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Spirituality is not to be found in the bricks of churches or at the end of one’s kneeling knees. It is not to be found in the pile of unintelligible New-Age bilge or in off-key Hymn singing. It is not to be found in the Bible or in the so-called sacred text of Islam or in the spouting of pious platitudes on street corners. It is not in the act of giving spare change to a bum or yearly donations to ‘save the planet’ crusades. It is religion that has pre-empted the word ‘spiritual’ making it very difficult to communicate this phenomenon in solely secular terms. Spirituality is to be found at the center of a truly individualized person. It is to be found in love and art—in the act of truly loving someone---and in the act of creating or enjoying a work of art, a work that makes you feel alive. It is love and the act of creation that is united in passion and devotion. This is the human potential at its peek. Love and art: This is where you’ll find spiritually.It is true that religion has pre-empted the word, making it difficult for use without thinking of… read more

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nameVictor Pross

birthday30 Nov 1999

last login06 Jul

I am a professional Toronto caricaturist and illustrator.

I have extensive experience in caricature art, comic art, editorials, game boards, character design, CD covers, print advertisements, etc.

I have also been privately commissioned for live events and commercial events. Basically, I must have drawn over 100,000 faces at these events over the years! (or do I exaggerate?) Really, I have done hundreds upon hundreds of these types of commissions and they do all tend to blur together, but I would like to highlight some proud career experiences.

Some highlights and proud moments would include:

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*Teaching caricature, character design and humorous illustration at Max the Mutt Animation school here in Toronto. I enjoyed my stint as a teacher. I became rather close to my students, and it was rather sad to have to say good-bye. Once, I received a round of applause from the students on the last day of a final semester, and it left me chocked up. That made me feel very proud.

*Caricaturing actor Fred Ward when he appeared in Toronto for some on location shooting. Actually, the studio needed to hire an artist to paint a caricature portrait of Fred Wardâ€™s character and the painting appeared in the movie for which it was commissioned. (Was it art or a movie prop?)

*I was commissioned to paint Ron Howardâ€™s caricature portrait as a gift for the famous director. I have also been commissioned to paint a head-honcho at the William Morris Agency.

*I have also contributed articles on the caricature genre to magazines such as â€œCaricatureâ€ and â€œExaggerated Featuresâ€. (This last is published by the NCNâ€”National Caricature Network).

*I am very proud to have been interviewed by many television shows (and print articles) which would include shows like Canada AM, Breakfast Television, News at Noon, etcâ€”and I have been pegged by Canadian Media as being â€œCanadaâ€™s foremost caricature artist.â€ I donâ€™t know where this started and it does ring of standard media hyperbole, but who am I to argue with the press? What am I--a trouble maker?

*Finally, (without gong on and on) I am very proud to be working diligently on Icons and Idols, a book I'm writing, but it will primarily consist of my paintings.

*Live gallery events are always a plus!find out more