Obituary: Vancouver underground artistic legend Al Neil dies at 93

Al Neil was an unknown legend.
Most Vancouverites have never heard of him. But in the Vancouver art world he was a giant of the avant-garde, a triple threat equally adept at music, art and writing.
“He was experimental, and he was always pushing the envelope, trying to expand the concept of art beyond the regular gallery art kind of situation,” said artist Michael De Courcy.
“He was passionate, he was driven. Not so much by the need for monetary success, but to satisfy his own