The 60at60 series wouldn’t be complete without a portrait of Tom and Sheila. They are active and ardent supporters of the Ottawa art scene and friends with many of the local artists in town. They travel often to interesting places where they find really cool and creative venues to experience. They love to volunteer locally and outside of our borders, which adds to their already full calendar of rich life experiences. They have creatively curated their home which is full of art (inside and outside on their front veranda), which makes visiting their home a pretty awesome cultural experience.
All of these reasons would be reasons enough to include them in this legacy project, but the real and better reason is, is that they are just really nice people. They truly care and are interested in their friends and also any new people they get to meet. And they really pay attention and are observant to the world. If you get to meet them on the street, at a cultural event or at a gallery opening and they ask you how you are, they really mean it. They listen to your answer, then ask you even more questions. When asked about their long marriage and happy life, they answer - “It’s pretty simple, we share the same energy and our default philosophy is that life is good and our future experiences will be fun and positive.” So yeah, I’m super glad and honoured to have them a part of the series!
Thanks Tom and Sheila!
Tom and Sheila / Ottawa’s Coolest Couple