The newspaper headlines of the 1970s do not reflect the same degree of turmoil as the previous decade. However, federal elections in Canada and the
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The moon landing in July 1969, was the most important news story of the final year of the tumultuous 1960s. It was the dawn of
Headlines in Toronto’s newspapers in the 1960s
The 1960s was a tumultuous decade. I commenced collecting important newspapers in 1951, but of all these newspapers, those of the 1960s contain the most
Creating paintings of the Humber River Valley has interested me for many years. Watching the river meander through Toronto toward its destiny in Lake Ontario
When Hurricane Hazel struck the city in October 1954, I was a teenager. It was the worst natural disaster the city ever endured. This is the
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the beginning of the second Elizabethan Age. Part One of this series of posts on old Toronto newspapers
In 1951, I began collecting Toronto newspapers that I considered milestones in history. Included in the collection were Life Magazines and copies of the Star
Capturing a Toronto winter on canvas is a daunting task. I prefer to sketch directly onto the bare canvas, placing an easel on the
Capturing Toronto’s Kensington Market in art
The Kensington Market is the subject of the above painting. Entitled, “Early morning—the corner of Kensington Avenue and Baldwin Street—Kensington Market,” it is 20” x
The site of the former Backpackers’ Hotel on February 10, 2015. I have been observing the renovations in progress at the former site of