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New collection of paintings by artist David Samila, all untitled, are currently on display at Bau-Xi gallery on Dundas St. W. Samila cuts plywood rect(...)
New collection of paintings by artist David Samila, all untitled, are currently on display at Bau-Xi gallery on Dundas St. W. Samila cuts plywood rect(...)

New collection of paintings by artist David Samila, all untitled, are currently on display at Bau-Xi gallery on Dundas St. W. Samila cuts plywood rect(...)

Date3/10/1976
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  • New collection of paintings by artist David Samila, all untitled, are currently on display at Bau-Xi gallery on Dundas St. W. Samila cuts plywood rect(...)
  • New collection of paintings by artist David Samila; all untitled; are currently on display at Bau-Xi gallery on Dundas St. W. Samila cuts plywood rectangles into shapes; covers them with canvas; paints each one and then reassembles them. Samila; 35; has been working five years to get the new show together.
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Original Toronto Star caption: New collection of paintings by artist David Samila; all untitled; are currently on display at Bau-Xi gallery on Dundas St. W. Samila cuts plywood rectangles into shapes; covers them with canvas; paints each one and then reassembles them. Samila; 35; has been working five years to get the new show together.
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      Regina artist Ted Godwin with his Late Fall, Battle Creek on display at the Bau-Xi gallery on Dundas St
      Regina artist Ted Godwin with his Late Fall, Battle Creek on display at the Bau-Xi gallery on Dundas St
      Bezant, Graham
      4/7/1979
      Home sweet home: Shown at the Hesperus Fellowship Community are Susan Samila (left), Gordon, Grace, Anjelika and young Gregory Farrants
      Home sweet home: Shown at the Hesperus Fellowship Community are Susan Samila (left), Gordon, Grace, Anjelika and young Gregory Farrants
      Russell, Jim
      9/15/1987
      Keeping Canadian art alive. Paterson Ewen, 62, has an exhibition of gouged plywood paintings opening at the Art Gallery of Ontario that rank among the(...)
      Keeping Canadian art alive. Paterson Ewen, 62, has an exhibition of gouged plywood paintings opening at the Art Gallery of Ontario that rank among the(...)
      Ewen, Paterson, 1925-2002
      1/13/1988
      A Newfoundland lobster fisherman at work is just one of the paintings of artist William Kurelek on display at the Isaacs Gallery, 832 Yonge St
      A Newfoundland lobster fisherman at work is just one of the paintings of artist William Kurelek on display at the Isaacs Gallery, 832 Yonge St
      Griffin, Doug
      11/13/1974
      Loeb home in Toronto is gallery of paintings rated as the finest and most balanced private collection of Canadian historic paintings in the world
      Loeb home in Toronto is gallery of paintings rated as the finest and most balanced private collection of Canadian historic paintings in the world
      Beaty, Keith
      6/27/1973
      Vancouver artist Reg Holmes, shown above with one of his paintings at the Isaacs Gallery, is making $30,000 a year in New York. He's part of a scheme (...)
      Vancouver artist Reg Holmes, shown above with one of his paintings at the Isaacs Gallery, is making $30,000 a year in New York. He's part of a scheme (...)
      Ross, Fred
      9/30/1969
      Ocean currents is the name of this painting on plywood by Paterson Ewen, one of a number on show at Carmen Lamanna Gallery, 840 Yonge St. That's owner(...)
      Ocean currents is the name of this painting on plywood by Paterson Ewen, one of a number on show at Carmen Lamanna Gallery, 840 Yonge St. That's owner(...)
      Ewen, Paterson, 1925-2002
      1/20/1978
      George Minarsky: Circle Gallery director says buyers of the gallery's art jewelry pieces may already posses paintings or sculptures by the artists that they buy
      George Minarsky: Circle Gallery director says buyers of the gallery's art jewelry pieces may already posses paintings or sculptures by the artists that they buy
      Bull, Ron
      1/9/1989
      Wildlife artist: Retired Metro policeman Jim Majury, 56, of Scarborough, displays one of the paintings that has made him a renowned wildlife artist
      Wildlife artist: Retired Metro policeman Jim Majury, 56, of Scarborough, displays one of the paintings that has made him a renowned wildlife artist
      Beaty, Keith
      5/14/1986
      Among the paintings of Robert Hedrick, which are on display at the Jerrold Morris Gallery, 15 Prince Arthur Ave
      Among the paintings of Robert Hedrick, which are on display at the Jerrold Morris Gallery, 15 Prince Arthur Ave
      James, Norman
      2/9/1968
      The Hound of Heaven, that famous poem by Francis Thompson, inspired 16 of the largest paintings by William Kurelek now on display at the Isaacs Gallery
      The Hound of Heaven, that famous poem by Francis Thompson, inspired 16 of the largest paintings by William Kurelek now on display at the Isaacs Gallery
      Goode, Jeff
      11/10/1970
      Ship Of Dreams: Toronto artist Harold Town uses his first major show of oil paintings in eight years (it's at the Waddington Galleries) to neatly skewer artistic pretensions
      Ship Of Dreams: Toronto artist Harold Town uses his first major show of oil paintings in eight years (it's at the Waddington Galleries) to neatly skewer artistic pretensions
      Goode, Jeff
      5/12/1981