Jump into the spirit of Spring at the Tarren White Gallery Springtime in Paris exhibit!

Spring is fully flinging now, and if you’re looking for something to do - rain or shine - to celebrate the season and get you in a brighter mood and mode, then I highlyyy recommend a trip to the Taren White Gallery in downtown Paris.

On the riverside of downtown, across from the cenotaph, the Taren White Gallery is owned and operated by third generation artist Taren White and her gallery “represents Canadian artists, chosen for their artistic process, the quality & originality of their work, as well as their notoriety in Ontario”.

A passion for representing local talent and platforming punchy and pretty works, this is a must-visit spot in Paris, plus I think this is the first riverside art gallery I’ve been to in Canada - yes, they’ve got anArt-io! (Art on the Patio!) I popped in this week to check out the current exhibition, the Springtime in Paris show, and it was my first visit to the gallery. Galleries can be intimidating spaces sometimes - too quiet for comfort - but the beaming and beautiful exterior of the gallery is very welcoming and first impressions of this gallery itself is that it’s vivid, vibrant, airy, arty, small but mighty!

The Springtime in Paris show, which is running until the end of June, includes feature artist Claire Desjardins and local artists Jennifer Budd, Joan Callister, Kim Clark, Barb Dzsudzak, Ralph Heather, Andrea Higgins, Steve Howes, Emily Kew, HollyO , Anne Rowan, Danielle Saint-Onge, Qandeel Sarfraz, Allyson Schmidt-Reeves, Kari Serrao, Courtney Simonaitis, Drew Sylver, Shaelynn Tredenick, Sue Waldorf, Amy Walsh-Harris, Karen Wettlaufer, Taren White and Wayne Wilkinson - and what an absolutely stunning exhibition this is!

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The Springtime in Paris exhibit at the Taren White Gallery is now open. It features an array of local arts who welcome Spring and all the glorious, vibrant and vivid colours and portraits it inspires.

All photos by Rubyyy Jones