A new documentary premiering this weekend at the Vancouver International Film Festival offers a deep dive into the personal and professional life of the renowned Canadian landscape painter E.J. These results are a testament to the enduring strength of Hughes’s market and his lasting legacy.”E.J. Hughes painting outdoors in 1944 Photo by Fern HughesAccording to Strom, the documentary was inspired by a series of Hughes books published by the Victoria-based author and artist Robert Amos. “Over that time, some major Hughes works have come up for auction—allowing us to locate and film many of his most famous paintings in person. Hughes in the vault at the Vancouver Art Gallery Photo by Kevin EastwoodThat painstaking attention to detail is mirrored in Strom’s film.