Hidden Secrets of the Canvas: One Couples Lifetime Quest to Uncover a Century Old Mystery

A century ago, Canada’s Group of Seven artists began to capture the raw beauty of the Canadian landscape in their paintings. In 1977, Sue and Jim Waddington set off on their own decades-long expedition in search of those painting locations immortalized by the Group of Seven. Determined to locate, document, and photograph the actual landscapes that inspired and influenced the brushes of A.Y. Jackson, Franklin Carmichael, Arthur Lismer, Lawren Harris, A.J. Casson, J.E.H. MacDonald, Tom Thomson, and Frederick Varley, the Waddingtons embarked on an artistic expedition that carried them across Canada from sea to sea to sea. Now, decades later, Sue and Jim attempt a return to where their journey of discovery began.