Undercover at Studio Vogue Gallery

Time for another group show!

This time, I'm taking part in a juried show at Studio Vogue Gallery entitled My Toronto 2011.

Undercover, Oils on canvas

Although I've lived in Toronto for many, many years, the city hasn't really featured in my work. This is the only painting I've ever done with a Toronto theme and it is set in the subway -  Underground or Metro to some of you folks overseas.

Ironically, the subway was merely the setting I chose to convey another idea (can you deduce what it is...?). It did offer the ideal setting for showing people, notably adults, in close quarters. Obviously, they are all traveling somewhere and, in this case, you can assume it's ON the way to work, NOT coming home in the evening.

Now, what are they wearing? Notice anything unusual? And, if it's unusual to our eyes, would that have been the case a few hundred years ago - and I'm not talking about the changes in styles of clothing, it has more to do with COLOR...

My Toronto 2011 will run at Studio Vogue Gallery from May 11 to 28, 2011. The opening reception is May 12 from 6-8 p.m. The gallery is at 216 Avenue Road, just south of Dupont, on the west side. (And yes, there IS a 216, if you see "210" a lot, don't think you've gone too far, there just seesm to be some confusion with the numbering.) The gallery can be reached at 416-459-9809.

P.S. Once upon a time, I used to worry that the fellow in the blue suit was disproportionately tall but then I met a fellow actor who is 7 ft 1 in tall, so now I know otherwise!

Copyright Deborah C. Sawyer