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…
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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…
Werner Arnold: Carved & Polished
I fell for Werner Arnold’s work on the Gallery 78 website. Fanciful and distracting, these sculptures of puzzle-like wood pieces…
Jason Holley: Chain Sculptures in Clay
Jason Holley’s raku chain sculptures are in the running for this year’s RBC Emerging Artist People’s Choice awards, a competition…
