Proudly Canadian
Based in Simcoe County
Norman Robert Catchpole
Catchpole's Studio
Ignite the Passion
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A tribute to
Gordon Lightfoot
​1938-2023​
"The Many Faces of Gord"
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A collaborative effort by Catchpole & Shackleton
​$1999.00 Cdn.​​​
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Concept and Design: RuthAnn Shackleton-Catchpole
Collage brought to life on canvas by Norman Robert Catchpole
Lightfoot was the quintessential Canadian songwriter/storyteller and we just can't get enough of him. The more we researched on our first collage "Picking Up the Pieces", the more we wanted to know and realized a second collage would be in the works, hence "The Many Faces of Gord".
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We chose to present this collage in black and white acrylic to offer a dramatic contrast and to also transport us back to an era when Ligthfoot was emerging as a musician.
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Our collage is comprised of 7 individual gallery wrapped canvas (acrylic on canvas) of various sizes, 20"x10", 12"x12" and 10"x12", mounted on board and presented in a floating metal frame. The finished piece, including frame is 36"x36".
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​We hope you enjoy this piece as much as we did while developing the concept and bringing it to fruition on canvas.
Collage Key
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 Pensive Gord24"x10" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. b. November 17, 1938 (Orillia, ON) d. May 1, 2023 (Toronto, ON) The Mariners' Church in Detroit (the "Maritime Sailors' Cathedral" mentioned in "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald") honoured Lightfoot the day after his death by ringing its bell a total of 30 times, 29 for each of the crewmen lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald and the final time for Lightfoot himself. |  Young Gord at mike10"x12" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas In 1967, Lightfoot embarked on his first-ever cross-country tour as part of Festival Canada. Riding a new wave of nationalism in Canada, it did not take long for Lightfoot to be catapulted from playing in Yorkville clubs to headlining Toronto’s Massey Hall. Based on a photo by Harold Whyte, Toronto Star, 1960's. |  Gord at 5412"x10" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas "Despite his legendary off-stage shyness, Lightfoot loves being one of the best known of all Canadians." "I'm as Canadian as they come. I love it; I love Canada. I really do, sincerely. It makes me feel so fortunate, to live in a country like Canada." from an interview with Peter Howell, Toronto Star (early 1990's) |
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 Gord @ Junos12"x12" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas Lightfoot didn't win a specific Juno Award in 1980, but he was recognized as the Canadian Male Recording Artist of the Decade for the 1970s that year and he was present at the ceremony, seen applauding. Lightfoot had already won numerous Junos by then and continued to win more, ultimately receiving 17 in his career plus a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1986. |  From his final album cover12"x10" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas Gordon Lightfoot's album "At Royal Albert Hall" was released on July 14, 2023. The album was recorded live at the venue on May 24, 2016 and its release was a posthumous one, following his death on May 1, 2023. A double album featuring an unedited mix of the concert performance, as requested by Lightfoot himself before his passing. |  The Interview10"x12" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas February 26, 1975: Lightfoot being interviewed by the Toronto Star's Peter Goddard at the Pilot Tavern. The Pilot Tavern is still operating and is located at 22 Cumberland Street in Yorkville, Toronto, ON. Painting based on a photo by Jeff Goode |
 1960's Gord24"x10" Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas This image is based on a photo taken by Bert Block (1968) of Bert Block Management during a photo shoot in the alley behind Massey Hall in Toronto. |