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LOVE PAT, acrylic on canvas, 2005, painted by Charles Pachter. Used with permission from the artist.
Charles Pachter told me that he sent “Love Pat 2005” to the Queen at Buckingham Palace. A letter from the palace was sent to Pachter assuring him that it would be hung in a “suitable location.”



Charles Pachter - The Queen and Moose Series


The QUEEN and MOOSE images are Pachter’s best known explorations of Canada’s national identity. When these paintings were first exhibited in 1973, they elicited hostile reactions from many art critics. Today, they are regarded affectionately as contemporary pop art icons of a post-colonial society in transition.
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DRESSAGE, acrylic and coloured pencil on canvas, Charles Pachter, used with permission of the artist. Reproduced in Chapter Six.
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The author with Charles Pachter at RiverBrink Art Museum, Queenston, ON (October 2011). Photo by Fred Hayward UE.

Who is Charles Pachter? 
Taken from www.cpachter.com

One of Canada’s leading contemporary artists, Charles Pachter is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian, and lecturer. He was born in Toronto and holds degrees from the University of Toronto, the Sorbonne, and the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He holds honorary doctorates from Brock University, the Ontario College of Art & Design, and the University of Toronto. He is a member of the Order of Canada, a Chevalier of France’s Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and a recipient of the Queen’s Jubilee medal.

His paintings hang in public and private collections around the world. Those of of the queen, moose, and maple leaf flag are pop icons of Canadian art. 
His flag paintings hang in the Toronto Stock Exchange, in the Canadian Embassy in Washington, and in the Parliament buildings in Ottawa. His murals of Hockey Knights in Canada highlight a Toronto subway station. Retrospective Pachter exhibitions have toured France, Germany, Japan, and India. 

McClelland & Stewart publications include an illustrated biography, and The Journals of Susanna Moodie, his celebrated collaboration with poet Margaret Atwood. His two children’s books, M is for Moose, and Canada Counts, published by Cormorant Books, are Canadian best sellers.
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Charles Pachter with Governor General David Johnston after being promoted to an Officer within the Order of Canada. September 28th, 2012.