ARTFOCUS TORONTO ONLINE ART MAGAZINE
A free publication - Editor: Pat Fleisher

Photoartist PAT FLEISHER was born and resides in Toronto, Canada. She graduated from the University of Toronto where she was art critic of THE VARSITY and actively exhibited as a painter in Toronto in the 60's.

Since the 70's and continuing into the 2000s, her interests have turned to journalism & design. She has been publisher, editor & designer of three Canadian magazines dealing with the contemporary visual art scene: ARTMAGAZINE, THE ARTPOST, CITYART, ARTFOCUS and now, ARTFOCUS ONLINE ART MAGAZINE. In 1996 she launched the website, ARTFOCUS.COM which she also edited & designed. The website has now been transferred to this magazine's online format.

On behalf of her magazines, she has travelled widely across Canada and to international art events documenting in photos, the art and artists of each community and the environment of the city streets they inhabit.

Her Toronto streetscapes are some of her strongest images. As a continuation of her previous direction as a painter, they are a mix of all the things that have attracted her to photography for the past 20 years: the opportunity for spontaneous layering of images & odd juxtapositions found in reflections; the brilliant colours on forgotten walls. They express her intuitive empathy for the endless creativity that the quirky lifestyle of Canada's artists contribute to our community.

Public Photo Collections:
Harbourfront Corporation, Toronto
Niagara College, Niagara Falls, Ont.
Palm Spring Desert Museum, California
Robert Mclaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
University College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia