From Leeds to London: In Conversation with Eric Atkinson
On December 6, 2019, I visited Eric (Ricky, to many) Atkinson and his wife, Muriel, at their home in London, Ontario. I was immediately…
Slipstream – Jenn E. Norton
Slipstream – Jenn E Norton Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, October 4, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Loïe Fuller. Not many people know…
Dreaming While Running: Libby Hague’s Human Arcade
Libby Hague – Every Heart Can Grow Bigger Gallery Stratford May 25, 2019 – October 6, 2019 An apt approximation for conveying the feel…
Recipes from Auschwitz – Thelma Rosner
Recipes from Auschwitz Loop Gallery, Toronto June 1-23, 2019 The work of artist Thelma Rosner has been a long-standing interest of mine. She is…
Vital Contents: Affective Process in Deborah Worsfold’s Renaissance
Vital Contents: Affective Process in Deborah Worsfold’s Renaissance St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre Nov 9 – Dec 29, 2018 In his recent book Strange…
Jill Price, Leslie Putnam, Morag Webster & Kim Wilkie – Unsettling Nature
How fragile is the nature around us. Walking through the woods to reach the Garage Gallery, I was taken with the carpet of white…
Robert Mapplethorpe – The 0utsiders
The name Robert Mapplethorpe evokes images of stylized, black and white photographs of celebrities and nudes of women and men. Mapplethorpe is also associated…
Erica Dornbusch – Paint and Prose
Paint and Prose Exhibition & Book Launch Westland Gallery, April 30 – May 4, 2019 Joy’s Lifted Voice – Acrylic on canvas, 48×48″ My excitement…
Rita Letendre – Chasing Vibrato
Rita Letendre – Chasing Vibrato Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, Sarnia March 1 – April 1, 2019 Walking into the Rita Letendre exhibit,…
Shannon Bool – Promiscuous Rooms
Promiscuous Rooms Shannon Bool Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris February 8 – April 5, 2019 With Promiscuous Rooms, Shannon Bool’s focus is the masculine nature…