Roy Austin "Settler's Road #2" Oil on Board, 1994 Daniel Two of Cannon's record sleeve

Two of Cannon's record sleeve designs — Definitely Maybe (Oasis) and This Is Music (The Verve) — featured in Q magazine's "The Hundred Best Record Covers Of All Time"

Face is hand painted by the artist

Details: "Heading Out

forests and cityscapes of Ontario

Roy Austin "Settler's Road #2" Oil on Board, 1994 Daniel Two of Cannon's record sleeveRoy Austin (1910 1997) was born in Faversham, England and emigrated to Canada a year later. After a short stay in Toronto, his family settled in Orangeville, Ontario. Growing up surrounded by the rural countryside, the young Austin developed a keen appreciation of the beautiful Ontario landscape. In 1930, at age 20, Roy Austin enrolled at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and studied painting and design under J. W. Beatty, J. E. H. Macdonald,