DRAW FIRST. THINK LATER.

What if we never lost the freedom to imagine, experiment and create without worrying about getting it right?

Toronto-based visual artist Peppy Colours transforms the corner window of The Local Gallery into a playful, immersive world inspired by childhood creativity, nostalgia and the limitless possibilities of imagination.

Expanding on the artist’s Marker series, the installation brings together sculptural paintings, freestanding objects and unexpected three-dimensional elements to create a world where drawings refuse to stay on the page.

Colourful lines escape their surfaces, markers appear suspended in midair and playful forms take on lives of their own. The scene feels like a moment frozen in time, as though a child was in the middle of drawing, dreaming and building something wonderful before suddenly wandering off, leaving their imagination behind for the rest of us to discover.

Rooted in Peppy Colours’ ongoing exploration of play and childhood memory, the installation celebrates the spontaneity, curiosity and creative freedom that come so naturally when we’re young, but often fade as we grow older.

Visible from the street, ‘DRAW FIRST. THINK LATER.’ invites passersby to pause, look closer and reconnect with the younger version of themselves who believed anything was possible.

Because growing older doesn’t have to mean growing out of wonder.