Laurier Balconies Street Hockey Canvas Print

Poutine, Dow beer, smoked meat, bagels, and outdoor spiral staircases. All iconic symbols of Montreal, as well as the Canadiens. Anyone who has lived in this metropolis knows of all these.The staircases are often forgotten as they are not everywhere in Montreal, but they still exist, and are a real hazard in the winter.

...I enjoy painting in what I call ,"Pseudo naive cartoon Abstractism", featuring bright colours in very simplistic forms. A happy feeling exudes from my works as they are all based on features from the present and past. Usually a car or bicycle shows up somewhere in the picture. I work only in acrylics with black pencil art markers. I took a 1 year fine arts university course back in 1964, and then dropped it completely until 10 years ago. My works have gone in 2 directions: the landmark paintings, and the everyday situations featuring "little people". People tell me they can "connect" with my historical view of the passing scene. Signs and commercial store fronts are a key to my paintings.Take a close look at the signs...often a little...