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About Robert-Ralph Carmichael
- Robert-Ralph Carmichael (1937 – July 16, 2016) was a Canadian artist who designed the image of the common loon on the reverse side of the Canadian one-dollar coin.
- The coin takes its name, loonie (huard in French), from the image of the bird on the reverse.
- The artwork depicts a loon swimming in a lake, with coniferous trees visible on a point of land on the horizon.
- Carmichael's initials, RRC, are visible directly under the loon's beak, between the ripples on the surface of the water.Robert-Ralph lived near the northern town of Echo Bay, Ontario in the scenic Sylvan Valley.
- Since 1992, the town has honoured Carmichael with a monument in the shape of the coin located along the highway.
- The monument is called the "Big Loonie" in reference to nearby Sudbury's "Big Nickel" monument. Carmichael's artwork is part of a number of collections, including that of the Government of Ontario in Queen's Park, Toronto, the Canada Council Art Bank in Ottawa, and the Art Gallery of Algoma in Sault Ste.
- Marie in the artist's home province of Ontario.
- In Alberta, his work is in the collections of the University of Calgary and the Alberta Arts Foundation in Edmonton.
- A collection of Carmichael's work can be viewed at Roses Art Gallery in Sault Ste.
- Marie.
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