More celebrations and another of my pieces in the Heliconian Avant Garde show

 

Lemme tell you something
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 24 inches
Barbara Muir © 2025

This is another one of my three paintings in the Helliconian Hall Avant Garde
show at 35 Hazelton Avenue in Toronto.  

The painting was inspired by a dream I had when I was thinking about the
Avant Garde.  I wanted to be as positive as possible, but had decided that
my theme would be about the environment.  In the dream a woman is
standing wearing a dress made of ocean waves. And for some reason
lemons were flying around her head with a ribbon floating around the
lemons.

How this relates to saving the planet and the environment might be
-- save our planet, save our crops.  

Somewhat corny I know.  But also vitally important.  These insane

wars have to stop.

The celebrations? Family birthdays.  A real treat.

Have a loving your life day!                                                                                     

The Avant Garde show opening

 

Love the planet
Mixed Media
Acrylic on canvas
plus photo collage

48 x 36 inches
Barbara Muir © 2025

The Avant Garde show at the Heliconian Hall -- 35 Hazelton
Avenue in Toronto opened today. It is a beautiful show and it
was a delightful opening.  

I was so busy talking to people, and inviting them into the show,
that I didn't get time to take photos of the work, and almost forgot

to photograph mine. So here goes.  This is one of my three pieces

in the exhibition, which runs for the month of November.

The painting is a combination of a scene from a beautiful
day in one of our favourite parks, and a photo of some 
young women I met outside the Art Gallery of Ontario
recently.  They wanted to be in the painting, and in the
ironic symbolism is the fact that the phone we use to photograph
beauty is part of what's destroying it. 

The women were actually making peace symbols. But
they agreed to be in this work, and that's the message -- we
need to wake up.  Thank you to my gracious models.

Have a loving your life day!