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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...

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Andre 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...

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FriendsWithYou 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...

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Matthew 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...

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First 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...

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We 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....

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Jose 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...

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New 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.

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New 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...

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Hand 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...

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THE 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...

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Esao Andrews for Mangchi Toronto Poster

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PAPER 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...

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THE 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...

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FINE 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...

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CLOUD 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...

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HILARIOUS 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...

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PHOTOREALISTIC 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...

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DELICATE 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...

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ABSURD 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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