About the Artist & Writer
For over forty years, Peter Fancy has captured the rich history and beauty of Northern Ontario in his art and writing.
Born in Kirkland Lake and raised along the shores of Lake Temiskaming in the town of Haileybury, Fancy is passionate about Northern Ontario and its mining past and people. Mining shafts and miners feature largely in his early paintings. Since 1983, Fancy has written numerous published books and manuals that document the past lives of thriving Northern Ontario towns and their people and businesses. Northern Ontario is beautifully represented in many of Fancy's oil paintings.
In recent years, Fancy's paintings feature the shorelines, structures and seasonal activities characteristic of Kempenfelt Bay and the surrounding area, where he lives with his wife, Betty Lou.
Peter Fancy is a graduate of Queen's University who enthusiastically taught English for over 30 years. His family, gardening, walking the shores of Kempenfelt Bay, painting, politics and occasional visits North are his current passions...in that order...for the most part.
Born in Kirkland Lake and raised along the shores of Lake Temiskaming in the town of Haileybury, Fancy is passionate about Northern Ontario and its mining past and people. Mining shafts and miners feature largely in his early paintings. Since 1983, Fancy has written numerous published books and manuals that document the past lives of thriving Northern Ontario towns and their people and businesses. Northern Ontario is beautifully represented in many of Fancy's oil paintings.
In recent years, Fancy's paintings feature the shorelines, structures and seasonal activities characteristic of Kempenfelt Bay and the surrounding area, where he lives with his wife, Betty Lou.
Peter Fancy is a graduate of Queen's University who enthusiastically taught English for over 30 years. His family, gardening, walking the shores of Kempenfelt Bay, painting, politics and occasional visits North are his current passions...in that order...for the most part.
