Man Changing into Thunderbird VI of VI

15.10.201502.01.2026 Arvin da BrghaLeave a comment

Oil on Canvas

Provenance: The Leitz Collection,

Art Gallery of Ontario.

http://www.ago.net/

Love these works especially more so as they have been recently relocated within the gallery; they are better displayed now. A true shaman of the first order, Norval Morrisseau.

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White Canoe.

02.10.201503.01.2026 Arvin da BrghaLeave a comment

Oil on Canvas

200.5 x 243.0 cm

Gosh but I love this artist’s works.

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The Holy Grail – A Portrait of Jakob.

26.09.201503.01.2026 Arvin da BrghaLeave a comment

Oil on Canvas

45 x 40 cm

http://www.wimheldens.com/

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A true masterpiece. Wim manages to validate his oldster Michael Overleaves with each sublime canvas. Love it. Love him more!

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Sick Room.

23.09.201503.01.2026 Arvin da BrghaLeave a comment

Oil on Canvas

38.1 x 40.0 Inches

Provenance: Estate of Hugh Steers.

One of the most poignant AIDS-related paintings of the last century. Truly moving.

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The Muse.

18.08.201503.01.2026 Arvin da BrghaLeave a comment

Oil on Canvas

66 x 71 cm

http://www.wimheldens.com/

Exquisite. I would not be surprised if these two aren’t task companions.

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The Architects Home In The Ravine

30.07.201503.01.2026 Arvin da BrghaLeave a comment

Oil on Canvas

200 x 275 cm

1991, Peter Doig

Provenance: Private Collection; sold at auction in London, England, 2013 12$m.

http://peterdoig.mbam.qc.ca/en/

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How did I not know of this creative genius before? Well, apart from not being awash in multiple millions… I have watched this painting for the past several weeks truly enraptured. Of course, thanks to the schadenfreude that was Evan Solomon’s demise – goodness, if you sneezed, it’s very likely that you would have missed it – I have finally found Peter Doig.

Of course, I don’t look at TV so his departure from CBC would have been more readily noticed. Moral of the story: do not ever try extorting money from the rich… and a lawyer to boot – Bruce Bailey. Goodness, what could he possibly have been thinking? The greedy twat… adieu! Goodness, I have not laughed so hard in long ages.

As Sunday is my birthday, I am going to be shaking tail feathers – it’s also Caribana or whatever it is now called – and being feted over the next couple of nights. Happy summer, sweet dreams and my but I love this Peter Doig painting.

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Happy Canada Day!

01.07.201503.01.2026 Arvin da BrghaLeave a comment

New Flag

Oil on Canvas

Charles Pachter

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Wheatland – Canadiana Suite – Oscar Peterson Trio 1964.

Piano: Oscar Peterson

Bass: Ray Brown

Drums: Ed Thigpen

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Oyster Catcher

Serigraph

24 x 30 inches

Edition: 91

Provenance: 5/91 Art Collection Arvin da Braga.

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Happy 148th Canada – for more than half my life, I have had some truly remarkable, uplifting experiences whilst living here. Too, I shared a great love with my Canadian-born task companion, Merlin.

Regrettably, I could neither find the dimensions nor year of creation for the masterful Charles Pachter flag which I would presume is an Oil on Canvas.

Happy Canada Day – my life experience has been immensely enriched for having remained focussed here in this great land.

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Les Femmes d’Alger (Version “O”).

12.05.201503.01.2026 Arvin da BrghaLeave a comment

Oil on Canvas

114 x 146.4 cm

Pablo Picasso

Speculative Provenance: Likely the Al-Thani family. I would like to think that Sheikha Al Mayassa Al-Thani has acquired this masterpiece for her family’s burgeoning collection. Possibly the most powerful woman in art today; she also happens to be the daughter of the most stylish woman on the planet at present, Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al-Missned!

Sold today, May 11, 2015, which would have been my mother, Harella da Braga’s 95th birthday – she is now reincarnated. Harella died in August 1980 in Toronto. Reborn male in London, England; he is male biracial (Caucasian/East Indian) and upper middle class. The winning bid in New York City was 179$m!

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Snow Storm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps.

15.03.201504.01.2026 Arvin da BrghaLeave a comment

Oil on Canvas

146 x 237.5 cm

C. 1812 J. M. W. Turner.

Provenance: Tate Museum, London, England.

http://www.tate.org.uk/

Today, thanks to Mike Leigh’s deft and masterful vision, as if in a lucid astral plane dream spanning the spiral arms of time, I vicariously drank of William Turner’s very soul. What a gloriously fitting work of cinematic art is Mr. Turner. And what a rich artistic era, too, working with a cadre of giants like, John Constable et al. More than that, thanks to his creative genius, Timothy Spall thoroughly ensouled his role; his truly was a masterful turn. Joshua McGuire’s performance was riveting.

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