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Art We Love: Sacred and Profane Love (Self-Portrait II) by Harold Klunder
Harold Klunder is everywhere regarded as one of Canada’s most powerful painters. His latest exhibition, Black Sun, now at the Clint Roenisch Gallery is a remarkable experience, both for the majestic trio of paintings making up the Black Sun…
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Art We Love: Ominous Footpath by Susanna Heller
Veteran painter Susanna Heller–Canadian born, educated at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax and now living in New York City (where she has lived, in fact, for many years now)–is a maker of exceedingly vigorous, searching,…
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Design We Love: Black Cat Lamp
We were both attracted and, at first, a bit put off by the funky directness of this little lamp. Its tasteful black shade is profoundly belied by the body of the map—which is a feral-looking black cat-made of fired clay!…
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Design We Love: Horse Brasses at Index G Gallery
This personable cat is a typical example of what are known as horse brasses – that is, solid brass castings used as tackle fasteners and sometimes just as decoration for parade horses. They were at the height of their popularity…
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Art We Love: Art Brownies
These hotly coloured, inventively composed mini-blocks of art activity are, in fact, Art Brownies: small, unique works of art made by various artists, both local and international, on one standard format, each Art Brownie being a mini-canvas consisting of…
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John Petcoff of Little Lennox
As well as being a tireless and successful restauranteur–see our video about his seafood eatery, Oyster Boy–John Petcoff is also passionate about art and about running a gallery.
His former art gallery, Lennox International, was at Queen West…
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Art We Love: About the River by Thrush Holmes
When a relatively unknown, soft-spoken, 26 year old artist with the lyrical name of Thrush Holmes (his full name is Thrush Keats Byron Holmes) came from what appeared to be out of nowhere (actually out of Welland, Ontario) in January…
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Art We Love: Tabletop DNA by Bradley Harms
We think this large (77 by 54 inches) acrylic by Winnipeg-born, Vancouver-based painter Bradley Harms is really pretty hot. It’s titled Tabletop DNA.
This airy, open-hearted painting, as absorbing and as intimately inspectable as a game-board, is something of a…
