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2) Global National TV News - March 2, 2007 |
| This week's 'Everyday Hero' -- Canadians who make a difference, but are too modest to sing their own praises -- is a woman who took it upon herself to transform the bland and sterile walls of a Toronto children's hospital into a canvas of colour and life. |
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3) CityTV |
| Cynthia Mulligan CityTV News - Random Acts of Kindness
Stroke by stroke - colour by colour she works alone at all hours of the day and night. Susy Bleasby has been painting these murals for four years, transforming dull dreary hospital walls into magical fantasies for young patients. |
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4) Sick Kids: Artist Profile Press Release |
| Mural artist Susy Bleasby has seen a lot of boring hospital walls... What was supposed to be a short project has turned into years of work. The Sick Kids Foundation is in the process of putting together an artist-in-residence proposal, seeking private and corporate donations so that Susy can continue her work at the hospital and keep bringing much needed smiles to the patients, parents and staff here. |
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4A Trillium Health Centre |
| Murals help make hospital a McHappy place! The Trillium Health Centre officially unveiled recent murals by artist Susy Bleabsy this morning. Funding for the project came from the proceeds of McHappy Day at local McDonald's restaurants. |
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5) The Toronto Star June 2004 |
| Murals add colour, smiles to hospital. Artist cheers up drab corridors Paintings include pigs and dogs
"When the kids see my murals, they are not in a hospital any more, but in a moment of magic," Bleasby says. |
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6) Etobicoke Guardian |
BRUSH WITH SUCCESS
The Cover Story of the Etobicoke Guardian Weekender Feb 21, 2004
"Susy Bleasby designed the wall-and-ceiling mural to help ease children's anxiety and fear -- and contribute to their healing." |
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7) the Read |
| Fall 2004 Brightening Young Lives with the Beauty of Art ~ "I'm happy to be doing what I love while bringing joy to the hearts of those in need." |
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8) Canadian House & Home |
A NEW BREED
Toronto-based artist Susy Bleasby strives to capture the unique personality of each dog she paints, as well as how the owners feel about their dogs. |
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9) Globe and Mail August 2003 |
PORTRAIT OF A POOCH
I have chosen Bleasby ... because the humour in her work places it a cut above the clichéd man's-best-friend sentimentality of a lot of animal art." |
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