With over 90 galleries and 1831 artworks Art Toronto was back in the swing of things post-pandemic featuring art from all over Canada as well as other parts of the world. I have chosen 32 here but there will be more in future installments. The art was that good. Here I have featured Michael Pszczonak from the Michael Gibson Gallery who recorded moments in time during the Covid pandemic. He painted monthly to capture the different moments in time from the outside in. His realist style reveals layers of everyday scenes of his family home in London, Ontario. Kristy Templeton Davidge's mother and daughter-like rendering is humourous and beautiful at the same time. The younger woman is nonchalant that a bird has landed on her head and is happy following her mother for some important event. Kim Dorland's Green painting is something else. With thick layers of green paint the artist redefines what it means to paint the Canadian landscape. Rita Letendre's Rencontre is an abstract vision painted in two colours. Yellow and black twisting together to come to the final fruition. Meanwhile, Julia Campisi's Hard Surfaces in Warm Places is a welcome gift to the Toronto art fair. Pink bricks made up of hand-painted acrylic sit on top of one another and warm up the scene. Little does she know how appealing her work is. I could say more but the discovery is all yours. I hope you enjoy these selections and come back for more.
1 Michael Pszczonak, February 2022, Canadian
2 Kathy Slade, Ater Agnolo Bronzino, Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi, 2022, Canadian
3 Jen Mann, Blue Eye, 2022, Canadian
23 Lord Ohene, Innocent, 2022, Ghanaian
27 Tim Okamura, Conduit Conductor, 2022, Canadian
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