@ Home with Alan Gratias
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I was beginning to take more notice of my community of trees as consumers of carbon dioxide and providers of oxygen. Read More
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@ Home with Alan Gratias
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Nothing quite says summer as much as the garden party, pink pants, broad brimmed hat, and gin and tonics. Read More
@ Home With Alan Gratias
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Photography by Alan Gratias Alan visits Peni Patrick and Victor Lind The invitation from Peni was simple. “Come for vodka tonics in the shade under the big maple tree. I will put out the wicker furniture.” The winter has been mean, far too long, and brutish. Now spring is playing tricks so the prospect of… Read More
@ Home with Alan Gratias
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On route, the guests stop in astonishment in front of what I thought was an oversized abstract painting but turns out to be a traditional pull-down classroom map with a dated colour delineation of Europe. Read More
Alan Gratias is at home with Judith and Xander van Bastelaar
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Guests appear from all over the property, emerging from the beach house, from the stone benches around the open pit fire, and from the tiki huts at the water’s edge. Out of the darkness over a hundred family and friends are herded into a group with the beach as background. Read More
Alan Gratias is at Home With Peter and Alice Mennacher
Posted onTwenty-five years as an art space, in the early days as one of the only galleries in Prince Edward, is an accomplishment. A minimum of four shows a summer represents more than 100 exhibits showcasing artists from across Canada and Europe. Peter and Alice have played hosts to some of the most exciting contemporary shows between Montreal and Toronto. Read More
Alan Gratias is at Home With Grant Van Gameren and Sunny Stone
Posted onA home, like a family, has lineage. As a physical structure and shelter, a house’s ancestry is a declaration of its singularity and evolution. Read More
Alan Gratias is @ Home with Cynthia Peters and Brian Ford
Posted onWe are in explorer mode as Joanie and I set out to Willow Hall on the Burr Road on a winter’s night that holds the promise of spring. Exploring, because I had recently sold my own Cressy House and wanted to reconnoitre other possible home sites in the County. Read More
Alan Gratias @ Home with Jonathan and Corrine
Posted onThe cardinal rule of every wedding – never upstage the bride – was breached at first sight. The bride and groom, Corrine Spiegel and Jonathan Kearns, were thrilled at the transgression. Read More
Alan Gratias is at home at Arts on Main
Posted on(It is) a thriving co-op with 25 members (and a waiting list) practicing all manner of the visual arts. For another I was the landlord of their premises at 223 Main Street. Read More