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Weathered Blue Barn
Rustic Old Barn, Phinney’s Cove, N.S. Aside from its overall weathered appearance and striking shades of blue, this barn stands out for its second-story house-style doors and its slightly asymmetrical...
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Hello, Yellow . . .
Sun Carving by Local Artists David Taylor, Black Rock, N.S. A collection of yellows from various photo outings across Canada to brighten the impending blue of winter. Similar posts on O’Canada: → Green...
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Fred Herzog’s Vintage Vancouver
Fred Herzog, Bogner’s Grocery (1960) I’ve seen the street photography of Fred Herzog previously but a brief essay by Geoff Dyer in today’s New York Times Magazine prompted me to look anew at Herzog’s...
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Go Fish!
During the week after Christmas Toronto’s temperature plummeted to a 57-year record low. Brrrrr! Bundled up tightly against such crazy wintery weather, the day was slightly brightened by coming...
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“I’ll Meet You There”
Can’t help but smile about this quirky handmade sign stumbled upon recently in the Kensington Market district of Toronto. The words are from a poem by Rumi that is generally understood to be about...
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“Three Things . . .”
Graffiti Sunburst, Kensington Market, Toronto “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.” ~ Siddhartha Gautama...
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Shades of Toronto Graffiti (Part 1)
Toronto, being the big city that it is, has more than its share of diverse street or wall art, more commonly called graffiti. This isn’t every one’s cup of tea, but it’s hard to ignore the creative...
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Shades of Toronto Graffiti (Part 2 – P.S)
~ ~ ~ I realized after I shot these four images that the faces had similar characteristics and they were all tagged “P.S” and were likely done by the same street artist. Their creator favors funky,...
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Shades of Toronto Graffiti (Part 3- Designs)
⊕ On the walls of Toronto some of the street art exhibits strong elements of design, such as these examples. I especially like the piece just above, which is painted on a piece of plywood tacked onto...
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Cameron Stevens’ Vintage-Style Canada Parks Posters
Cameron Stevens is a hugely talented graphics designer working in Ontario. Several years ago he embarked on a project to design vintage screen-printed-style posters for a number of Canada’s national...
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Elyse Dodge’s Imaginative Geometric Landscapes
Elyse Dodge, “The Stawamus Chief” When I first came across the geometric landscape paintings of Vancouver’s Elyse Dodge, the towering mountain images composed of colorful polygons brought to mind The...
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Vintage Magic in PEI: Ice Boat Rarities and Island Uniquities
~ Not far from the Confederation Bridge on the Prince Edward Island side of that engineering marvel a scenic backroad leads to the cozy town of Cape Traverse and two of the best antique shops in all...
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Signs of Vibrant Charlottetown
Charlottetown is a delightful city on Prince Edward Island, whose residents are blessed to live in such a vibrant place and beautiful province. Small cities and towns throughout Canada often struggle...
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Summer Scene: Wild Firewheels
Yellow and Red Firewheel Wildflowers, Nova Scotia “We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.” ~ Andre...
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Virginia Mak: The Art of Soft Focus
Virginia Mak, On One’s Own #9 ~ Soft-focus photography might appear easy to execute but doing it well and in a way that conveys feeling and meaning in the image is quite difficult. In her photos...
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Along the Wharfs of Westport
Lobster Traps, Westport, Brier Island, N.S. ~ Colorful buoys, rusted anchors and long coils of rope strewn hither and yon, and vibrantly painted sheds dotting the rugged shore of Westport on Brier...
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Islandmania!
Graffiti At Ferry Terminal, Freeport, Long Island, N.S. ~ Way out in the country you don’t often see graffiti, and certainly not the artistic variety. So this painted statement near one of Nova...
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Eric Goggin’s Inviting Travel Posters of Atlantic Canada and Beyond
Travel posters at their best showcase memorable places in distinctive ways as well as the talent of remarkable artists. A case in point is the beautiful series of travel posters by Salisbury, New...
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Up-and-Coming Band: The Dead South
The Dead South is a terrific band from Saskatchewan that is up and coming. They have a great sound that is tinged with roots, blues, folk and traditional country. If you haven’t heard of them before,...
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Love Fall’s Brisk Weather and Vibrant Colors
Barn Beneath North Mountain, Near Clarence, Nova Scotia
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Building the Toronto Subway: John DeRinzy’s Art
John DeRinzy, Three Men With Jack Hammers (1950) ~ Unless you were around when it was built (I wasn’t, by the way!), it’s difficult to imagine how massive an undertaking it was to build Toronto’s...
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Old Man Winter Cometh
Wintery Folk Art Birdhouse Along Shore Road, Phinney’s Cove, N.S.
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Gorgeous Winter Scenes by Nicholas Bott
Nicholas Bott, Near Revelstoke ~ Nicholas Bott is a contemporary Canadian painter originally from the Netherlands who has adopted the vast landscape of the country, particularly British Columbia, as...
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Marc-Aurele Fortin’s Small-Town Quebec
Marc-Aurele Fortin, “Grande Vallee” ~ Sticking (mostly) with the winter theme that I’ve been thinking about lately, Marc-Aurele Fortin is another artist in whose works winter figured prominently....
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Laurie Campbell Perfectly Captures Winter in the City
~ Making one’s way through almost any busy city during snowy winter days requires a certain hunkered-down and focused steely resolve. Montreal realist painter Laurie Campbell beautifully captures...
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Eloise Brodeur: Seeking Understanding Through Cows
Eloise Brodeur, “Best Friends” (2017) ~ The cow as a principal subject of painting may seem an odd choice. But Montreal artist, Eloise Brodeur, has elevated the bovine creature to a sort of muse....
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Quirky and Quaint: Signs of Saint John (Pt. 1)
On a recent late Spring visit to Saint John, N.B. the distinctive signs adorning area shops and walls added lots of color and charm to a meandering walk through the city center. Similar posts on...
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Manhole Covers Roundabout Saint John
~ Another installment of these cast iron circles, this time from Saint John, New Brunswick. Hard to say for certain, but I found this group a bit grittier than those in other places. ~ Similar Posts...
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James Fowler’s Wonderful Geometric Cityscapes
James Fowler “The Village, Toronto” (2017) ~ James Fowler’s non-traditional landscape paintings perfectly merge broad aerial-like vistas with a strong geometric and digital sensibility. His artwork...
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Chad Hiltz’s Awesome Re-Imagined ’34 DeSoto
~ While I often highlight notable visual artists, I’m sure most of us appreciate that artistic creativity is expressed in many forms. Case in point is Chad Hiltz, who has carved out a distinctive...
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Bob Kebic’s Visual Landscape Poetry
Bob Kebic, No. 2136 ~ Visual poetry is what comes to mind as I contemplate the highly saturated colors and rich textures of Bob Kebic’s impressionistic landscape compositions. His paintings are truly...
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