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Action packed Marc Barrie of Sutton shows the photographic realism he achieves with pointillism, the technique of applying thousands of tiny dots to m(...)
Action packed Marc Barrie of Sutton shows the photographic realism he achieves with pointillism, the technique of applying thousands of tiny dots to m(...)

Action packed Marc Barrie of Sutton shows the photographic realism he achieves with pointillism, the technique of applying thousands of tiny dots to m(...)

Date10/15/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Action packed Marc Barrie of Sutton shows the photographic realism he achieves with pointillism; the technique of applying thousands of tiny dots to make up a drawing. The 18-year-old artist says one of his nature drawings takes him 300 to 400 hours.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0103668F
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