I was looking at some older paintings in my little basement studio today and this one caught my eye. It’s a small oil painting called Forest of No Return that I made in 2006. The title Forest of No Return refers to a song from… Read More
I have a number of paintings at various stages of completion right now in my little basement studio. Things are going well down there. Here’s a little taste – a studio snapshot of the latest painting from the Lost Forest…
Some days I envy painters who have the ability to preconceive their paintings. I knew a painter who would make a planning drawing for each painting and even label areas with descriptions of texture and colour. These were like road-maps to his paintings. Then he… Read More
The Job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery – Francis Bacon I’ve been painting for many years and still the whole business is a big mystery to me. Sometimes I look around in my studio at paintings I’ve done and I wonder,… Read More
We spent the afternoon at the opening reception of Goat’s Song, a group exhibition at Yumart. A number of old friends came out and it was really great chat with them at the gallery. Here’s Behzad with one of my paintings in the show, called… Read More
I just want to let everyone know I have some paintings in an exhibition called Goat Song at Yumart here in Toronto. There’s going to be an opening reception Saturday afternoon between 2 and 5. The gallery is located at 101 Spadina on the second… Read More
I will have some paintings in a group exhibition called Goat Song at Yumart in January. I’d like to invite my friends here in Toronto to drop by at the opening event on January 11. Follow the link for details. This is an exhibition of… Read More
Ok ok, it’s true I haven’t posted much this week here on 27th Street. It’s been a busy week, and when I checked my brain for possible posts, all I saw was a little sign that said “re-stock”. Next week, I’ll be in Calgary for… Read More
Somebody landed on 27th Street after entering “Eugene Knapik paintings worth money” twice into a search engine (the first time with a question mark, and the second time more like a statement, without the interrogative). I prefer it without the question mark, frankly. I can’t… Read More
I was living in a storefront studio on Ossington Ave back in the mid-eighties, half a block up from Queen. It was set up with a painting studio at the front and a couple built-in bookshelf dividers behind which was my little living area.Then back… Read More
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