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the case of the mysterious paintings

I’m putting a call out to you art sleuths, because this case has me absolutely stumped.

In the May 2010 issue of Style at Home, we featured the foyer of a lovely Toronto home in which these two paintings were hung:

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Although we pride ourselves on always listing the name, title and source of artwork featured in Style at Home, our policy wasn’t possible in this instance, because unfortunately, the artist’s signature is somewhat illegible, and the gallery from which it was purchased has been closed for some time. As a result, we’ve been swamped with callers desperate to find out more about this pair of pretty landscapes.

Does this style ring any bells amongst you art connoisseurs? I’d love it if you could help point me in the right direction in terms of sourcing more of this artist’s work. After exhaustive searches through Canadian galleries, I haven’t been able to pinpoint exactly who the artist is, and where additional works could be purchased…

Here’s what I do know:

* The artist’s signature was thought to be “A Perron”, but it could be “Perran”

* Purchased around 2005 at Galerie Artitude in Montreal (now defunct)

* The pieces are actually named on the back, the top painting reading “Cantou Bourgeois” and the bottom reading “Les Jardins aux Peuplie”

So, A Perron, if you’re reading this, I’ve got about a hundred Style at Home readers who are huge fans of your work and are dying to relieve you of some of your inventory. icon wink the case of the mysterious paintings

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art for typography junkies

If you’re someone who knows what I mean when I say “Comic Sans Serif” was the un-funniest thing to happen to typography – EVER – you’re probably a typography junkie. The design of written characters is an art unto itself, and has a passionate, cult-like following within the larger pool of design aficionados.

Even IKEA’s jumped on the typography bandwagon with the rather splendid new Olunda framed artwork. I love how the vowels are printed in red, including the deliciously Swedish additions at the end. Did you actually know that the Swedish alphabet recognizes these variations of “A” and “O” as three distinct letters, thus bringing their alphabet to 29 characters? Fascinating! (Yes, I’m a junkie.)

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Olunda picture, $60, IKEA

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