JAY DART – DRAWIST

“Take time for pondering and keep on wandering.” – Jiggs

For years now, Jay Dart has been working with his wandering granduncle Jiggs to share the exploits of his journeys to a strange place called Yawnder. This has resulted in approximately 300 drawings, bookworks, animations, installations and other stuff that have been exhibited far and wide. More about Jay

As an artist, Dart ingests external influences, and new ideas take shape. The world he has created allows him to communicate his own challenges and exploits as a visual artist, as well as connect with the universal experiences of all creators.
– Sonya Jones, curator, Robert McLaughlin Gallery

From the filming of CBC’s *The Exhibitionists*. Photo by March Mercanti.

Ultimately, I hear echoes here of an archetypal tale best embodied, I think, by William Blake in his epic Songs of Innocence and of Experience. It tells the story of human progression from a pure, childlike state through life’s inevitable trials — disaster, triumph and everything in between — on the path to a higher innocence: Clarity of thought and wisdom shaped by the inevitable roller coaster of life’s journey.
– Murray Whyte, art critic, Toronto Star