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New Tim Noonan Paintings
Our old friend Tim Noonan has an exhibition on right now at Yumart Gallery at 401 Richmond. I was unable to attend the opening event as I was in Hanoi, so I trundled down to see Tim’s new paintings today. Tim has produced another high-energy,… Read More
The Nose
Quite a few years ago, on one of his occasional visits to Toronto, Chicago artsist Anthony Stagg (OK everyone just calls him Stagg, even his honey), spent an afternoon in the little backyard studio, a glorified shed I kept at the time and called The… Read More
A Blast from the Past
Looking through some old photos on my computer I came across a photo of a painting I did in…..um…..I don’t remember what year. I do remember a few things about it though. It’s maybe a metre wide, done in acrylics and acrylic spray enamel on… Read More
Elemental Time
We volunteered this afternoon with the Tri-hards bowling league and on the way home made a stop at the Neilson Park Creative Centre to see an exhibition called Elemental Time featuring the work of Bruce Parsons. We’re aquainted with Bruce as he taught at York… Read More
At Work
I envy painters who can consider a block of work, plan it out and execute it as some kind of linear process. A friend once showed me a drawing he had done, a preparatory sketch for a large painting, on which he indicated all the… Read More
Lonnie Holley
Tasty paintings at Yumart
Tim Noonan’s exhibition is on at Yumart until the 27th. You can see a preview online. Tasty paintings, exuberant and playful. Here’s Tim with one of his smaller works. We’ve been friends with Tim for many years, going back to York University in the early… Read More
Storm King photo-walk
It’s difficult to convey the scope of the Storm King Art Center. There is simply so much there and from different areas of the grounds you see the sculpures in different ways in relation to the landscape around them. I snapped quite a few pictures… Read More
Dia:Beacon
I visited Dia:Beacon in the Hudson Valley today, just a few miles away from Storm King, which I visited yesterday. Dia has been in this huge old Nabisco factory building since 2003. I loved seeing the huge collection of John Chamberlain’s work. Louise Lawler had… Read More
27th Street 