T. Mower Martin was born in London England but immigrated to Muskoka Ontario in 1862, later moving to Toronto. As a well established artist he was given passes by the Canadian Pacific Railway to paint landscapes in Western Canada. He illustrated two books, was a founding member of the Ontario Society of Artists (1872), a charter memberof the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1880) and a member of the Royal British Colonial Society of Artists (1909).