At Home: Talks With Canadian Artists About Place and Practice by Lezli Rubin-Kunda
“I have no interest in the how to do things but with the openness to pursuing how we build a beautiful rainbow. Art is really a way of thinking about freedom.”-Michael Fernandes NEWLY RELEASED BOOK ABOUT CANADIAN ARTISTS WRITES ABOUT TRINI HALIGONIAN MICHAEL FERNANDES BY KJ MULLINS AND STEPHEN WEIR Caribbean Camera Trinidad-born Canadian Michael Fernandes is a true free spirit who is in love with life. The 74-year old artist and educator lives to engage people into thinking in new ways! The life and times of the artist are part the new book At Home, which was released across Canada this week. Fernandes was born and raised in Trinidad but he now considers Canada home. It was 60-years ago that Fernandes dropped out of school and moved to Montreal. He admits that he was on a “path of no good” and was not shocked when his mother insisted that he get out of Trinidad and “find his way” in Canada. While he may have been “a wild child” it was clear that Michael was talented. A