MARILYN CORNWELL

  I went to a gallery opening yesterday - it was an art show at the Museum kicking off Black History Month.  The artist is black - a graphic...

  The Bird of the Century Contest (formerly known as Bird of the Year) in New Zealand has completed. Comedian John Oliver launched a "g...

  What are the predictions for 2023?   Our great psychics are listed as: Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce, Jeanne Dixon, Ingo Swann, Sylvia Browne, ...

  What makes for Halloween's black and orange theme colours?  It seems obvious:  pumpkins and fall colours, along with the darkest night...

  The blackest black Vantablack is compared to black velvet.  How is velvet woven and tufted to absorb light so much?  The cut threads are e...

  The blackest material ever made came about recently.  It is Vantablack, first developed in 2014.  It absorbs 99.8% of light.  It is made o...

Orange and black on Halloween:  orange symbols warmth and autumn and black represents cold and winter.  Is that it?  Yes, it seems to be...

Here are some iPhone pictures taken in the early spring in First Canadian Place in Toronto.  No one pays attention to an iPhone pictur...

This was a sign outside a store in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and I looked for it this year, but the store has changed and the sign is gone. ...

With the proliferation and abundance of graphic design and signage, there are often opportunities for abstract art in commonplace areas.  T...