In Memory Of A Fallen Underwater Filmmaker
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IT HAPPENED SATURDAY IN TORONTO.
On the second day of the Toronto International Film Festival, the documentary film and dive communities joined together for an afternoon unveiling of a huge shark mural on the back wall of the downtown Toronto Opus restaurant near the Royal Ontario Museum.
The mural is of a giant hammerhead shark and a fearless free diver. The 3-story tall painting was just completed earlier this week by two Toronto-based artists Birdo and GETSO and pays homage to the late Rob Stewart, a young Toronto film maker and shark conservationist who drown earlier this year in the Florida Keys while working on his latest documentary.
Stewart's films Sharkwater and Revolution, have a strong message about the need to preserve the creatures of the underwater world. The 37-year old Toronto born diver left behind a legacy of ocean conservation and strong support for the protection of the shark.
"That is Rob in the mural swimming above the shark" explained his mother Sandy Stewart to me at the Saturday afternoon ribbon cutting ceremony. " We thought about having him in a wet suit, because it was cold (when he died diving on a deep water shipwreck). But you wouldn't be able to see much of Rob. No, this is the way he would want to look!"
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In Memory Of A Fallen Underwater Filmmaker
.
IT HAPPENED SATURDAY IN TORONTO.
On the second day of the Toronto International Film Festival, the documentary film and dive communities joined together for an afternoon unveiling of a huge shark mural on the back wall of the downtown Toronto Opus restaurant near the Royal Ontario Museum.
The mural is of a giant hammerhead shark and a fearless free diver. The 3-story tall painting was just completed earlier this week by two Toronto-based artists Birdo and GETSO and pays homage to the late Rob Stewart, a young Toronto film maker and shark conservationist who drown earlier this year in the Florida Keys while working on his latest documentary.
Stewart's films Sharkwater and Revolution, have a strong message about the need to preserve the creatures of the underwater world. The 37-year old Toronto born diver left behind a legacy of ocean conservation and strong support for the protection of the shark.
"That is Rob in the mural swimming above the shark" explained his mother Sandy Stewart to me at the Saturday afternoon ribbon cutting ceremony. " We thought about having him in a wet suit, because it was cold (when he died diving on a deep water shipwreck). But you wouldn't be able to see much of Rob. No, this is the way he would want to look!"
FAUX FISH ART