I was leafing through an old but wonderful catalogue of the works of the Italian painter Enrico Baj, best known for his work in the 1950s, when I came across some of his writings, including his manifestos. I’m all for a good manifesto. Here is… Read More
The Old Stump by Lawren Harris sold at auction the other day for $3.5 million at the Heffel fall art auction. It was the second highest price ever paid for a painting in Canada. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I’m… Read More
We were at the Ron Bloore memorial event Sunday night at the Royal Ontario Museum. Former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson spoke, along with a few others, including Ron’s long-time studio assistant and friend Hank Roest. A number of Bloore’s paintings were hung, reminding me what… Read More
Bau-Xi Galleries in Toronto is organizing a Regina 5 exhibition in memory of Ron Bloore, who passed away on September 4 of this year. They’ve also put some images of Bloore’s paintings up on their website. Bloore was an uncompromising painter with a surprisingly playful… Read More
I promised a while ago that I would post pictures of our finally installed wood stove. Here they are: The art work is a piece I made back in 2004 called Shield. This was part of a series of three of these constructions. You can… Read More
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