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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 08/09/2026

The perfect conditions for a peaceful Labour Day paddle on the Gatineau River! 🇨🇦

the Gatineau River shoreline and rippled water

Sarah Hatton paddling a canoe on the Gatineau River with the shore behind her

A view of the light hitting the hills in the Gatineau River Valley

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 02/09/2026

A tiny glimpse of the serene Canadian lakes I have painted over the years. sarahhattonartist.com #CANartist #art #landscape #lakes #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

15 paintings by Sarah Hatton showing various Canadian lakes and shorelines.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 30/08/2026

Just a normal Sunday morning hydronym check in Canada 🇨🇦 #canadasky

Blue Google Maps screenshot over Lake Ontario, showing the proper historic name in perpetuity, x infinity

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 12/04/2026

Summer camping memory: when I realized I was holding my breath, waiting for that last gleam of light to disappear. www.sarahhattonartist.com #CANartist #art #artshare #landscape #canadianart #artists #painting #painters #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Oil painting of the last moments of the setting sun, disappearing behind pine tree silhouettes. The lake in the foreground reflects golden light in its ripples.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 31/03/2026

My lovely dog Fly 🐾 “Sentry”, oil on panel, 2026. 30x24 Watch me create this painting in #ASMR here: youtu.be/MtzGbmI1Rfk 🎧 #art #canadianart #canadianartist #painting #BorderCollie #dogs #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Painting of an alert-looking border collie standing on the rocks at the shore of a river. In the background is the horizon and the reflections of trees on the far shore in the water.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 16/03/2026

“Sunset, wetland reserve”. Oil on panel, 2026. 48” x 60” Watch me create this painting in #ASMR here: youtu.be/2WWJ_XYUnWc  #art #canadianart #canadianartist #painting 🇨🇦

Painting of a forested horizon line in a wetland at sunset. The foreground water reflects the sky and trees, and is dotted with waterlilies. The evening sky is streaked with gold, pink and purple.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 02/03/2026

Here’s a shot from my latest #ASMR video, where I take you behind the scenes in my studio to see and hear me paint a new piece! Full video: youtu.be/RHcSw1YiJOw?... #art #canadianart #canadianartist #painting 🇨🇦

A hand holding a paint brush and applying paint to a large oil painting of water and float planes

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 19/02/2026

Join me at my easel as I paint “Riverside float planes”, my latest ASMR video from my art studio in Chelsea, Quebec: youtu.be/RHcSw1YiJOw Headphones on! 🎧  #ASMR #art #canadianart #canadianartist #painting #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 19/02/2026

Riverside float planes. Oil on panel, 2026. 30” x 48” Watch me create this painting in #ASMR here: youtu.be/RHcSw1YiJOw   #art #canadianart #canadianartist #painting #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Oil painting of the coastline of a river with four float planes lined up in a row along the shore.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 16/02/2026

Saying goodbye to “Midsummer Breeze” moments before it left for its brand new home! 😂 sarahhattonartist.com/paintings #CANartist #art #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Sarah Hatton standing next to a large oil painting of waterlilies on a lake surface.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 23/01/2026

My first painting of 2026! Summer Nymphaea. Oil on panel, 2026. 30″x30″ sarahhattonartist.com #CANartist #art #artshare #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #sketchbox #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Oil painting of the surface of a lake. The treeline and sky is reflected in the rippled water, and a raft of waterlilies bobs on the surface.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 20/01/2026

Relax for a minute, take a few deep breaths , and watch me paint. 💙 sarahhattonartist.com #CANartist #art #landscape #WorkInProgress #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #sketchbox #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 14/01/2026

Bullfrog choir. Oil on panel, 2023. 48″ x 48″ This large scale painting is available! DM for details. #contemporaryart #art #artshare #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #sketchbox #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Large oil painting of the surface of a lake. The treeline and sky is reflected in the rippled water, and a raft of waterlilies bobs on the surface. The lake weeds are visible in the foreground.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 13/01/2026

The second panel is a flat, sky blue painted surface into which a technical diagram of a Spitfire bomber is woodburned. Robert had a toy model of this plane in his studio, and his eyes lit up when he talked about flying them. 8/9

Robert Hyndman sitting in the cockpit of his WW2 Spitfire. He is grinning at the camera.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 13/01/2026

"Robert Hyndman, 94" by Sarah Hatton Oil, resin, wood burning on panel, 2009 45.7 x 137cm (18” x 54”) #art #artshare #canadianart #artists #CanadaRemembers #ottawa #warartists #CanadianForces #CanadianHistory #CanadaSky 🇨🇦 6/9

Three part oil painting portraying the Canadian Artist Robert Hyndman (1915-2009). The first panel is a view of Robert's face. He is gazing to the right, and his face is heavily shadowed, his expression is serious. The second panel is a flat, sky blue surface into which a diagram of a Spitfire plane is woodburned. The third panel shows the close-up detail of Robert's 94 year old hands, resting.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 13/01/2026

When we talked about painting, there was no trace of the 60 years that separated us. I am very grateful for Robert’s service, both to our country, and to generations of painters in #Ottawa. 5/9

Robert Hyndman seated on a white couch in 2009. He is holding a framed portrait of himself taken by Karsh during WW2.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 13/01/2026

Robert wrote back, and over the next four years we exchanged letters, painting tips and critique, and went out to local art shows together. He allowed me to paint his portrait at the age of 94, while I listened to his war stories. It would be the last portrait of him before his death in 2009. 4/9

An array of handwritten letters, notes and photographs from artist Robert Hyndman to artist Sarah Hatton, both of Chelsea, Quebec. They talk about painting and gardening.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 13/01/2026

20 years ago, I received an unexpected phone call from an impeccably formal gentleman who introduced himself as Robert Hyndman, 90. I recognized him immediately as the Canadian War Artist and figurative painter. Robert explained that he had seen my military-themed work in the @ottawacitizen.com 1/9

Robert Hyndman with a selection of his figurative paintings behind him. He is staring intensely at the camera.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 08/01/2026

Hey Bluesky friends, it’s rough out there on social media these days. This painting always soothes my nerves - hope it helps to calm you, too. 💙 sarahhattonartist.com/paintings #CANartist #art #artshare #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #sketchbox #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Oil painting of the moving water surface of a river, with dark shadows from the shore, and lilies gently being tugged by the current.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 18/12/2025

Calm. Nothing but calm. Arrive at twilight (Lac Poisson Blanc). Oil, resin on panel, 2018. 48x 60. sarahhattonartist.com #CANartist #art #artshare #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #sketchbox #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Oil painting of a lake at twilight, with gold and silver ripples leading to a distant, silhouetted shoreline of pine forests and hills.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 09/12/2025

The border collie stare, immortalized. Island 2. Oil on panel, 2011. 30″x30″ sarahhattonartist.com #CANartist #art #artshare #dogs #BorderCollie #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Oil painting of a border collie standing crouched on a rocky outcrop over the river water. She is staring intently at the water surface. The paint drips as the image dissolves near the edges, like a memory.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 26/11/2025

Circle 6 (Bee Works). Honeybees, resin on panel, 2014. I arranged thousands of dead honey bees in symbolic patterns to bring awareness to the plight of worldwide honey bee decline. www.sarahhattonartist.com/bees #bees #sciart #canadianart #artists #savethebees #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

A dizzying optical illusion created by thousands of dead honey bees arranged in a mathematical pattern against a white background.

Close up of a dizzying optical illusion created by thousands of dead honey bees arranged in a mathematical pattern against a white background.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 24/11/2025

Give yourself a minute by the lake. “Island, Joeperry Lake”. Oil, resin on panel, 2016. 48″X48″ Bon Echo Provincial Park 🛶 sarahhattonartist.com/paintings/ #CANartist #art #artshare #nature #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Painting of the Canadian wilderness at Joeperry Lake, Bon Echo provincial park. An island reflects in the rippling water near the forest shore.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 29/09/2025

The on-site sketch vs. the finished painting! "The Point" Oil on panel, 2025. 6x8, 36x36 #CANartist #art #canadianart #artists #painting #painters #sketchbox #CanadaSky DM for enquiries.

Painting of a rippled lake in Canada with a misty far shore. In the middle distance, a piece of land juts out, with pines and driftwood along the water's edge. The painting is in shades of blues and greens.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 25/09/2025

Fall colours be like.. Skinny dip, La Verendrye. Oil, resin on panel, 2016. (30" x 30") sarahhattonartist.com/paintings/ #CANartist #art #artshare #nature #selfportrait #womensart #canadianart #artists #painting #painters #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Oil painting of a woman surrounded by waterlilies, floating with her face breaking the surface of the water, seen looking up from underwater. Lilies, reflections and surface ripples surround her.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 24/09/2025

My figurative side… Fathom 3. Oil, resin on panel, 2014. 48"X48" sarahhattonartist.com/paintings/ #CANartist #art #artshare #nature #selfportrait #womensart #canadianart #artists #painting #painters #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Oil painting of a woman floating with her face breaking the surface of the water, seen looking up from underwater. Reflections and surface ripples surround her.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 09/09/2025

Blood moon over Gatineau Park, Quebec, September 8th, 2025. 🌕 #canadianart #sciart #astronomy #Canada #naturephotography #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Close up photograph of the moon, showing the shadows and texture of the craters. The moon is a striking blood-orange colour

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 24/08/2025

HAPPY PRIDE 🌈 BONNE FIERTÉ, OTTAWA! #canada #pride #LoveIsLove #CanadaSky 🏳️‍🌈

Three women and a border collie posing at the Ottawa Pride Parade 2025.

Two women holding flags posing at the Ottawa Pride Parade 2025.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 30/07/2025

This weekend I’m returning to this lake! I can’t wait to see what new paintings are inspired by this trip! Windward pines. Oil on panel, 2022. 60″x40″ sarahhattonartist.com/paintings/ #CANartist #art #artshare #nature #canadianart #artists #painting #painters #sketchbox #Canada #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Oil painting of a granite island in a lake, with tall pine trees rising from the rock crags. The water reflects the sky and trees in abstract swirls.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 15/07/2025

“FIVE” is still up until July 22, #Ottawa! Come and see my recent paintings! #CANartist #art #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Galerie St-Laurent + Hill
Featuring the works of:
Ariane Dubois, Sarah Hatton, Hilda Oomen, Shaelynn Tredenick, Lenni Workman

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 04/07/2025

Thanks to all who attended last last night in #Ottawa! FIVE is a cool, refreshing break from the summer sun! At Galerie St-Laurent + Hill until July 22! galeriestlaurentplushill.com #CANartist #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #sketchbox #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Artist Sarah Hatton standing in front of three paintings

Three landscape paintings by Sarah Hatton hung together on a gallery wall

The front entrance of Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa. galeriestlaurentplushill.com

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 01/07/2025

Also available in this exhibition at Galerie St-Laurent +Hill: Sandbank island. Oil on panel, 2025. 48”x48”. sarahhattonartist.com/paintings/ #CANartist #art #Ottawa #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #painting #painter #sketchbox #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Oil painting of an island with a distant shore in the background. The water in front of the island is rippled, and shows the sand of the lake shore through its shallow depth.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 28/06/2025

One of the new paintings in this exhibition: "The Point" Oil on panel, 2025. 36”x36” #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 26/06/2025

My work is part of the exhibition FIVE, at Galerie St-Laurent + Hill July 3 - 22, 2025. #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Galerie St-Laurent + Hill presents:
FIVE
July 3 - 22, 2025
Vernissage: Thursday, July 3, 5:00 - 8:00PM

Please join us for our upcoming exhibition FIVE featuring the works of the following artists:

Ariane Dubois
Sarah Hatton
Hilda Oomen
Shaelynn Tredenick
Lenni Workman

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 26/06/2025

Painting delivery day! Exhibition opens next week at Galerie St-Laurent +Hill, Ottawa. sarahhattonartist.com #CANartist #art #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #sketchbox #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Paintings leaning against the wall in a gallery

Galerie St-Laurent + Hill street view, Ottawa

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 19/06/2025

This long, tall, cool drink of water is available! 💙 Paddle’s wake. Oil, resin on panel, 2022. (30″x40″) sarahhattonartist.com/shop/paddles... #CANartist #art #artshare #nature #canadianart #artists #painting #painters #sketchbox #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Oil painting of the green and blue, rippling surface of a lake, recently disturbed by the splash of a canoe paddle.

Oil painting of the green and blue, rippling surface of a lake, recently disturbed by the splash of a canoe paddle.

The painting is placed atop a black couch for size and scale reference.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 12/06/2025

I can still remember the fresh lakeshore air from that overcast afternoon! (Sketch) Lac Jean-Pére. 8.5”x11” sarahhattonartist.com #CANartist #art #artshare #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #sketchbox #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Small oil painting of the shore of a lake on an overcast day. A gnarled tree juts out from the rocky shore. The lake is choppy with small waves.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 03/06/2025

A cute little waterlily sketch! 8”x8” acrylic on panel. sarahhattonartist.com/shop/waterli... #CANartist #art #artshare #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #sketchbox #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Small, square acrylic painting of water lilies on the surface of a lake

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 20/05/2025

It’s *almost* warm enough for backcountry painting season! 🇨🇦☀️ sarahhattonartist.com #CANartist #art #artshare #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #sketchbox #CanadaSky

Sarah Hatton on an island in a lake, seen from over the shoulder. She’s balancing a wood panel on her knees with an unfinished oil painting on it. The trees and boulders she is painting are in front of her.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 13/05/2025

Circle 8. (Bee Works), 2015. My award-winning series about global bee decline: sarahhattonartist.com/bees #CANartist #art #artshare #bees #savethebees #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #sciart #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Circular optical illusion artwork made from thousands of dead honeybees.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 09/05/2025

CONGRATULATIONS, Stella on winning the Heritage College Juried Exhibition prize for first year sculpture! Your hard work, talent, and sense of humour made everybody proud. We love you!! 🦀📞

Stella stands next to a plinth with a ceramic crab sculpture and a prize ribbon.

A surreal ceramic crab sculpture with a prize ribbon for best sculpture.

A surreal ceramic crab sculpture with a telephone on its shell.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 07/05/2025

The colour of the sky is the colour of the water. But never in the shade. 🎨 Surface 30. Oil on panel, 2018. 48”x60″ sarahhattonartist.com #CANartist #art #artshare #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #sketchbox #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Oil painting of the rippled surface of a lake, showing various shades of blues, warm greys and white.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 04/05/2025

Make that favourite memory into an heirloom! ♥️ Commission enquiries are welcome: sarahhattonartist.com The Trio. Oil on panel, 2025. 30”x30” #CANartist #art #commission #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Oil painting of three young boys of varying ages at the shore of a lake. The oldest is holding a long wooden stick. They are quietly exploring.

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Sarah Hatton @sarahhattonartist.com · 01/05/2025

Absolutely peaceful. Glow (Poisson Blanc). Oil on panel, 2018. 20"x 24" 👉 sarahhattonartist.com/shop/glow-po... #CANartist #art #artshare #landscape #canadianart #canadianartist #artists #painting #painter #sketchbox #CanadaSky 🇨🇦

Oil painting of an island with a distant shore in the background at sundown. The water in front of the island is choppy, reflecting deep dark blues and all the colours of the setting sun.

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