Award-Winning Artist
50 Years In Exhibition
Currently in the Galleries
Durham Art Gallery
Margins & Peripheries
juried exhibition
My recent painting "Cruise Ship Confidential"
Selected by the jury for the 2025 exhibition
Awarded The Painting Prize
February 8 - April 6, 2025
Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts
45th Annual Juried Art Show 2025
Opens April 2nd 2025
RECENTLY ON SHOW
About
Robert Pointer is a Canadian artist working in the Georgian Bay-Collingwood region of Ontario. His paintings have been exhibited for over 50 years. He paints with clarity, simplicity, honesty, truth.
His paintings are in collections in Toronto, Vancouver, Kingston, California, and Australia.
Read a recently published article about Robert Pointer and his work:
"Within Grasp"
Rrampt Magazine, Summer 2021
"Robert Pointer, Painting Our Lives"
Recent Shows
Blue Mountain Foundation For the Arts
Collingwood, Ontario "Horizontal/Vertical" Pointer-Smiley On until April 1st 2023
Blue Mountain Foundation For the Arts
Collingwood, Ontario"Time Capsule" Group show
The Flesherton Art Gallery
Flesherton, Ontario "Sunsets" Group show...on now
The Gallery at L.E. Shore Thornbury Sept 3rd to Sept 28 - Outdoor Adventures View the Catalogue
Blue Mountain Foundation For The Arts -Paint The Town - JULY 26 to September 3, 2022
Blue Mountain Foundation For The Arts - Art About Town
Campbell House Art Project
Palliative Residence, Collingwood
Town of The Blue Mountains Municipal Arts Program
Federation of Canadian Artists, Toronto Chapter - Spring Thaw - March 17 to April 16, 2022 View Virtual Tour
Blue Mountain Foundation For The Arts -The Floral Art Sow - Art In Bloom Feb 9 to March 31, 2022
Blue Mountain Foundation For The Arts - Art About Town
Robert Pointer Studio-Gallery: Autumn Leaves Studio Tour
Oct 1,2,3
Federation of Canadian Artists - Show Up Show - September 16 to September 30th, 2021
The Flesherton Art Gallery
The Escarpment Series
Solo Exhibition
July - September 2021
View the Catalog:
Find My Work Online
Online Gallery
"Robert Pointer’s work probes the ennui of being, but it also examines the exhilaration of souls breaking free... Juxtaposed against the sturm and drang of daily life, his images deliver the promise of being part of a greater story."
Dawn Ritchie, Goodlife Magazine - Georgian Bay - Summer 2018
"Amazing. Visceral. Powerful."
Kathleen Charters
"Stunning pieces, so inspirational!"
Anna Smith
"Man. You are a legend...Prolific and masterful. Damn."
James C. Lahey
A selection of artwork from the past 45 years.
Recent Exhibitions
