Montreal artist Claire Desjardins emphasizes the bold colors of many years in the Caribbean, producing “paintings alive with an unfettered sense of exploration and bliss.” (Above: Fructose – Acrylic on canvas – 60″ x 40″) -Steeped in Tradition – Acrylic on canvas – 60″ x 48″ Propelled by […]
NOTE: Michael Snow is also updated in the 150 Artists for Canada 150 series, here. Michael Snow must really be a polymath. The cultural impact of this Canadian artist, filmmaker, musician, videographer, sculptor and painter is phenomenal, given that just two of his remarkable installations hold thousands of tourists […]
Claude Breeze’s 1964 painting, “Lovers in a Landscape #3 Mandala,” is one of 90 works in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s new exhibit on Canadian modernism in the 1960s. Maxwell Bates, Beautiful B.C., 1966 The tumultuous 1960s shook up Canadian culture, creating new vibrancy in art across the country. […]
Figurative painter Josepha van den Anker was born in the Netherlands, immigrated to Canada at age six and now divides her time between Ontario and Ireland. Van den Anker’s works have been picked up rapidly by corporations, including the government of Canada, the country’s major banks and life […]
Toronto artist Caitlyn Chisamore is featured on Saatchi online, part of the international gallery’s showcase of “Couples Therapy” in homage to Valentine’s Day. The hands in her works are “meant to portray the effect that people have on each other, ” becoming “a tool of understanding, reading each […]
“Children are unapologetically animals” to Toronto figurative painter Kate Domina, whose works explore the world of youth. She says her critical theory fixation (including Freud and Jung) weaves its way into her work, evolving her portraits into studies of human frailty, and often, neurosis. Above: Sister Sister; Below: […]
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