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Going From Here to There
"No man is an island, and our creative unfolding occurs within a distinct cultural landscape. Cultural mythology permeates our thinking about art and artists. Art is tonic and medicinal for us all. As an artist you are a cultural healer." ~ Julia Cameron...
Art Transforms Worlds within Worlds
Painting is not always about creating something of beauty. Sometimes it's about an artist pouring something unknown onto the canvas. This unknown may be a feeling that is unable to be articulated any other way than through colour or the act of creating...
Are Female Abstract Expressionists Finally Getting Their Due?
One of my Resurgent Spring paintings, Bold Faith had been sitting unnoticed on an easel in my studio for a few weeks, then we decided to hang it on a wall in our living room for a while. It was then that I began to really start to appreciate it. Actually,...
Toronto Artist Being Hailed as the Next Andy Warhol
His mom was an art school teacher and her influence was an important part in Daniel Mazzone's childhood, but somehow events led him to be living on the streets for five years. Pulling his life together he then managed to get himself into university, took...
Book Review: Bobbie Burgers, Arriving at a Landscape
Last week I met the fabulous internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Bobbie Burgers at the Bau-Xi Gallery in Toronto. You can read about it here. I've been really moved and inspired by her story and her art that is filled with great presence, energy...
Bobbie Burgers at the Bau-Xi Gallery
On one of the hottest days of our summer so far, humid... humid...humid... I set off on the bus to head downtown Toronto to the Bau-Xi Gallery where the fabulous and internationally acclaimed Vancouver based contemporary artist, Bobbie Burgers was having...
Dreams Do Come True
Years of living with chronic fatigue, pain and stress forced me into finding a new way to live. It’s taken practice, lots of practice to unplug from the hectic, push push push lifestyle North American society has become noted for – it used to be seen in a...
Raw and messy has its own beauty
In many of my abstract pieces I begin by connecting with the panel of wood through my heart. I get quiet and I feel it. I get a sense of what may be the dominant colours it ultimately wants to be and that gives me a starting point. It guides me as to the...
The Shaman’s Journey
Shaman’s are powerful medicine doctors trained in the ancient ways of healing and spiritual teachings. They are found in indigenous cultures throughout the world. As wise elders of their tribal communities, these highly respected men and women are...
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