Santon vs Freemark

Currently at Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto ...

Ric Santon:

Fiona Freemark:

Alpha Apache

Alpha Beta Gaga by the French duo Air from their 2004 album Talkie Walkie:

Video from airofficial's youtube channel

The Shadows's classic Apache from the 1960s:

Video from DiscoBar80 youtube channel

Five Dresses

Caitlyn Murphy from her solo exhibition Five Dresses currently at Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto:

Rye keeps swinging

 Lyla Rye's installation Swing Stage at Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto 2011:

Unlocking The Seventies

From Harold Town's retrospective exhibition Unlocking The Seventies currently at Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto:

Nicol + Ferguson

From the exhibition The New Normal currently at Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto ...

Ken Nicol's This Is Your Life series:

Gerald Ferguson's Fishnet:

Burda + Hobot

From the exhibition The New Normal currently at Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto ...

Kristina Burda's Red/Black Triangle:

Barbara Hobot's Untitled (Curtain #18 and #19):

The New Normal

From the exhibition The New Normal currently at Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto ...

John Brown's Grimm #74 (Blue):

Denyse Thomasos's Wyoming Attitude:

Meaghan Hyckie's Modern Feeling:

Over And Over

Back in the days ...  Hot Chip's Over And Over from their 2006 album The Warning:

Video from Hot Chip's youtube channel

Tweedie + Picco

From their current 9th Anniversary exhibition at Robert Kananaj Gallery, Toronto ...

Howard Arthur Tweedie:

Jim Picco:

Congratulations, R and R!

The Heart Can't Wait

 Steven Beckly from his solo exhibition The Heart Can't Wait currently at Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto:

Lockhead vs Bierk

Currently at the Art Gallery of Peterborough (AGP), Peterborough ...

Kenneth Lockhead's Untitled:

David Bierk's Landscape Study (Green Sky And Pond):

Granados vs Abts

Francisco-Fernando Granados's digital work from the exhibition Duet I saw last week at the Art Gallery of Peterborough (AGP), Peterborough:

Tomma Abts's untitled drawings at Tate Britain, London:

Duet

I took a few days off last week to beautiful Peterborough, which is a 1.5-hour drive northeast of Toronto.  I have been thinking all summer of getting away since I couldn't travel to Germany this year.  The decision to travel to Peterborough was an easy one since the exhibition Duet at the Art Gallery of Peterborough (AGP) was a huge draw for me.  The show, which was closed just this past weekend, brought together Jack Bush's analogue and Francisco-Fernando Granados's digital paintings/drawings.  I was particularly inspired by Granados's digital work, which encouraged me to reconsider a more serious use of the digital medium.  My interest in the digital medium was first ignited when I saw David Hockey's iPhone/iPad paintings at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in 2011.  I have been using the iPhone and various softwares, more notably Microsoft Excel, to explore my studio work in recent years.  It is time for me to take the medium to the forefront.

Bush:

Granados: