KAWARTHA LAKES-Ruth Belbeck was just four years old when she first picked up a paintbrush after her grandpa Robertson made her an easel. She spent hours with him patiently teaching her how to paint. He was an accomplished painter who owned a gallery and sold his work to Casa Loma. On the weekends she and grandpa Robertson would pack up and head out to Kleinberg where they would sit on the grass and paint with other artists including A.J. Casson who was a member of the Group of Seven. She has followed in her grandfather’s footsteps and has been teaching out of her home studio in Bobcaygeon since 1970. Belbeck is having an art show and sale at the Boyd Heritage Museum in Bobcaygeon until August 27th.
Hear Belbeck talk about her grandpa and painting with Casson as well as how the pandemic influenced her work in the video below.
