritual Mountains

“Simple but very complex”, “Zen photography” and “Photos that invoke spirituality” are some of the phrases used to describe photographer Jon Butler’s upcoming exhibit at the Centennial Museum & Gallery in Sheguiandah on Manitoulin Island.

Butler's exhibit ‘Visions of La Cloche: Ontario’s Spiritual Mountains’ is on a provincial tour this year with stops in Temiskaming Shores, Toronto, Sheguiandah, Muskoka and Kirkland Lake.

The La Cloche photographs provide a window to the way the landscape reveals spirituality. It is a natural inborn spirituality that allows one more awareness, empathy and conscience.

Butler, a resident of Willisville, is a retired newspaper executive who changed his clothes to enjoy the passing seasons of life. He has been capturing and enjoying the light of La Cloche for more than 25 years. Concentrating on solitary, contemplative landscapes and atmospheric effects his analog photographs reflect years of meditation on the subject matter and draw viewers into the light of La Cloche.

The La Cloche area (www.lacloche.ca), with its white quartzite mountains, crystal clear lakes, windswept pines and abundant wildlife, is located in Northern Ontario on the north shore of Georgian Bay with Killarney Park in the east and the town of Spanish in the west.

In 2007, Butler’s exhibit ‘Visions of La Cloche: Ontario’s Spiritual Mountains’ will be on tour at The Temiskaming Art Gallery, Haileybury, Feb. 26 – April 14; Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, 984 Queen St. W., Toronto, May 23 – June 12; Centennial Museum & Gallery, Sheguiandah, Sept. 7 – Oct.13; Muskoka Place Gallery
Port Carling, Oct. 12 – Dec. 30 and The Museum of Northern History, Kirkland Lake, Oct. 17 – Nov. 18.



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For additional information contact Jon Butler at 1-705-285-0823, jonbutlerphotography@gmail.com


 

Temiskaming Art Gallery
Haileybury, Feb. 26 – April 14, 2007

Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts
984 Queen St. W., Toronto, May 23 – June 12, 2007

 Centennial Museum & Gallery
Sheguiandah, Sept. 7 – Oct.13, 2007

 Muskoka Place Gallery
Port Carling, Oct. 12 - Dec. 30, 2007

Museum of Northern History
Kirkland Lake, Oct. 17 – Nov. 18, 2007

Fine Art Photography   www.lacloche.ca 

jonbutlerphotography@gmail.com