The Robert Mede Gallery Highlights Don Besco’s Kensington Market – 1998

Don Besco, Kensington Market, 1998
oil on board, 20 x 24 inches, 50 .8 x 60.9 cm

A painter of Toronto street scenes, neighbourhoods, alleyways and iconic landmarks, Don Besco’s Kensington Market captures the feel of the beloved and iconic neighbourhood at the corner of Kensington and St. Andrew on a bright and sunny winter day, the light reflecting off the buildings, the narrow streets covered in shade. On this winter day, this unabashedly bohemian oasis, with its aging buildings and busy streets conveys a feeling of comfort and permanence.

Don Besco’s skill captures all the moods of Toronto, his paintings evoking the mood in fog, rain or bright sunlight on a winter day, and reminding us of the disappearing and changing landscape of the city.