Tony Batten
“Called Inside”
Tony Batten "Called Inside" 36" x 36" acrylic on canvas
In his travels around the world as an educator, lecturer and artist, Tony’s sensibility for architectural elements capture the familiar from our own travel memories or the imagined from our dreams of faraway places.
Tony’s mastery of light and motion evokes the sense of ‘being there’ – in a French cafe, Baroque Cathedral or on our so familiar bright red streetcars in a Toronto cityscape.
This painting draws us onto a sunny terrace where the lace curtains are ruffled by someone just passing through the door into the cool dim interior…
“Called Inside”
36” x 36” acrylic on canvas
Tony currently has an exhibit Landmarks at Yorkminster Park Gallery ~ Yonge and Heath Streets. Weekdays – 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, Saturday 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm Until October 28th
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For information call Marilyn Harding at 416-716-2678.
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Here is an excerpt from Dilettant’s Diary, by Patrick Donahue as he discusses Tony’s current exhibit at Yorkminster Park Gallery: Read the full review here http://www.dilettantesdiary.com/id182.html.
“A couple of my favourites are charming little scenes from France. A storefront in Paris shows a door that’s just partly open and the dark interior beyond it beckons with great mystery and allure. A simple scene on a terrace in front of a house – just a table with a white cloth, a couple of chairs and luscious foliage hanging overhead – makes you smell the wine that’s waiting to be sipped. What I especially like about these two paintings is that the execution is so simple: just a few bold strokes of paint provide all the atmosphere and detail you need.”