There were dozens of skilled artists here in Toronto at the Distillery District over the Sept long weekend in connection with Artfest 2012. You can read about Mario Beaudoin, Carlo Allion, Scott Cameron, Kevin Joyce, Patrick Lajoie, Tiffany Horrocks, and Christian Aldo
Mario Beaudoin drove in from rural Quebec, to paint the interpretation of Balzacs Coffee House at right.
The Distillery District’s red brick buildings and cobblestones make the Sept long weekend Artfest truly memorable for the artists and visitors that attend the annual festival. This really is a one of a kind art show in the oldest and most historic region of Toronto which is filled with sophisticated tenants, artisans, and patrons. The Distillery District and Artfest in particular is a great place to exhibit art and get feedback as well as healthy sales.
This is a place to network with busy interior decorators, buyers, and curators of all descriptions who saunter through the grounds over the course of the four day long weekend. Two more high rise condominiums are still unfinished behind the Victorian age slate tiles Toronto roof of the buildings that border the cobblestone courtyards.
Carlo Allion paints fantasy, surreal dream images
Carlo Allion finds his best ideas for new paintings from dreams and half conscious reflections into murky pools of mental states. Allion is different from the rest of us because he has the ability and the great skill necessary to put his visions on canvas and shape moments he saw in his mind into great art that we can all behold. He says he paints ‘…statues that have come to life.’
Carlo Allion art work is perfect for international bank headquarters, talent agencies and jitterbug dance halls . Carlo’s brush strokes seem to have devil-may-care mood and evoke Terry Gilliam’s nonsensical whimseys. Art into a sophisticated personal style. See more artwork at CarloAllion.com website. Mr. Allion’s fun loving paint brush molds outrageous proportions to give his art an amazing fresh perspective
Christian Aldo at Artfest 2012
Every year at Artfest, there’s a charismatic young painter named Christian Aldo who uses glue and denim and buckets of acyclic paint to make three dimensional figures crime alive inside the frame.
Korean girls travel to Artfest Ontario 2012 and share memories against Christian Aldo art work.
Here is Christian Aldo in front of his Piano Player reacting to the Korean girls snapping his picture
Pikto Top Picks Photo Contest in Toronto
For almost a decade Pikto has been at the center of photography art in Canada. The store is filled with skilled professionals who have been helping artists prepare for fancy wine and cheese style art shows with professional photo printing and photography mounting and picture framing and picture hanging services. Pikto probably best known for its custom photo books which are easy to make and present artists with a very compelling presentation mediums. Andre announced that Pikto is having a contest and the Distillery District Blog has a write up about the event.
If you win the contest, you will get your own art show at Pikto, for two months.
Pikto Top Pick photo contest asks three judges to gauge at all submissions and decide whose work should hanging in the Pikto gallery in Toronto for the two months.
Artists who develop and enlarge film and photographic prints probably already know about Pikto darkroom services, ie and they are aware that the firm also does photo printing and picture framing etc The shop is located in Case Goods Lane of the Distillery District and has been popular in this location since early 2003. The store today
The Judges include,
Gina Martin – Photographer Rep, Nat Geographic Collection, Chris Buck – Commercial/Editorial Photographer, Johan Hallberg-Campbell who is the Chief Curator at the Pikto Gallery,
The Pikto Top Pick photo contest has no entry fee. The deadline to submit your work is November 1, 2012 at midnight.
Every submission should include fifteen examples of photography intended for exhibition. And of course that material should be electronically prepared and viewable The images should be .jpg (1024×768 pixels maximum image size) and all applicants are advised to use a consistent naming system as well as number all images (e.g. 01Smith.jpg, 02Smith.jpg).
Here is the gallery where the winner’s artwork will be displayed.
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