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Canadian Shield Gallery

A pale maple leaf floating on clear water over stones, between two panels of red rippled water, in the shape of the Canadian flag

Canadian Shield
Gallery

Photographs from North Frontenac, by Owen Phillips.

“The images I take represent the simple beauty that surrounds me and where I study and reside here on magnificent Lake Kashwakamak.”

Owen Phillips is a photographer in North Frontenac. Many of his images are made close to home, and his studio is at the historic Fernleigh Lodge in Fernleigh.

Selected work

Limited edition prints, available in many sizes.

Extreme close-up of a deer's eye and nose in low gold light — Deer, close

A hummingbird with green back feathers perched on a red feeder — Hummingbird

An orange and black butterfly on a purple lupine flower — Butterfly on lupine

A young deer looking out from behind a dark tree trunk, ears raised — Deer by the tree

A barred owl close up, head tilted, against a pale background — Owl, head tilted

A weathered shingled wall with an open black window and blue irises below — Old shingles, blue iris

A tiny turtle with an orange-brown shell held in the palm of a hand — Baby turtle

Deer in profile

Orange maple leaves over a log building with a steel roof — Maple and log cabin

In the studio

The gallery sits in the historic Fernleigh Lodge. This year Owen expanded his portfolio and opened a new studio and gallery space there, where the work is produced.

Prints: Limited edition images in many sizes, matted or on canvas.
Stained glass: Sun catchers.
Crystals: A selection from around the world.

A long wooden table covered in sleeved photographic prints of many sizes, matted prints at the front — The print table

Canvas prints of a barred owl, a lake at dusk and a sunset, behind rows of crystals on black velvet — Canvas prints and crystals

A matted print of a deer beside smaller prints of a snowy barn, a lake sunset and a pink flower — Matted and smaller prints

Life on Kashawakamak

Taken around the lodge fall 2026

Entering Fernleigh Lodge

The kitchen and dining room

Quick bite to eat

Lake kashwakamak

Maple leafs

Sunset study on Kash

Another sun set study on Kashawakamak

Sun set

Kashwakamak

The Manor

Fernleigh Lodge, a log building seen through pink crabapple blossom

Visit

Fernleigh Lodge
1796B South Road
Fernleigh, Ontario

Studio 4 on the North Frontenac Backroads Studio Tour. The 2026 tour ran September 26 and 27, Owen's third year on it. All are welcome.

Get directions Studio tour page