Toronto artist Joan Hamilton-Smith has been known for her portraits and her paintings of old houses, but now she is taking birds and animals as her su(...)

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Toronto artist Joan Hamilton-Smith has been known for her portraits and her paintings of old houses, but now she is taking birds and animals as her su(...)

Date2/25/1976

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Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Toronto artist Joan Hamilton-Smith has been known for her portraits and her paintings of old houses; but now she is taking birds and animals as her subjects. Her fourth one-woman show is at the KAR Gallery in the Colonnade.

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