In partnership with the Millcroft Inn, Headwaters Arts members can apply and be selected to hang their art here in the Headwaters Restaurant for a two month period.

The artwork is for sale and when you purchase art here, you are not only supporting a local artist, part of the proceeds goes to supporting Headwaters Arts, a local not-for-profit organization supporting local emerging and established artists in the Headwaters region.

Many thanks to the Millcroft Inn for graciously providing the opportunity for artist members of Headwaters Arts to display their art in the Headwaters Restaurant.

The Earth Laughs in Flowers

Piera Pugliese, artist

The title of this exhibition comes from a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The earth laughs in flowers.” In a single phrase, Emerson captures the joy, vitality, and emotional power flowers bring into our lives. Flowers accompany us through our most meaningful moments. They are given in celebration and sympathy, in love and remembrance, at births, weddings, funerals, and quiet everyday acts of care. Their presence can comfort, uplift, and transform a space or a mood. Long before words are spoken, flowers communicate emotion through colour, fragility, abundance, and scent.
Each spring, after months of dormancy, the earth awakens in blossoms. Trees bloom, gardens emerge, and the landscape bursts into colour, marking renewal, resilience, and the return of life itself. In this series, flowers become more than decorative subjects; they are emotional markers and symbols of connection.

The Earth Laughs in Flowers celebrates the beauty and emotional resonance flowers bring to our lives, reminding us that even the smallest bloom can carry profound meaning.

About the Artist

Piera Pugliese is a Toronto artist who loves painting the landscape and flowers. in this series she reclaims the floral still life as something deeper than decoration, portraits of offered flowers as acts of love, resilience, and renewal. Each bloom, painted with care, becomes a gesture of hope and a reminder that beauty can still heal.
Piera uses oil paint en plein air and in the studio, using bold colour and intuitive mark-making to express both wonder and grief. Her work is an invitation to pause, look closely, and reconnect, with nature, with memory,and with ourselves. Take a moment and breathe.

To purchase an artwork, simply click on the image of the piece you desire and you will be directed to a secure payment system using your credit card. Visa and Mastercard are accepted. A receipt will be emailed to you. Please show your receipt to the dining room staff or at the Millcroft Front Desk  and you can take your beautiful new artwork home.

The front desk can also help with e-transfer if you prefer.

Should shipping be required please contact the artist directly to arrange this. Shipping charges will apply.

Artist contact:        piera@pierapugliese.com

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We acknowledge that the land on which we gather, and on which the Region of Peel operates, is part of the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples inhabited and cared for this land. In particular we acknowledge the territory of the Ani-shinabek, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Ojibway/Chippewa peoples; the land that is home to the Metis; and most recently, the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation who are direct descendants of the Mississaugas of the Credit.

We are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land, and by doing so, give our respect to its first inhabitants.