I met Alexis Riverin as we were both working in bars. Although he was good at cocktail making, it seemed to me as though he was never fully himself behind the counter. And that’s until […]
Mélanie Lefebvre had a few panic attacks when the pandemic started. One morning, when she hadn’t slept much, she got up, had a cup of coffee, put the dog in the car and said to […]
Many years ago, when I was Deputy Chief of the Federal Courts’ Administrative Services in Ottawa, my path crossed that of Judge Luc Martineau. A brilliant and highly respected jurist, but above all a welcoming […]
Martha Markowsky is a nationally known Montréal and Ottawa artist and was represented by galleries across Canada. As an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists, she has received many awards along with “Le […]
Talleen Hacikyan is a visual artist, printmaker, illustrator and art educator. She has participated in over 80 group exhibitions in Canada and internationally and is currently preparing her 25th solo exhibition. Talleen has won many […]
Born in a Romanian family of intellectuals who exposed her to arts, Doina Falcon was given the chance to come in touch with a world of sound, colour, rhythm and beauty which were the sources […]
Simon Vine is a visual artist from New Zealand. He grew up in the countryside just outside a small city on the west coast of New Zealand’s north island. Like all colonial kids, he grew […]
Garfield Morgan is a complex visual artist hewed in the urban trenches of Kingston just about the time when Jamaica was deemed to have ignited in an abyss of political tribalism, violence and bloodshed from […]
Hannaleah Ledwell, an emerging oil painter and my close friend since college has had a remarkable year in her artistic journey. Over the past year, she secured a prestigious grant from the Canada Council for […]
I have been extremely fortunate to be a spectator, witness and fan of Kristyna Baradinskas’s growth, evolution and maturity as a painter. As her partner in crime and life, I have had a front-row seat […]
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