I Want Candy is a 20” x 20” mixed media painting on wood panel. The background is a collage of candy wrappers and boxes. The overlay is in black acrylic paint and the words Sugar cover the entire surface. There is a lot of nostalgia in the piece. Remember eating Milk Duds and Fuzzy Peach and the movies? Or how about chewing the gum that tasted liked soap, Thrills. The vibrant colours of the candy really make this piece pop.

Gail Blima

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I am a mixed media artist living and working in Toronto and born in Montreal. I used the power of language to draw out emotion and connect with the viewer. Nostalgia is a big part of my process. Finding life magazines, playbills or game cards to create a painting is one part and picking the perfect phrase to overlay on the collage is another. I work in my home studio daily and truly love what I do.