Jack the Ripper never looked as good as he does in Igor Kolodin’s latest collection, Significant Figures. Through his unique details and dark undertones, Kolodin creates portraits that are haunting and intriguing. Kolodin, a Russian Jewish immigrant, borrows from the Russian aesthetic of painted faces with no angled shots. His characters are set upon a […]
Julie Sobowale
Posted inLifestyle
No limits on having fun
Getting on the water Kevin Penny’s first outing on the seas was four years ago at the Mobility Cup, a sailing competition hosted in Vancouver. As a quadriplegic, he needed to be secured to the boat. He wasn’t too thrilled. “All I was thinking was if we capsize, I’m strapped to the boat,” he says. […]
Posted inLifestyle
No limits on having fun
Getting on the water Kevin Penny’s first outing on the seas was four years ago at the Mobility Cup, a sailing competition hosted in Vancouver. As a quadriplegic, he needed to be secured to the boat. He wasn’t too thrilled. “All I was thinking was if we capsize, I’m strapped to the boat,” he says. […]
Posted inArts + Music
The darker side of the city
Painter Jonathan Johnson goes for the abstract aesthetic in his latest exhibition titled New Paintings. The Halifax-based artist, known for his landscape drawings on canvas, deals with colour, movement and space in a new way. His usual full and colourful landscapes are replaced with deep black strokes and spots of colour. Most of the pieces […]
Posted inArts + Music
Bye Bye Blackbird set visit
It’s been another grueling day of shooting for the cast and crew of Bye Bye Blackbird. The stars, teenagers Connor Jessup and Alexia Fast, are sitting around a table on set with producers David Miller and Chad Maker in an impromptu post-production meeting. Jessup is in his goth wardrobe. Fast says to Jessup, “You look […]