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Gill & Berts: Pet Food Tin Posters. Mixed media various sizes

G&B Pet Food Poster

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” - Chinese Proverb

Gill & Bert's is a faux pet food company created for the pieces. This G&B poster was created in a “vintage” advertisement style.

The various food tins are intended to represent the food for your soul and the abundance that is within us all, but we need to be taught where to look.

The 1872 date in the masthead is significant because it was around the time of the New Thought Movement. The name Gill & Bert’s is a play on fish gills. Breath symbolizes life and the power of the spirit.

The G & B above the sailing ship in the emblem is an acronym for “God & Breath” or Holy Spirit.

The Latin terms for Fish and Food are Piscis and Cibus and both can be seen in the emblem.

The piece was inspired by the 1950’s French’s Fish Food tin advertising poster.


The poster has been mounted on canvas and packing crate boards. The frame was made using a metal motorcycle shipping frame.


Mixed Media on board & canvas with metal frame: 29" x 46"

Gill & Bert's Bird Food

The state of consciousness called Spirituality is linked to the soul. Food is consumed for your body to survive.

By analogy, the digestion of life experiences contributes to the soul's survival.

The frame is an old sash window from a Victorian home in Toronto.

Mixed Media in original Victorian Frame 32" x 39"

Song Restorer Red

Song Restorer helps revive well-being and restore full song. It's about loving yourself. The piece is inspired by an actual 1950’s French’s Bird Song restorer tin. The frame is an old sash window from an 1895 Victorian home in Toronto.

Mixed Media in original Victorian Frame 41" x 24'

Song Restorer Yellow

This piece is inspired by on an actual 1950’s French’s Bird Song restorer tin. Stimulating food for caged birds. Your “Bird” will sing for it.

The frame is an old sash window from an 1895 Victorian home in Toronto.

Mixed Media in original Victorian Frame 41" x 24'

Portrait of “Sammy”

When I was a child we had a canary named Sammy. Each morning we would come down to the kitchen and my Mom would remove the fabric birdcage cover. Sam would start to sing and hop around - it was lovely to see. Every night Sam’s cage would get covered over again and the singing would stop. He lived his entire life in a cage. Sam eventually died and we held a bird funeral for him in our backyard. The three pieces were inspired by Sammy and are dedicated to all the “caged” birds out there.

Mixed media framed with 1895 Victoria window: Each 23" x 19"

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