The Yorkville district in Toronto has been an area that has been reinvented many times since the early days of "Hog Town".

Today, and for the better part of the last half of the twentieth century, it could be argued that it has been home to the trend-setting demographic in the city, and perhaps the country. The vignette captured in my rendition of Yorkville, mixed media on canvas, 44"x44", alludes to the fashionistas who roam the famous streets (Cumberland, Hazelton,Yorkville, Avenue, Bloor) with appropriate handbags marked by an "x". They are seemingly oblivious to the real world around them witnessed by a solitary lamp post and church window. Ah, La Dolce Vita- right here, in T.O.! Rich textures in coral, seafoam and blushing pink-surrounded by white- oh pure white, and soft whites of course. Surely there is nothing more pressing in life than this bliss.