Unique Muskoka August

through life,” he says. “So
mine was the creative
problem-solving mind and a
sense of rightness. I know when
something is off.”
While his focus is mainly
impressionist fine art, his work
has ranged from painting,
photography, building design,
graphic design, boat design,
commissioned portraiture, and
custom work commissioned
by corporate clients. He has had exhibitions
throughout North America and has earned a
number of awards, including a Golden
Squeegee Award/ World’s Best Serigraph from
the Screen Printers Association. He created the
silkscreen work in collaboration with Michael
Caza of Atelier D’Art in Paris, France, who is
world-renowned for his work with Picasso,
Miro, Chagall and Dali.
Fromme-Douglas has worked in all
mediums and enjoys the creative stimulation
that comes with mastering a new technique.
For example, he will take a photograph and
transform it using a different medium and
his 30 years of photo editing and manipulating
skills.
“There’s a constant desire for me to come
up with something that no one else has done.
That’s what drives me to the next thing,” he
says.
Fromme-Douglas is currently working
with 500 of more than 1,500 black and
white photos from the
Cameron Peck boat collection.
These photos, which
have not been seen by the
public, feature boats that
Peck had either built or
acquired. These boats were
seen around Lake of Bays and
the Muskoka area in the ‘20s,
‘30s and ‘40s. Since he was a
boy, Peck and his family used
to travel from Chicago, IL to
the Baysville area for their summer vacations.
He later became a boat enthusiast and
amassed a collection of 40 to 50 boats and
steamers. Some of the vessels were stored at
the Baysville Marina, which he once owned.
Fromme-Douglas stumbled upon the images
when a friend had a CD that contained a
small sampling of the photos.
In addition, Fromme-Douglas is also
working on a series of new art titled
Movement. He started it last summer and
Top: Peter Fromme-Douglas created this massive John Lennon painting, A Crack In The Wall, which is on display in his Port Carling gallery.
Above: Fromme-Douglas stands next to his wall of “romanticized” historic photographs of Muskoka. He is currently working with 500 of more than 1,500
black and white photos from the Cameron Peck boat collection. These photos have not been seen by the public and feature boats that Peck had either
built or acquired, seen around Lake of Bays and the Muskoka area in the 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s.
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