"My Red Cabin, Lake Huron," An Elliott Best Original

There is something about Lake Huron — the granite, the pines, the particular quality of light on cold northern water — that asks to be painted boldly. It is the kind of landscape that made the rest of the world see Canada differently.

This Elliott Best original answers that call. A red cabin sits on the shores of Lake Huron — the world's third-largest Great Lake, stretching west toward the horizon — painted with bold colour and expressive brushwork.

The red of the cabin against the blue of the water and the green of the treeline is a distinctly Canadian palette. It is the colour of cottage country. It is the colour of summer.

For anyone who has ever stood on the shore of Lake Huron and understood, without needing to be told, exactly why painters have always been drawn to it.