Jose Parla murals in Toronto
NYC-based by way of Miami artist Jose Parla just painted two amazing murals in Toronto, Canada, commissioned by Concord CityPlace. The murals feature that signature EASE style, with the layered and...
View ArticleAndre Vautour Photographer
Where do you live? Toronto What do you take pictures of? Everything, very plain/simple things, and anything unusual. What kind of camera do you use? Canon G11, G12, Olympus Stylus, Canon Sureshot Owl...
View ArticleFriendsWithYou x AOL in NYC
We are just keeping the art news coming today, as we have finally got a chance to sit down and bust some news out to you. As we just read on Curated, “FriendsWithYou and AOL are excited to announce...
View ArticleMatthew Craven
One of a visual artist’s greatest talents is the ability to elicit a strong emotional response from their viewer. With his combination of masked, covered and abstracted figures, Matthew Craven...
View ArticleFirst Friday: The Quintet “Jazz at Massey Hall”
Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach, “The Quintet,” May 15th, 1953 at Massey Hall in Toronto. Playing Jazz music. It doesn’t get much more perfect and ideal than...
View ArticleWe actually like this FedEx commercial
With the holiday shopping season upon us, and the US Postal Service almost dead, we turn to FedEx for our shipping needs, and they have made a really great commercial to start the season off right....
View ArticleJose Parla “The Concord Project” Video
Jose Parla: The Concord Project from inkblot media on Vimeo. Jose Parla, who has been featured in our The Run UP DVD collection, just released this short video that documented his time in Toronto this...
View ArticleNew Sam Flores in Toronto
Sam Flores (along with Mike Giant) just showed some new work in Toronto this past Friday night at Uno, the Art Show. A nice new piece of work from Mr. Flores… a nice one.
View ArticleNew El Mac, Stare and Kwest Mural in Toronto
Renown muralist El Mac recently made his mark in Toronto, completing his first mural in the city. Commissioned by Eventscape Inc, the mural was completed in collaboration with Montreal artist STARE...
View ArticleHand Painted Plate Art by Jacqueline Poirier
Jacqueline Poirier has over 1,500 plates on permanent display in the Ritz-Carlton in Toronto at the hotel’s signature restaurant Toca. “Every place setting in the dining room has a different plate...
View ArticleTHE DREAMY PAINTINGS OF JEN MANN
by Ariadna Zierold Jen Mann is a Canadian artist from Toronto, Ontario. Mann’s dreamy, acrylic paintings are inspired by illusions and memories of her childhood, she experiments with a variety of...
View ArticlePAPER CUTS BY WINNIE TRUONG
by Ariadna Zierold Check out the new work by Toronto-based artist (previously featured here) Winnie Truong “Paper Cuts”, that was created during her Doris McCarthy artist residency at Fools Paradise...
View ArticleTHE WOMEN OF TROY
by Ariadna Zierold Toronto-based Troy Brooks is a contemporary surrealist painter. His work presents an elaborate pageantry of female characters observed in allegorical settings. These women play out...
View ArticleFINE ART EFFORT BY TEAM MACHO
by Ariadna Zierold Team Macho is a collaborative illustration and fine art effort composed of Lauchie Reid, Chris Buchan, Nicholas Aoki, and Stephen Appleby-Barr. They create wildly playful and...
View ArticleCLOUD HEADS BY YANG CAO
by Ariadna Zierold Toronto-based artist Yang Cao paints faceless figures to portray a spectrum of emotions and sensations. A graduate in fine art from the Ontario College of Art and Design, Cao...
View ArticleHILARIOUS SCENARIOS BY BRANDON CELI
by Ariadna Zierold Toronto-based illustrator Brandon Celi’s subjects are as varied as his work is brilliant. He works in paint to bring to life hilarious scenarios including a reimagining of the Wizard...
View ArticlePHOTOREALISTIC PAINTINGS BY JEN MANN
by Ariadna Zierold Toronto based Jen Mann is a talented artist who creates eyecatching and fabulously colored portraits of both men and women. Her photorealistic paintings are often paired with...
View ArticleDELICATE BUSTS BY GOSIA
by Ariadna Zierold Gosia is a professional sculptor living and working in Toronto. Born in Poland in 1982, she moved to Canada in 1994. With a background in Illustration from Sheridan College, Gosia...
View ArticleABSURD ART BY DAVID IRVINE
by Ariadna Zierold Toronto-based artist David Irvine has always had a fondness for old prints found at thrift shops. He used buy them to paint over and reuse as blank canvases, then one day started...
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