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- Hometown:
- Pickering
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- About Me:
- Retired Professional Engineer getting back to enjoying my interest in art, photography, vintage aircraft, blacksmithing and other relaxing past times. Married for over 30 years with two adult sons and one granddaughter. I sketched frequently when younger but lost interest during my working carreer. I took a few community painting courses and rekindled my desire. Currently working in watercolours in a realism form and focusing on people settings that invoke an emotional feeling to me. I use my own photos as reference material and take some license at times. I have followed the career and been influenced by Ken Danby as well as other Canadian realist painters.
- Favorite Music:
- Has evolved over the years from folk, to rock, show tunes, jazz, new age and currently have a bent for blues.
- Favorite Books:
- Ontario history and family genealogy. Read adventure novels with a following of Clive Cussler, Ken Follet, Dale Brown plus others.
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Toronto Aerospace Museum
- For those of you who are interested in Canadian aviation heritage or have family or friends with this interest I recommend you visit this musem located on the former Downsview Airport property in Toronto. The focus of this relatively new museum is to display aircraft with a Canadian connection. Amongst many aircraft is the only full scale metal replica of the Avro Arrow,in existence. This is the product of a multi year project of volunteers and supporters and which was completed and unv …
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Thanks for the note and comment on one of my paintings. I do not have any sculptures to show. I'm sure I would enjoy it in any one of many different materials. My sculpture experience is quite limited and currently I'm trying to get remotivated to do more painting. I've only been able to get a handful of hours devoted to painting in the past several months.
Bob
I already commented on one of your pieces. Do you have any photos of your 3D work?
Thanks for the contact info regarding the pastel artist from Markham. You have given me his email address - do you know if he has a web site up?
Thanks for forwarding this information! Judith
Yes, i am aware of AFAS. They are the "cream of the crop" when it comes to Auto Artists. I have met a few of them. Members Jay Koka (my fave) and Ken Dallison judged "The Art of the Automobile" shows when they were held during the International Car Show. (We auto-artists depended on that show... a great venue to have our work displayed. They cancelled it 4 years ago...)
It is a VERY difficult group to join. One can apply, then they vote on whether you attend the Pebble Beach Concours AFAS Art Exhibit as a guest artist. Then depending how THAT goes, they vote you in or out... A very "cliquey" group...
Thanks again...
Hope to get more involved and find ways of getting my work out there amongt the public. Seems like a great group!
michael
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