Art Blog
Heart Video Poem
Heart a video poem The poem, "Heart", was written over a period of time that began with a diagnosis of a blocked aorta, followed by a series of strokes that ended with my mother leaving us behind to the unforgiving winter. I shared unforgettable moments with her...
Project 40 Collective: Creator to Creator interview
I am honoured to be a part of Project 40 Collective's Creator to Creator series. In the August 10, 2017 issue, I am interviewed by Mirae Lee about my artistic life and process. Here is what the award-winning poet Doyali Islam had to say about me.
Painting Angels, part 3
The first angel was an accident. In my darkest time, the angels that followed were like the work I’d done years before, of demons and almost-humans that reflected my life and observations and what came to me in the night. Then it came time to put the darkness away. I...
Painting Angels, part 2
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...