Connextions 2025: Wild in the City (Oakville) by Sue Todd

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As part of the Connextions 2025 project, see Sue Todd's vinyl artwork, Wild in the City (Oakville), inside of River Oaks Community Centre, in the hallway across from the arenas.

Sue offers the following description of her work:

Wild in the City reflects the essence of Oakville, a tapestry of natural beauty, both wild and tame amidst the humming rhythm of an urban community. The confluence of these elements evokes a magical space where peaceful reflection and active engagement coexist within a vibrant town. I live in Toronto but feel a strong connection to Oakville through friends and relatives who have lived there over the years. I have cycled from Toronto on the lakeshore trails to lovely Old Oakville whenever time permits a day trip and am inspired by the way the town incorporates the built environment into the natural landscape. Oakville truly feels like a home away from home.

About the artist:

Sue Todd is an award-winning illustrator with more than 20 years of experience creating art for advertising, packaging, children’s and adult publishing, public art, festival posters and tarot game cards. Sue’s work is both her hobby and passion and she creates illustrations in two styles: traditional hand-carved linocut; and digital line art in black and white and colour. In addition to commissioned illustration, Sue is writing and illustrating her own stories for children, all works-in-progress.

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Town of Oakville

The Town of Oakville is located on Treaty 14 and 22 lands, the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat and the Haudenosaunee. Oakville is home to many different First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. A vibrant and impressive community within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), the Town of Oakville is a beautiful lakeside town with a strong heritage, preserved and celebrated by residents and visitors alike. Since the 1800s, it has become one of the most coveted areas to live and work in Ontario, with 225,000 residents calling Oakville home. The town offers all the advantages of a well-serviced urban centre with first-rate facilities and amenities while maintaining its small-town feel.