HAROLD TOWN "VALE VARIATIONS #144" INK DRAWING, 1975Harold Town (1924 1990) is renowned across Canada for his eclectic and dynamic body of work. In the 1950s, Town established his reputation with a series of abstract monotypes (called "Single Autographic Prints"). He would exhibit these works at the Venice Biennale to great fanfare in Europe and at home. By the 1960s, he was considered the most famous artist in Canada. One of the most remarkable characteristics of his career is his alternating between

different colors and reflections appear on the film's dynamic surface

squishy forms in the shape of an ice cream cone

"Bobo Cocksucking Evergon"

Receding and overlapping each other

Signed (rubber-stamped) and numbered

Her life did not appear in my work

contrasting lines ripple across the canvas

rapid line work and the intensity of her colors

Pierre is responsible for the photographs and Gilles paints the image once printed to canvas

Vija Celmins

inspired by the Color Field

His subjects range from the anonymous young men in adult magazines to his friends