Uncle Tak and Anona were in town for a few days. His opening was on Saturday at the Mira Godard Gallery. Susan, Gillian and I were able to go down for a couple of hours to visit and see his paintings.

Here is Uncle Tak with Mom and Dad.

A great photo of the brothers.

This was my favourite one, called “Crossing The Straight #1”. 2016

Howe Sound, 2016. I noticed that some of his paintings were not signed in the bottom right corner, so I asked Uncle Tak what was up with that? He said he doesn’t sign the paintings until after he frames them, and he forgot to sign them. Next thing he was walking around the gallery, and you could hear him say out loud “…this one isn’t signed either.” Some of them were just initialed t.t. instead of tanabe.

Collingwood Channel, 2017.

N. of Kamloops, 2016. Of the 12 paintings he had on display, they were all sold, except for this one.

Gillian pointing to Uncle Tak’s name.

Some sculptures at the gallery next door.

Looking east along Cumberland Ave.

We parked at Kipling and took the Subway down.

Uncle Tak has an upcoming exhibition in 2017 at the Mira Godard Gallery. It runs from June 3 to July 1st. The website said it is “New Paintings”. At least it will be better weather to go see his show, usually his exhibitions are in January.

The Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre in Burnaby, BC will be holding an exhibit titled Sumie by Takao Tanabe between February 13-May 8, 2016.

I came across a new interview of Uncle Tak from the National Gallery of Canada.

At the end of the article, one of the links is to The Proust Questionnaire: Takao Tanabe.

Uncle Tak also received a Honorary Doctor of Letters from the Vancouver Island University in 2014.

Uncle Tak has been named one of the recipients  of the 2013 Audain Prize. The prize is sponsored by BC arts philanthropist Michael Audain and his family foundation, the Audain Foundation for Visual Arts, and is awarded annualy to a BC artist for lifetime achievement. You can read more in the Vancouver Sun article or Globe and Mail.

On Saturday we headed into Hamilton to see Uncle Tak’s latest show. He has a retrospective exhibition of his works on paper at the McMaster Museum of Art. As part of Culture Days, they had staff on hand to give a guided tour of his works. The girl did a good job of explaining his work and adding some background behind some of the pieces that Uncle Tak had given when he did an Artist’s Talk earlier in the month. The exhibit is in the galleries that normally hold their permanent collection.

There is a new website to accompany this exhibition, it is called Form and Place. It is pretty comprehensive and has all of the works on display.

The McMaster Museum of Art building.

The public art of coyotes.

Headed into Dundas to pick up some treats for Chloe at Bark & Fitz.

Uncle Tak will be having a retrospective show at the McMaster University Museum of Art from August 18 – December 8, 2012. The show is called Chronicles of Form and Place: Works on Paper by Takao Tanabe

If you happen to be in Vancouver during the next month, there is a showing of Uncle Tak’s paintings at the Equinox Gallery until March 7, 2012. If you prefer the Inside Passage and Queen Charlotte Islands work over his early abstract work, then this is the one for you. From what I can find, his show at the McMaster Art Gallery will be in the autumn.