{"id":691,"date":"2017-07-26T03:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauseworks.com\/patkatzartwp\/?p=691"},"modified":"2017-07-10T17:14:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T22:14:18","slug":"canada-150-art-project-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pauseworks.com\/patkatzartwp\/recent-work\/canada-150-art-project-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada 150 Art Project – Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the fifth in a series of ten watercolor paintings to honor Canada’s Sesquicentennial – this one featuring Ontario. Read on to learn more about the backstory behind this painting, and to find out how you can make this painting yours.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Backstory:\u00a0<\/strong>A dear friend always referred to Toronto as The Big Smoke<\/em>. I believe he meant\u00a0\u2018thought to be something special by those within and beyond\u2019. Toronto is all that and more, and the CN Tower is the very first thing I look for as I fly into Toronto to confirm that I have indeed arrived once more in The Big Smoke<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I first set foot in Toronto in 1967 en route to Expo 67 in Montreal, and then again a couple of years later in 1969, as a guest of the T Eaton Company. Earlier that year, my sewing and modeling skills won me the opportunity to represent Saskatchewan at Eaton\u2019s 100th<\/sup> anniversary sewing competition.<\/p>\n

We stayed at the Royal York Hotel across from Union Station; and were wined and dined and toured in style. Most memorable to me was our evening of folk music at the Riverboat Coffee House, a famous hippie hangout in Yorkville. At the end of the week, all ten competitors strutted their stuff on the fashion show runway at Eaton\u2019s flagship store on Queen Street.<\/p>\n

Over the years, I have made many visits to and through Ontario both to Toronto and elsewhere in the province. Here are a few of my memorable Ontario moments:<\/p>\n