The international rate
stamp features artist Christopher Wallis' "Scene from the Life of
the Blessed Virgin," a stained glass window found in St. Stephen's
Ukrainian Byzantine Rite Roman Catholic Church in Calgary.
Born in London, England in 1930, Wallis was educated at the
Hammersmith School of Arts and Crafts and served a four-year
apprenticeship in stained glass in the Ecclesiastical Art Studios
of Martin Travers and Lawrence Lee in London. He came to Canada in
1956 and settled in the Grand Bend, Ontario region about 70 km
northwest of London. Here, he established his own company,
Christopher Wallis Stained Glass Ltd.
Since 1959, Wallis has produced mainly commissioned works,
and has designed and crafted over 800 stained glass windows in
Canada and the United States.
Wallis' works include windows in St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral
in London, Christ Church Anglican Cathedral and Government House
in Victoria; New Baptist Church in Prince Albert; and within Ontario,
St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral in London, Rideau Hall in Ottawa,
and Osgoode Hall in Toronto.
Rideau Hall Virtual Tour
British Society of Master Glass Painters
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Joseph's College
Royal Canadian Regiment Museum
