Art by Houghton

    161 Hurontario street, Collingwood ON

     To purchase a painting or commission a custom one, contact Jon at houghton11@gmail.com or 705 443-7519

 Also showing at Matilda Swanson Gallery, Collingwood ON 

Jon Houghton grew up in Thornbury,  Ontario. After graduating from Lakefield College School in 2003, he  studied Fine Arts at Mount Allison University, majoring in Painting and  Drawing. After three years at Mount Allison, Jon moved to Greece where  he studied Classical painting at the Aegean Center for Fine Arts. He  returned to Canada in 2008 to round out his education with a year at  Ontario College of Art and Design. Jon has since returned to the  Southern Georgian Bay area to open a studio/gallery in downtown Collingwood. 

Since 2016 Jon has been a member of the painting group Untamed Things. Originally formed as a tribute to Tom Thomson on the anniversary of his death, it has grown an evolved into a group of friends with a shared love of exploration and plein air painting, with yearly trips and subsequent shows.  www.untamedthings.com

Jon’s paintings can be recognized by the use of bold colours and graphic style. He works with  oil on canvas and his subject matter is largely made up of scenes from Georgian Bay, The Niagara Escarpment, and Toronto.