Gretel Boose: A dose of wonder
Ceramic sculptor Gretel Boose remains one of my all-time favourites. She’s been posting process shots on Instagram recently, as she…
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31/150: Michael Massie – Order of Canada
Inuit artist Michael Massie has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada, the country’s highest honour. A sculptor…
17/150: Michael Snow – Always Inquiring
Michael Snow at 87 remains a giant, renowned in film, sound, sculpture, photography and painting. He may be best known by the…
A Canadian Bestiary
Ceramist Janet Macpherson is acclaimed for her technically complex use of slip-cast porcelain in the creation of intricate animal forms….
13/150: Susan Collett – Strength and Fragility
Susan Collett, one of Canada’s foremost ceramic artists, explores the tension of strength against fragility in her hand-built clay sculptures.
Werner Arnold: Washed in Colour
It’s been five years since I first posted on sculptor Werner Arnold, whose intricately carved wooden works are washed with…
Photo Junkie – Atop Venice
British artist Marc Quinn’s Spiral of the Galaxy, a bronze seashell sculpture atop the campo on San Giorgio Maggiore island, at…
9/150: Sorel Etrog, Existentialist
Sorel Etrog (1933-2014) is best known for his abstracted figurative sculpture, some of it currently on exhibition at Winchester Galleries…
Ceramics informed in the Himalayas
Heidi McKenzie’s story is as interesting as her ceramic sculptures. Five years ago, at mid-life, she rekindled a childhood passion…
Goody-B Wiseman’s Feral Dream Tigers
Canadian trained artist Goody-B Wiseman’s Dream Tigers are wild but delicate. The miniature sculptures fit in the palm of a…
