j.g. lewis -writer, photographer, painter, printmaker

Much of my life has been spent behind a camera or hunched over a keyboard. My photojournalism career involved lengthy tenure at the Brandon Sun through the 1980s and 1990s. I have been recognized by Thomson Newspapers for Outstanding Editorial Achievement in Deadline Writing and with several major awards by the Manitoba Human Rights Commission and Winnipeg Press Club, including the 1992 Human Rights Journalism Award for the focus on Persons with Disabilities.

Since leaving the newspaper industry, my writing has been focused primarily on fiction and poetry. I have several manuscripts ready for publication and, literally, hundreds of poems. A combination of my writing and photography can be found on Mythos & Marginalia www.mythosandmarginalia.com a website I have hosted for more than a decade.

Issues with my vision surfaced later in life and caused me to reexamine, and adjust, my pursuit of art. Choosing to see (no pun intended) my disability as an opportunity rather than an obstacle, I have returned to oil painting and, more recently, began applying my skills and experience to printmaking. I am guided by curiosity and resiliency.

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