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What a crazy year! Here are my top posts — good art memories, with my Covid-mask selfie right in the centre! — includes some installation art, my TV appearance on ‘Canada’s Landscape Painter’ and a watercolour from the summer canoe trip! Guess zoom calls didn’t make the grid, lol. Much to be thankful for, even amid the hard things. May 2021 bring more of the good, and less of the horrid! #topnine #philirish #contemporaryartist #oldyear #oilpainting #watercolour #canadianart #maskselfie #grids #artistmemories https://www.instagram.com/p/CJdzldygTam/?igshid=ma9ui3569bzr

Which way are you drawn — up the stairs? Or the hidden door at the back? “French Curve” — the Lonsdale show closes Nov 3. • • #philirish #canadianart #soloshow #artcollector #torontoart #interiordesign (at Lonsdale Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4PzrVlJaZh/?igshid=1kokdr77sf8hb

Along with buildings, I’ve been interpreting classical sculptures. This is “Powers,” 14” x 12”. #philirish #canadianart #hirampowers #oilpainting #neoclassical #portraitpainting (at Lonsdale Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Zm29jAIe_/?igshid=1ut8l4ki7ddpx

A view of ‘Monument’ at Ajagemo Gallery in Ottawa. Thanks, Canada Council, and Canada C3! #openchannels #philirish #canadac3 #canadianart #contemporaryart #iceberg @studentsonice @canadac3 (at Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des Arts du Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz89KnSgglc/?igshid=1kngtfckea1ln

The interior spaces; the woods at night. Puncturing through one layer of night to disclose a more intimate space inside. This is another of my early wall collages, from “Makeshift.” • #philirish #contemporaryart #makeshift #canadianart #oilpainting #collage #installationart (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvNNbH4AmsY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1oc11mjvaxivx

Planning. Install with a scissor lift next week! #painting #collage #installationart #canadianartist #contemporaryart #philirish

Coming to Lonsdale Gallery in Toronto. Installing 'Peak Velocity'. @lonsdalegallery #soloshow #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #oilpainting #philirish (at Lonsdale Gallery)

My exhibition 'mount pile' is extended for one week! That means you have until August 20 to get to the Art Gallery of Guelph. #artgalleryofguelph #artexhibitions #canadianart #contemporarypainting #philirish (at Art Gallery of Guelph)