While there, Bloore exhibited with Ken Lochhead, Art McKay, Ted Godwin and Douglas Morton in the National Gallery of Canada's Five Painters from Regina show in 1961.
[3] But Bloore quarreled with McKay over "his" use of the circle[3] and by 1964, however, the group had split up.
It consists of layers of white oil paint in different shades, finishes and surfaces, and was conserved and re-installed in 2019.
[5] Bloore was also a writer, and brought the career of folk artist Jan Gerrit Wyers to critical attention, among other subjects.
In 1993, he also was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from York University and in 2001 an honorary Doctor of Laws degree with the other members of the Regina Five from the University of Regina.