JOHN BRADFORD MacCALLUM Artist/Painter

John Bradford MacCallum grew up on a farm in Marshfield. A son of the late Raymond and Aldry (Coles) MacCallum, he left home in his early teens, travelling through Canada and the USA, making travelling money through his paintings and odd jobs. Returning to PEI in 1979, at age thirty, he took up residence at Brackley Beach and began to take his art more seriously.

As an artist, John is self—taught, beginning drawing at an early age and has been developing his skills for most of his life. Over the years, he has studied the styles of many famous artists and well renowned local artists such as Robert Harris and the late H. Barry Bugden of PEI. The greatest influence on his work came from the

French Impressionists, especially Claude Monet. His favourite mediums of expression are through watercolour, pastel and oil and he likes developing paintings on location.

The artist’s most significant work is the re-creation of Robert Harris’ Fathers of Confederation, destroyed in the Parliament Buildings fire in 1916.

John MacCallum was commissioned by Veterans Affairs to paint a large mural called D-Day: Juno‘Beach 1944. It now hangs in the atrium of the Veterans Affairs Canada building in Charlottetown.

From a profile written by

the Artist, John B. MacCallum.

May. 1999

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Guardian photo by Heather Taweel Dr. Hubert McNeil], left, and J. David Nicholson, Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada, speak with John MacCallum, artist of Canadians Landing at Juno Beach, D-Day, a mural painting which was unveiled at the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Charlottetown. It was unveiled during a special event to commemorate the D-Day landings and the Canadians who participated in the historical event.