CHARLES PACHTER "BLUE BARN" PAINTING, 2018 Harold Town mave Pachter’s most cherished images take

Pachter’s most cherished images take archetypes of Canadiana -- the barn

Playful and a touch irreverent

Gerard Richter is also the subject of a full-length documentary

half-red mylar balloons (a nod to the Catalan flag) in the form of a stylized capsule

with the permission of his widow

CHARLES PACHTER "BLUE BARN" PAINTING, 2018 Harold Town mave Pachter’s most cherished images takeThe barn, along with Queen Elizabeth and the Moose, form a triad of icons that Charles Pachter has repeatedly visited over the course of his career. With confident colors and bold lines Pachter synthesizes a symbol of Canadiana. In this intimate but striking example, there is a wonderful contrast between the sharp graphic qualities of the farm's field and its barn and the expressionist, moody sky. Charles Pachter (b. 1942) is one of the most collected