Renowned artist John Coburn, who exhibits at the Beckett Gallery of Fine Art on Scollard, was very active during the Toronto International Film Festival. John was at numerous film festival sites including the Canadian Film Centre and Yorkville hotels drawing images of many attending directors and actors. John's uncanny ability to capture the essence of a subject in a minimal number of brush strokes made him the ideal TIFF artist. Expect to see many of these 20+ works at future Coburn exhibitions.

(Yorkville local "Olivia" was a gracious stand-in for this typical Coburn artistic work.)

 

John is creating fashion ads for Milli Ltd that appear in Saturday issues of the Globe & Mail. If you see John in action at Milli Ltd (Yorkville) be sure to engage him in a conversation and take away a memento of your visit. John will be on site each of the next three Fridays, producing a work to be printed in the Globe & Mail the next day.
Location: Milli Ltd. 100 Bloor St. West (behind Pottery Barn on Critchley Lane, between MBCo and Toni & Guy, facing Yorkville Park.)
Publishing dates: Next 3 Saturdays, ending Oct. 6th.
On site dates: Usually on Fridays, (Sept. 21 and Sept. 28., Oct. 5th)
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (times approximate)

 

One of the local TV stations will broadcast a short video on John and his connection with the families of the 9/11 tragedy. This broadcast will cover the background behind John's self published "Healing Hearts" art book of New York scenes that he donated to the families of 9/11.

 

If you missed seeing John during the film festival or at Milli Ltd. then you can always drop by the Scollard Deli at 105 Scollard street to see John's mural on the fence that surrounds the rear patio. Enjoy some great food while you appreciate the playful views of Yorkville locals in the mural. (Click to see some mural photos.)

 

John gets around Yorkville!