Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE) 2012
The Best 10%
A scorching weekend ( + 37C) in Toronto couldn't stop me
from visiting friends at TOAE this year , and I was there first hour Friday 6th of August , to take all inn before
the big wave of heat .
Just observed that this year were less artists in the
show, and happy to report that the cutsy, crafty are slowly but surely
disappearing, good riddance!!!I am all in for quality over quantity, and even
happier to see that some of my most admired artists in Ontario were in the
show.
Some of my studio neighbors in the Case Goods Warehouse
were showing , also met new painters and
art schools graduates , students or winners of local government grants.
All in all ,a pleasant morning, and if I wasn't so busy
last weekend , I wanted to visit again , but there are only so many hours in a
day .
Friday July 6th 2012 at TOAE , Toronto , On
So here's my best 10% , these are the works I admired the most this year at TOAE:
1 . Oil Painting
2. Encaustic
3. Drawing
Monique
McCabe ( on maylar) (no website- student
)
4. Collage
5. Sculpture
7.Ceramics and
Glass
8. Mixed Media
9. Acrylic
Painting
9.a Abstract Surrealist
9.b Abstract Expressionist
9.c Acrylic Figurative
9.d Acrylic Landscape
Very sad to say that not
even one of the Watercolour artists in the show made my list, and I love
the medium ,the works were mediocre and the subject matter too expected ,
nothing original.
I am very curious to see if any of my chosen artists will
make it into the juried show in January
2013 .Meantime I
loved the show, this was a must see Toronto!!!!