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Toller Cranston Toller Cranston died yesterday of an apparent heart attack......in Mexico. He was a Canadian legendary figure skater , painter and conceptualist. Although I don't remember ever meeting him, we were in many of the same places at the same time...... I always admired his work.....it feels like part of my heritage.....the colours, themes and patterns of the decorations esteemed by the people of European snow-lands.......cobalt blues and reds .........He often painted fantastical skating themes.........He dated Leonard Bernstein.........I would have loved to party with them..........join in a conversation.....I once read about him that when he was in school he asked provocative questions that were seen by teachers as deliberately disruptive........I had the same problem all the way through school........LOl..........RIP Toller Cranston.      |
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1/25/2015 11:23 pm |
He was such an amazing skater, but I didn't even know he was such a talented artist too.
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1/26/2015 2:44 am |
Yes it really is a unique style of art, and so was his skating. He has the two women in the canoe as artists with palette and paintbrush, and in the bottom pic the people have hooves and are on ice skates.
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1/26/2015 2:46 am |
p.s. Thanks so much for the tip about getting a mouse for my new touch pad computer. I got a wireless mouse and what a huge difference.
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Toller Cranston was soooo ahead of his time in the figure skating community. He broke the mould, and skating became so much more exciting!!
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