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Painting Angels, part 2

by admin | Aug 1, 2017 | Art Blog | 0 Comments

When I was still in the dark place, I wrote a poem, only feathers string me up across the sky, one nudge or wrinkle and I fall, crash through violet dusk and skyscrapers, this wingless, landlocked, flattened creature of despair that described the fragile...

Painting Angels

by admin | Jul 31, 2017 | Art Blog | 0 Comments

The first angel was an accident. Or I could say it just arrived. I was in a dark place, and all I could do was turn to art. I had always put my life on paper, pulling the terrible out of me so I could breathe. I began a painting, Fallen 1, from one of my drawings of...

Painting My Mother

by admin | Jul 19, 2017 | Art Blog | 0 Comments

Beloved mother, you never leave my side. Your beautiful, gnarled, arthritic feet rest in my lap, and I am home. You lie in the shadows of me, keeping me from harm.

Getting ready for Saturday night at Free Times Cafe

by admin | Jul 8, 2016 | Art Blog | 0 Comments

WORDS AND MUSIC on Saturday, July 9th at 8 p.m. at the Free Times Cafe is only one sleep away! I'll be performing alongside some very talented folks: dub poet Clifton Joseph and singer-songwriters Carmen Toth and Tim Maxwell! I will be presenting some new pieces in...

Words and Music at Free Times Cafe, Toronto

by admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Art Blog, Event, Poetry Blog | 0 Comments

I am very excited to be sharing the stage on Saturday, July 9th at 8 p.m. at the Free Times Cafe along with some truly amazing artists: dub poet Clifton Joseph and singer-songwriters Carmen Toth and Tim Maxwell.Before the show: Because my words are all wound up with...

Brandon Pitts’ Canadian Launch for TENDER IN THE AGE OF FURY, cover art by Jennifer Hosein

by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | Art Blog, Event, Publication | 0 Comments

Seattle-based poet Brandon Pitts was in Toronto for the Canadian launch of his second collection of poetry, Tender in the Age of Fury, published by Mosaic Press. He performed to a standing-room only crowd at the Central Bar. TENDER IN THE AGE OF FURY is a powerful...

Masters of Art group exhibit, Bampot Bohemian Tea House, 2015

by admin | May 11, 2015 | Art Blog, Event, Poetry Blog | 0 Comments

On opening night (May 15, 2015) of the MASTERS OF ART group exhibit at the Bampot Bohemian Tea House in Toronto, I will perform a set alongside poet and visual artist Brenda Clews and singer-songwriter Joani Paige. My oil painting, The Poet, is one of the paintings in...