Art and Eats

One of my favourite restaurants in Ottawa is Oz Kafé (361 Elgin St.). It's a tucked away place that's sandwiched between two busy drinking spots - a pub and a Mexican restaurant. We've been going to Oz as regulars for the past year or so because the food is that good. Seriously. If you're in Ottawa, go there. Eat well. You won't regret it.

Besides that and the always-friendly owner Oz, there's always a rotating collection of art on the walls. Somehow Oz has befriended the local community of designers and currently she's displaying the art of fellow ID school grad Ilesh Parmar.



The show is called "Femmes Fashion Foliage" and all the artwork is vectorized digital illustration. Why is vectorized art so cool? Well, my friend, because you can make it little post-card sized prints or huuuuge prints if you'd like, all without losing any detail/getting blurry. Ilesh has a way with gradients that make you stare at the work and wonder at first if it's a photo, but then on close examination you see the care it's taken him to make this vector paths and this smooth-transition gradients to get perfect skin.

Beautiful.

Unfortunately, there's no online images of his artwork from Oz Kafé, so you'll just have to go there and admire it in person (and have a chocolate torte). In the meantime, make sure to check out Ilesh's graphic design work at his website.