Stephen Appleby-Barr, Punchy Cricket Bat, 2011
In his oil paintings Toronto artist Stephen Appleby-Barr references the rich, elegant and luminous qualities of Old Master painting. The settings of his exquisitely rendered portraits are often based on found daguerreotypes, but he inserts people he knows and secret symbols to create a personal mythology. Recent shows include Fancy Action Now with Team Macho at Narwhal Projects in Toronto. This is his first show at Nicholas Metivier Gallery.
