Eva Skierska.(Emerging Artists)(Brief Article)

Eva Skierska first pursued art as a career by painting reproductions of religious icons and selling them. The Polish-born artist didn't see much value in icons, thinking that they lacked dimension and expression, but she needed to make a living after losing both of her parents to cancer.

As time went on, however, she began to see her iconic images in a new light. "An icon is a story told in a simple way," said Skierska, who immigrated to Toronto, where she now lives and works, in 1985. "The image forms the …