After building my reputation as an art consultant by placing artwork in the public sphere, I am now offering my background in art, architecture and administration to individuals looking to create or expand their personal art collections.
In selecting artwork, I consider each room a distinct experience and every artwork a surprise — of subject matter, of placement or of materials — with the goal of placing artworks in dialogue as though they always belonged together.
Works have been sourced primarily from galleries across Canada and I have worked with artists directly to commission art for specific spaces.
Framing, transportation and installation can be arranged and supervised, as well as the refreshing of your collection with a new hanging or placement in another residence.
Robert Burley, 2014
Roula Partheniou, 2018
Holly Coulis, 2022
Micah Lexier, 2019
Jade Rude, 2022
Adam David Brown, 2020
Kara Hamilton, 2019
Colleen Heslin, 2020 / Michael Dumontier, 2025 / Adam David Brown, 2025
Will Gorlitz, 2008
Arnaud Maggs, 1991
John Eisler, 2019
Surabhi Ghosh, 2025
Photography by Toni Hafkenscheid and others
BACKGROUND
Originally my specialty and focus was commissioning art for public places, primarily for commercial and residential developers and for transportation clients. Concurrently, as the Director of the Toronto Sculpture Garden (TSG) for its first 35 years, I organized over 100 exhibitions and developed a sound working relationship with Canadian and international artists.
TSG Archive
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
(in Toronto unless indicated)
Brookfield Place Calgary:
The Trees
Bay Adelaide Centre:
Two Circles(east tower)
Mappemondo(north tower)
BMO Workplace, Eaton Centre:Ring True; Smooth Landing; Four Five Six Seven
BMO Bank and Event Space, Eaton Centre:
Line of Sight (Glass Arcades)
West Harbour City Phases I, II and III, Fleet Street:
Pond
Drift
Wave Side
Ripley’s Acquarium:
Schooling
Current
St. Regis Hotel (formerly Trump Hotel and Tower): Lightline; A Small Part of Something Larger
85 East Liberty Street:
Guardians
125 Western Battery Road:
Monoceros
Metro Toronto Convention Centre (3 commissions)
1100 Sheppard Avenue West
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
Downsview Memorial Parkette
St. Clair West Transit Improvements Project (24 artworks on LRT shelters)
Sheppard Subway Line (artwork for 6 stations)
Spadina LRT (22 artworks from Bloor Street to Front Street)
Spadina Subway Line (artworks at 8 stations from Spadina to Wilson)
Metro Place Condominiums, North York
The Republic of Yonge & Eglinton (3 artworks)
Berczy Park Flatiron Building Mural
ARTISTS
placed in private collections
Richard Aaron, Adam David Brown, Robert Burley, Marc Canter, Holly Coulis, Michael Dumontier, John Eisler, Neil Farber, Joe Fleming, Graham Gillmore, Lynn Goldsmith, Will Gorlitz, Surabhi Ghosh, Bob Gruen, Colleen Heslin, Kara Hamilton, Katherine Harvey, Peter Johnston, Ginette Legaré, Micah Lexier, Arnaud Maggs, Van Maltese, Kevin Mazur, Richard McCaffrey, Paul Natkin, James Nizam, Michael Ochs Archive, Roula Partheniou, Neil Preston, Ben Reeves, Mitch Robertson, Jade Rude, Lynn Saville, Jessica Thalmann, Renée Van Halm, Charlyn Zlotnik