Toni Onley died Sunday, February 29th on the Fraser River.
I make no claim to have been familiar with his story or with his work before yesterday, but I just visited his website at www.tonyonley.com and it is touching. To listen to him in videoclips describe his flying boat, how he came to fly it, why he bought it, is to hear his commitment to an idea of the way a life should be lived. To read his description of his paintings delivered to me a profound reverence for his work. It feels slight to say that we have lost a great talent, since I knew nothing of the man until yesterday, but we have.
Posted by James Sherrett at March 2, 2004 02:47 PMGood Morning. I see that your site has a slightly different look to it.
I too heard of this artist yesterday on CBC radio. Interesting that it makes one want to see his work after his death.
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