The Shape of Wonder

Ottawa · November 7, 2026 · 6:30–9:00 p.m. · By invitation.
A new body of work exploring childhood wonder, memory, and the extraordinary hidden within everyday life.

DISCOVER THE SERIES

LYDIA PÉPIN . CANADIAN PAINTER

Painting the moments that stay with us.

Rooted in observation and story, Lydia Pépin’s oil paintings explore emotion, memory, and the quiet poetry of everyday life. Her work is held in permanent collections including Ottawa City Hall and the United Nations in Geneva.

MORE ABOUT LYDIA
Canadian artist Lydia Pépin painting in her studio
Lydia Pépin at work in her studio.

Portraits with Presence.

Each portrait is a collaboration – created to honour a life, a legacy, or a moment worth preserving

Explore Portraits
Oil portrait of David Smith, retiring General Manager of Ottawa’s Lord Elgin Hotel, painted by Canadian portrait artist Lydia Pepin.
Portrait of David Smythe, commissioned to commemorate his retirement as General Manager of the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa.
Oil portrait of cellist Augustin Wright playing the cello, by Lydia Pépin
Augustin Wright, Cellist, oil on canvas, 30 × 40 inches

The Shape of Wonder

A new series exploring childhood wonder, memory, and the extraordinary hidden within everyday life

Ottawa | November 7th 2026 | 6:30-9:00pm | By Invitation

EXHIBITION DETAILS
Child holding a bucket of minnows while standing in shallow water, oil painting by Lydia Pépin
Bucket of Minnows, oil on canvas, 24 × 30 inches
Child watching jellyfish in Wonders of the Sea, an oil painting by Lydia Pépin
Wonders of the Sea, oil on canvas, 36 × 48 inches
Oil painting of a leopard frog accompanied by children’s drawings of the frog, from Lydia Pepin’s The Shape of Wonder series.
The Little Naturalists — a leopard frog seen through both an artist’s eye and the drawings of children.

Lydia Pépin

Contemporary Canadian Oil Painter – Ottawa, Canada