CHARLES PACHTER "JOY RIDE" GLICÉE, 1983Charles Pachter (b. 1942) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. His iconic, uplifting, and patriotic images have independently earned their place in the nation's museums. For the uninitiated, his work is accessible and beloved (notably his amazing hockey mural at Toronto's College Street subway station). While Pachters work shares some characteristics with Jim Dine and David Hockney, his style is resoundingly charming, singular,

embodies the artist's unparalleled ability to merge realism with psychological depth

just a few years before the artist would relocate to Hollywood

hence the work's title

“Silver Lake Operations #2

The artist became so transfixed by the potential of the medium that he would eventually create his own printing workshop

positioning the viewer as a voyeur

This lithograph from 1970 is a paradigm of Olitski

Lithograph in colors on Arches paper

The form hovers between figuration and abstraction

was it destroyed

Wieland was consumed by the creation (and recovery) of making her single feature film "The Far Shore"

75”H 23”W (framed)