PROJECTS

ROAD TO St. JOHN'S

During the summer of 2017, Tak Bui, a Toronto artist, set out in a van to travel to Newfoundland. where he stopped often to draw on-site the dramatic landscape and its fascinating inhabitants. Presented in the tradition of the travel sketchbook, Tak Bui's sixty pen and ink drawings are detailed, depictions of the Rock as the island of Newfoundland is also known. It's a hauntingly beautiful place, that holds a strong fascination for many.
The Newfoundland drawings are the first installment of Tak Bui's on going project: A Canadian Travel Log, which will take him across this country's vast and diverse landscape.

Tak Bui is an award winning Toronto-based Canadian illustrator. His newspaper comic strips were syndicated world-wide by the Washington Post for 20 years. His editorial illustrations have been published in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Maclean's magazine, the National Geographic and other major periodicals. Tak sits on the Advisory Board for Seneca College and volunteers as an art teacher around the city.