Everything is Landscape. I am Earth. Earth is me.

I am an artist/ illustrator based in Toronto, Canada. I paint responses to the world I am in, and try to superimpose the vision of the possible. My work therefore is wide ranging and includes work about social justice, birth/death, creation/destruction, mental illness/perception, fantasy/reality, hope, and illusion.  I work in both digital and traditional media and am inspired by illuminated manuscripts, all religions and myths, physics, nature, classical religious paintings, icons and reliquaries, cabinets of curiosities and people from all over the world. 
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Currently I am exploring landscapes, environment, and the idea of Fernweh. A longing for a far away place. 

Please contact me at jo@joblakely.com 

I welcome commissions.