Robert Markle
I was talking this weekend to a friend about the first time I met the painter, musician, and writer Robert Markle and thought I would put up a quick sketch. He made a big impression on me. I was young … Read More
Mona Hatoum
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Although her name was familiar to me, Mona Hatoum’s work was not. In correspondence with a friend MH’s work was brought to my attention as a response to a photograph that I took of a wall of shining new scaffolding … Read More
Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza
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I don’t read philosopher’s works but I do like it when their theories are explained to me in sensible ways. Spinoza’s name comes up on occasion and it gets my attention usually because I like the look and sound of … Read More
Kevin Pillar
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Toronto Blue Jay’s centre fielder, Kevin Pillar, will be at it this afternoon in the first game of the ALDS. He’s almost always good for one spectacular catch in a game. …dh
David Hockney
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I was watching a video post that The Guardian put up of Martin Gayford interviewing David Hockney on the topic of what turns a picture into a masterpiece. I wasn’t overly interested in the topic but I found the aging … Read More
Arnold Palmer
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From everything I read today he was a decent man. For what ever reason I could never warm up to him but my brother, a scratch golfer, thought he was golfing deity, the king. I used a picture of him … Read More
Jose Fernandez
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It was pretty evident from looking at pictures on line of Jose Fernandez that he was a fun loving good kid. So sad to read of his passing. …dh
John Bentley Mays
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I knew John Bentley Mays work as a writer covering visual arts mostly in the Toronto area, for Canada’s national news paper, The Globe & Mail. I don’t think he has written on the visual arts for them for a … Read More
W. P. Kinsella
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The sketch of W P Kinsella is true to my back pocket sketch book. I have read three or four of his novels and collection of short stories and was fascinated by what I had seen in video documentaries or … Read More
Elliot Tiber
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Elliot Tiber died on Wednesday August 3rd. The New York Times obit tells how in his capacity as the head of the Bethel Chamber of Commerce he took out a permit that allowed the August, 1969 Woodstock music festival to … Read More