We ventured out to Bloor St W this afternoon for the opening of an exhibition of paintings by Claude Breeze.  Of course we brought Memphis and Ellie Mae along. The show is at Robert Kananaj Gallery on Bloor near Landsdowne.

I’ve known Claude and his partner Ardis since about 1981 or maybe even 1980, when Claude was my painting professor at York University.  For this exhibition Claude is exhibiting work from a few different streams in his current painting. The show even has some objects, wall-pieces made from broken dolls. There’s plenty to look at and plenty to think about too, as well as a wide range of emotional content. I enjoy the playfulness in Claude’s paintings but at the same time, some of them have a very dark edge about them.