Miss Montreal on the Strip Montreal Icon Canvas Print

From the golden age of Decarie restaurants, Miss Montreal really stood out.The place to go after the show, to see and be seen.The style looked very similar to the American Howard Johnson's, but with a fancier, younger crowd. When it had to close or move, because of the new expressway, Miss Montreal, the Miss, rebuilt across the trench, further north.But, it was never the same, and didn't last.Even the multiple fish tanks at the entrance could save the Miss.

...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...