Peter Harris is an urban dweller at heart and his art reflects that. His hyper-realistic paintings depict TTC stations, dimly-lit parking lots, gas pumps, local restaurants, and just about anything a city-dweller may encounter on a daily commute.
have long dominated that realm with detailed landscapes showcasing forests, rivers, glaciers, and more.“I've been thinking about what exactly is the quintessential landscape representing Canada,” he said. “Most people live in cities, [..] and so I just started thinking more and more about what a ‘real’ Canadian landscape is.”
One of the paintings Harris holds closest to his heart is of a long-standing culinary institution in Toronto – Okonomi House, a small Japanese restaurant tucked away on Charles St. in the heart of downtown. “A lot of my work lives in these sort of strange transitional spaces that we find ourselves in, like the subway station, an elevator, or an escalator – a space that you occupy for 30 seconds,” he said. “Spaces like these represent an aspect of impermanence in these landscapes we're traveling through all the time, but never really stopped to pause and meditate on.
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