Florence Wright contacted me in 2017 at the Lambton House reception for Toronto Doors Open. The details are described in the November 8, 2017 Curator’s Blog “Who is Florence Wright and Why is She Important?” https://www.claraharrisart.com/single-post/2017/10/25/Who-Is-Florence-Wright-and-Why-Is-She-Important Since then Florence and I have kept in touch. Florence, a student of Clara’s and an accomplished artist in her own right, revealed so many details of life as a woman ar

Recently Pat W. sent this inquiry: Good afternoon Verna. Our family owns this Clara Harris painting. I took a picture of the front and back. There is a piece of tape on the back with the word “Scarlet” I don’t know if that will be of any help. No location information was visible. It is painted on canvas. I really love the feeling you get from the child walking on a country road in a time and place during simpler times Scarlet Road

Readers might remember the story of Jennifer Churchill who brought her painting to the Toronto Doors Open 2017 exhibit. Jennifer took a small package out of her purse and unwrapped it: it was a small winter sketch of Huntsville. It was the smallest Clara painting I’ve seen so far: a miniscule 8 x 10” on board. (Blog of October 25, 2017, When Good Things Come- In Small Packages) I thought the scene looked familiar. But Clara did so many snow scenes that it's easy to conf