Engraving the land
Interview by Ken Bryson Wesley Bates chose the road less taken. Working in one of printmaking’s olde…
Step into a different world
by Kevin Land Most of us have a memory of an early encounter with a book, a sense perhaps, that the …
A cabin memory
by Ann Chaban In the summertime when I was a child, in the late 1970’s, my parents would drive us up…
Growing agri:cultural resilience
by Ken Bryson When Rony Lec and Myriam Legault moved to their 100-acre property south of Desboro fiv…
Neustadt taps into a bright future
by Ken Bryson When Elizabeth MacKenzie visited Neustadt one afternoon in 2018, she pressed her hands…
In the studio with Joanna Aplin
Owen Sound artist Joanna Aplin explores the interplay of tension and release, often alternating betw…
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Engraving the land
Interview by Ken Bryson Wesley Bates chose the road less taken. Working in one of printmaking’s oldest traditions, the Clifford-based artist’s career has spanned commercial design, print making and book illustration — ultimately translating rural landscapes and human…
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Step into a different world
by Kevin Land Most of us have a memory of an early encounter with a book, a sense perhaps, that the object we just unwrapped, or found amongst the stacks at the local library, or unearthed from a…
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A cabin memory
by Ann Chaban In the summertime when I was a child, in the late 1970’s, my parents would drive us up north to stay in a rented ancient farmhouse near a pine forest. The interior walls were exposed…
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Growing agri:cultural resilience
by Ken Bryson When Rony Lec and Myriam Legault moved to their 100-acre property south of Desboro five years ago from Guatemala, they brought more than their young family. They brought traditional varieties of amaranth, corn, beans, and…
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Neustadt taps into a bright future
by Ken Bryson When Elizabeth MacKenzie visited Neustadt one afternoon in 2018, she pressed her hands against the glass of the closed library, peering into darkness. “Crickets,” she recalls. The town was quiet and only a few stores…
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In the studio with Joanna Aplin
Owen Sound artist Joanna Aplin explores the interplay of tension and release, often alternating between the emotional weight of figurative work and the freedom afforded by landscapes. Balancing detailed planning with intuitive play, she creates works that invite…
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Grey County dining grows together
by Ken Bryson In the hills of eastern Grey County, something authentic is growing. A new collection of culinary entrepreneurs has created a dining scene that celebrates the area’s agricultural heritage and its evolving identity as a destination…
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Painting beyond the familiar
Interview by Ken Bryson Artist Évelyne Richer is commited to letting her art speak for itself. The career abstract painter – and long-time resident of Grey County – begins each painting with a concept, but ultimately the painting…
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A new MOSAIC
The world offers itself to your imagination – Mary Oliver When I heard that MOSAIC was ready for a new life in this world, it captured my imagination. As a reader of the magazine for the near-twenty years…