Gerrard India Bazaar’s Blue Crow Gallery plays host to new work from Toronto artist Julie Himel this June. Within Definition is a grouping of oil paintings which “looks at the human draw to define and label. In response to highly defined landscapes of place and season, these mixed media works explore transitions and seasonal flux […]
Beach artist Tanya Solonyka swoops into her first solo show this Friday night. Solonyka’s striking, angular style has helped her strong, feminine portraits stand out at various group shows around the neighbourhood. With Night Circus, her first solo show, the mixed-media artist aims to complement her work with planned performances by an aerialist and a […]
This year is the 40th anniversary of the death of William Kurelek, who lived with his family at 175 Balsam Avenue. During the 1960s and ‘70s you could often find his artwork hanging in the homes of his neighbours. Some were gifts and others he bartered for services. My family lived across the road. We […]
Eleven-year-old painter Evan Benson has spent almost three years – nearly a quarter of his life – preparing for his first art show, on now at Mercury Espresso Bar at 915 Queen St. E. through the month of December. The Williamson Road student began honing his artistic chops early after sitting in on an adult […]
His business card now reads “Donald Snider – Artist.” During a 40-year career practising law at his Kingston Road office, Donald Snider affixed his signature to countless wills and real estate contracts. He retired in 2011 and has since turned his attention to signing his name on the corner of a different sort of surface. […]
What does it take to call yourself an artist? For painter and Beach Guild of Fine Art (BGFA) member Marlene Pape it took the encouragement of others to convince her that her work was indeed art, and that she was indeed an artist. “I’m still shocked when people say how amazed they are about my […]
