Hodgson, Mead and Ronald are on exhibit on Norfolk Arts Centre until March 2020.
The Toronto art scene of the early 1950s was still very much dominated by the Group of Seven's legacy. In 1955, one frustrated young painter, Graham Coughtry, remarked he felt that "every damn tree in the country has been painted". A diverse group of artists that included Tom Hodgson, Ray Mead and William Ronald began to meet, discuss and experiment with abstract painting. These artists were drawn to New York and work of Pollock, de Kooning, Motherwell and other Abstract Expressionist.