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Nancy Bennett 🇨🇦
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Nancy Bennett 🇨🇦 @nancybennett.bsky.social · Nov 10
I'm a Canadian artist living in Toronto. Initially I painted landscapes but the pandemic changed me and now I paint everything, except abstract, but it's still early.
Oils, watercolours, textiles
Photo of meat an art show. I'm wearing all black, have shoulder length light brown hair, glasses, seated on a low grey bench with a coffee cup on the floor beside my foot. On the white wall behind me are three of my paintings and signage with my name and initials NB. The paintings are all landscapes, lower left ice and snow on Lake Ontario, upper righ, green hills in Ireland, lower right sunrise with swirling grey clouds and dark foreground. Me all in black, short sleeves, standing among my paintings of flowers L>R Three 5x7 at left on a a grey table, red tulips on an easel, red geraniums in a basket, white tulips on dark blue background, tulips, wildflowers, buttercups and at far right, white cosmos. Me all in black with my paintings of people hanging on a white gallery wall. L>R Six portraits of my art heroes - Van Gogh, Thomson, Turner, Monet, Rembrandt, Pachter, woman with wild black hair, woman looking out a window as she works, man in a yellow overcoat. Me dressed in black holding a turquoise purse and my phone, standing in front of a large painting on a white gallery wall. Painting is people walking down a city street. Towers on each side of the road, cars driving north. Three people walk away and throw a bright magenta shadow behind them towards the viewer.
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I take my reference photos seriously. I snapped this on a trip to Algonquin Park in 2014 and painted it back then. Now I want to approach it differently. First step is to re-size it to 9:10, then identify the shapes of the colours. Choosing the right sketch colour will be important.
#WIP
Photograph of a forest scene showcasing autumn colours. The photo is extended along the top edge to bring the ratio to 9:10 so it fits on my 27x30 panel. The extended part is roughly coloured in with green above a tree on the right and blue across the sky. In the photo, I've outlined sections of colours with a fine black Sharpie pen. There are pale green trees, yellow leaves, orange leaves, red leaves and dark green fir trees. Across the foreground are four white birch trees with some yellow leaves. Two of the white trunks are bare.
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Fruitcake - Very Dark, Very Rich
Mary Pratt
1993
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Ottone Rosai
Belvedere
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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I went to the St. Lawrence Market without a shopping list, confident that something tasty and healthy would catch my eye. Fully half of my purchases were pastries. Cheesecake, date square, rum ball, tart, croissant and scone. I cannot be trusted to wing it.
#groceries
My shopping haul on my kitchen counter. Clockwise from 12:00 - 2 mangos and 2 avocados on top of a carton of a dozen eggs, 2 bananas, cheese and onion scone, cheese croissant, cellophane carton of pastries with a custard tart uppermost, cellophane carton of cheesecake, 1kg jar of plain yogurt, small bag of cheese curds. At centre is a pile of small potatoes.
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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For all the American journalists pontificating on why Canadians won’t cross the border anymore…
brittlestar.com Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 1d
America, It's Not You, It's...
November 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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photoblair.bsky.social
Air France d'un abribus.

#Mississauga #YYZ #AirFrance #Planespotting #Photography
An Air France jumbo passes over Eglinton Avenue as it descends towards Toronto Pearson International Airport. Reflections of the setting sun and surrounding buildings are seen in the glass of the bus shelter where the photo was taken.
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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America, It's Not You, It's...
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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robertbohan.bsky.social
Some art by Patricia. Artists rely on visibility to sell art. So even if you have one follower or none - always repost original art. I’m sure these works will be very popular - given their lovely mood! #Share
trish-artandstuff.bsky.social Patricia @trish-artandstuff.bsky.social · 2d
Some of my oil on canvas work.

You can buy here 👇 (originals and prints) #art #oilpaintings #womenart
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Young woman of colour with red dress and long black hair being blown to the left of her figure. She walks towards a huge fire and the yellow/orange flames create a striking background to show off her amazing figure. Very thought provoking image. Oils on canvas. Young woman underwater. She is against a black background with a white gown clinging to her from the water pressure. Bubbles come from her mouth and nose. Striking black/whites/blue colours. Oils on canvas. Young woman in green dress sitting on the ground with her feet in the soil smelling a red rose. Garden picture painted in oils. with yellow, red, white flowers and green foliage. She has picked leeks and put some in her basket.
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
nancybennett.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've attended.

The Guess Who
Rolling Stones
Elton John
The (Dixie at the time) Chicks
Jeremy Dutcher
makesmewannauke.bsky.social MakesMeWannaUke🇨🇦 @makesmewannauke.bsky.social · 1d
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve attended

Van Morrison
James Taylor
English Beat
Psychedelic Furs
3 Dog Night
fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 1d
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've attended

Cocteau Twins
Shirley Horn
Blind Boys of Alabama
Ravel’s Bolero (Toronto Symphony Orchestra)
“Oscar Peterson at 100, a Canadian Celebration”
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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thebeaverton.com
Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank
Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank
HAMILTON, ON - Local residents this morning report driving past an excitingly long lineup and assuming it was for a blowout Black Friday sale, before realizing that it was just a regular queue for a b...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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robertbohan.bsky.social
Canada has always supported me in my art & I’m delighted to support Nancy in her’s! Her work is powerful, atmospheric & very covetable. If you see art, repost it! #Share
nancybennett.bsky.social Nancy Bennett 🇨🇦 @nancybennett.bsky.social · Nov 10
I'm a Canadian artist living in Toronto. Initially I painted landscapes but the pandemic changed me and now I paint everything, except abstract, but it's still early.
Oils, watercolours, textiles
Photo of meat an art show. I'm wearing all black, have shoulder length light brown hair, glasses, seated on a low grey bench with a coffee cup on the floor beside my foot. On the white wall behind me are three of my paintings and signage with my name and initials NB. The paintings are all landscapes, lower left ice and snow on Lake Ontario, upper righ, green hills in Ireland, lower right sunrise with swirling grey clouds and dark foreground. Me all in black, short sleeves, standing among my paintings of flowers L>R Three 5x7 at left on a a grey table, red tulips on an easel, red geraniums in a basket, white tulips on dark blue background, tulips, wildflowers, buttercups and at far right, white cosmos. Me all in black with my paintings of people hanging on a white gallery wall. L>R Six portraits of my art heroes - Van Gogh, Thomson, Turner, Monet, Rembrandt, Pachter, woman with wild black hair, woman looking out a window as she works, man in a yellow overcoat. Me dressed in black holding a turquoise purse and my phone, standing in front of a large painting on a white gallery wall. Painting is people walking down a city street. Towers on each side of the road, cars driving north. Three people walk away and throw a bright magenta shadow behind them towards the viewer.
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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minibubbly.bsky.social
N.S. announces it will sell off all remaining U.S. alcohol, won’t order any more #NovaScotia #FeedNovaScotia

The province says about $4 million in net profits will go to Feed Nova Scotia and other community food organizations.

www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
N.S. announces it will sell all remaining U.S. alcohol, won’t order any more
Nova Scotia has announced it will sell its remaining $14 million-worth of alcohol from the United States.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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I didn't set out to paint a series. I just kept coming across scenes of skaters enjoying winter. I loved that when cold weather hits, so many Canadians' first thought is "I wonder if the rink/lake/pond/river has frozen over." Click Alt-text for details.
#CanadianArt
Afternoon Skate 36x40, Oil on wood panel The rink at Glenstewart Ravine is built and maintained by the neighbourhood in Toronto's Beach neighbourhood. Trees in the ravine surround the rink and roads run on eather side of it with parked cars. The painting is of a glowing grey day. The skaters are pairs and singles, some in bright winter clothing, some in greys and browns. Among the skaters are a couple with the woman reaching out her hand but the man has his hands in his pockets, a pair or teens standing not skating, a small girl in pink snowpants with arms outstretched for balance and a parent crouched down beside her watching, and a few bystanders on the snowy side, on with black dog on a leash. Parked cars line the street behind the rink. Rouge River Skate 36x40, Oil on wood panel In the first winter of the pandemic, the people of Toronto were desperate to get outside and socialize safely while still maintaining distance. In this stretch of the Rouge River, where it meets Lake Ontario, there are several groups of people. Some playing a game of shinny, some just standing and talking. One older man holding a lawnchair for balance and a small child clutching his mother for balance. The sun is starting to set throwing golden light on the trees and grasses on either side of the river. The sky around the sun is turning deep blue which reflects on the ice. Shinny 36x40, Oil on wood panel Late winter, my cousin's boys and their friends spent the afternoon clearing the pond and playing a game of shinny. Their beloved dog tagged along because any outing that involves the kids AND snow is a great outing. The day is grey but there's a faint glow of sunlight through the clouds. Distant trees and small shed are silhouetted against the snowy field. Tall grasses and a few stones stick through the snow. There are three boys on the ice and one on a bench in the lower right corner. They have a net and sticks. On the bench is a shovel, more sticks, bags and boots. The large black dog sits centre in the foreground. He calmly looks directly at the viewer. The original sketch was bright pink which shows through in some places, most notable in the grasses. Game On! 36x40, Oil on wood panel Painted from a photo in Toronto's Archives. In 1919 six boys/men gathered on a patch of ice at the bottom of a gully in a vacant space in the Gerrard & Hastings neighbourhood. Two story houses can be seen in the distance. A line of hydro poles and wires run across the painting along Gerrard St. In the field, bare-branched trees overhang the gully. The ground is snow covered. A few people stand on the hill look down at the lads. A few of them have sticks. Some are just standing. The sky is grey but the sun can be seen trying to shine through the hazy clouds. The texture of the snow is rough covering the ground. A bit of the original pink sketch shows through the tree branches and through the grey of the houses and the people.
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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BREAKING: Yesterday the Ford government passed Bill 68, the Plan to Protect Ontario Act, quietly legislating the removal of lands from Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, including public access beaches and critical habitat for endangered piping plovers. #ONpoli
www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/ontario...
Ontario uses budget bill to remove parklands
Wilderness Committee condemns the sell-off of portions of Wasaga Beach Provincial ParkTORONTO / TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES OF MISSISSAUGAS OF THE CREDIT, ANISHNAABEG, CHIPPEWA, HAUDENOSAUNEE AND WENDAT —...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Third bungle this week: Indigenous Services Canada not responding to APTN reporters asking if there is a food crisis in Nunavut, following cuts to programming: www.aptnnews.ca/featured/peo...
‘Having a hard time getting food’: Nunavut hunger crisis continues
‘People are having a hard time now getting food’: Nunavut hunger crisis continues as Indigenous Services Canada refuses to answer questions
www.aptnnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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maxfawcett.bsky.social
Oh please just fuck off
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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New painting completed in the studio today. Based on a photo from the Toronto Archives, these lads found a patch of ice which was all they needed. They grabbed their sticks and it was game on!
Game On
36x40, Oil on wood panel

#CanadianArt
Whole large painting, 36x40" horizontal. Painting of a snowy hilly stretch of land with ice formed in the gully at the bottom of the hills. A group of skaters with hockey sticks on the ice and small groups of people stand at the top of hiils watching. The sky is grey with the sun just barely shining through. Bare branched trees lean off the hills. A few rocks stick through the snow. In the distance, low grey houses fade into mist. Detail of the players on the ice. Six boys/men, four with sticks stand on the ice. The paint texture is rough with some undertones of pink. Close-up of the trees, hydro poles and wires and houses in the distance. The paint texture is rough and the paint catches on the brushstrokes. The trees have a hint of pink.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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frank-lee.bsky.social
Ford's a poorly educated, born rich, silver spoon-fed hypocrite from a political family who never had to look for a job in his life, who hates helping the disadvantaged when instead it could be spent to benefit rich people. It underlies the greed that is the core of CON philosophical ideology today.
clareblackwood.bsky.social Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 5d
I really try to make jokes and find fun ways to spin terrible news on here, but I read this and the only thing I have to say about it is that Doug Ford is a piece of shit who shouldn't be running an Arby's, let alone a province. Fuck you, Doug. share.google/gPPqvtiuqD0O...
Ford tells protesters to 'go find a job' as controversial housing bill passes at Queen's Park | CBC News
Shouts and chants rained down upon politicians at the Ontario legislature Monday as the government passed a housing bill that critics say makes it easier for landlords to evict tenants.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
nancybennett.bsky.social
I certainly will never "crawl back". When an old and trusted friend turns on me viciously with no provocation, I'm done. Forever.
ruthmkb.bsky.social ruthko @ruthmkb.bsky.social · 5d
"Given America’s penchant for insular self-infatuation, Canada will never be anything more than a blip on U.S. radars. And if the abusive treatment of Canada and Canadians happened once, it can happen again."

#uspoli #cdnpoli

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
When the U.S. finally comes to its senses, Canada should think twice before crawling back
Very few Americans think much about Canada at all. How can we pretend to have ever really been friends?
www.thestar.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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teamcanadaforever.bsky.social
PM Carney was asked when he last spoke to Trump: "Who cares. It's a detail. I'll speak to him again when it matters. I don't have a burning issue to speak with the president about right now. When America wants to come back and have the discussions on the trade side we will have those discussions." 👏🏽
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Canada to the United States: Please stop drunk-texting us at 2 a.m.

November 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
nancybennett.bsky.social
Doug Ford is a total asshole.
cdnresistance.bsky.social Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 5d
Hey, Ontario, repeat after me: Doug Ford is a total asshole.
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
nancybennett.bsky.social
"Smug, contemptuous, pocket-lining dingbats". LOL Perfect words.
frank-lee.bsky.social FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 5d
CAN YOU BELIEVE this arrogant ignorant twit Hoekstra?? Telling Canadians what WE should buy or not buy?? He's truly a representative of the dumb as dirt MAGA mindset; an ideology based on smug, contemptuous pocket-lining dingbats.

torontosun.com/news/nationa...
Pete Hoekstra says Canada 'inserted itself' in U.S. politics with anti-tariff ads
The ambassador said as far as he can tell, something like this has 'never happened in America before' Read more.
torontosun.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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robertbohan.bsky.social
Sad to see the passing of Dorothy Vogel (1935-2025). She & her husband Herbert (1922-2012), despite only having the means of regular people [a librarian & a postman], made a world class art collection together & generously donated it to art museums across the US. [free link]
Dorothy Vogel, Librarian With a Vast Art Collection, Dies at 90
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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jryerson.bsky.social
Exactly, ignore #Poilievre, he has no relationships or capability to have them as we have seen in his own caucus.
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM