White Rock Museum & Archives

Ongoing Morosan: The Man Who Painted White Rock. Vojislav (Voja)Morosan was born in Belgrade and immigrated to Ontario in 1968 before moving to White Rock in 1996. Sales of the paintings of historic buildings he did on weekends in southern Ontario towns in the mid 1970s, enabled Morison to quit his job as a commercial artist and take up painting full time. What followed was a long career of “painting the towns” near wherever he lived, in a quest to preserve these communities’ historic charm. In White Rock, Morosan was a familiar sight, painting plein air (outdoors) with his easel, folding chair, ubiquitous straw hat, and his faithful Yorkie, Pebble. This retrospective exhibit, facilitated by Morosan’s wife Norma, features works from the 1970s until Morosan’s death in 2008.