The artist as a worker: the struggle of chasing your passion in a new land

To an outsider, the streets of Brampton and many who walk them are a mystery. 

Even for some longtime residents there are ghosts who walk among them. 

Sometimes the collision of cultures that have gathered here from across the globe is overwhelming. Sometimes it’s just a blur. 

But their stories are relentless, travelling here only partly shaped, as the city writes the next, and perhaps final chapters.  

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Brampton’s Kulwant Singh has faced two challenges since arriving in his second continent: making it; and making it as an artist. The obstacles for newcomers are daunting enough, but trying to pursue his passion for painting, in a world that often views him as alien, has revealed another layer in Canada’s complex society.

Published October 19, 2019 in The Pointer Brampton and The Pointer Mississauga