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Ferropolis

This post about Ferropolis comes to you courtesy of The Presurfer. The Presurfer is a blog run by Gerard Vlemmings. I’ve been checking in there fairly regularly for several years. I enjoy it because you never know what you’re going to see over there. Ferropolis… Read More

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Breeze

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… Read More

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The Two Kings

It’s storytime here at 27th Street. Get comfortable, maybe pour yourself a little something. A wee dram of Scotch? Yes I’ll join you, thank you very much. Let me take you back in time a little bit, back to 1982. This is a true story,… Read More

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Ephemerata

I painted Ephemerata in the winter of 2001/2002, one of many paintings I created during what I can only call a ferocious flurry of painterly activity that winter. I made a lot of paintings in a remarkably short period of time. In fact this was… Read More

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Terminal Beef

Terminal Beef is a painting I made in 1998. It’s done with oils and spray enamels on canvas. I think of this one as kind of a lone wolf, and it’s a painting I never exhibited. To give an indication of scale, I’d say this… Read More

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Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman, a photo by mister anchovy on Flickr. Here’s another blast from the past. Back in 1997 I created a few paintings in which I used stencils and spray enamel. This is one of them. I called it Ornette Coleman because at the time,… Read More