Month: October 2009
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Things of Desire
My exhibition preparations are almost finished, with set up being this weekend, word is getting out about my exhibition. There is a short feature in the newest issue of Canada’s alternative art weekly blog, Things of Desire. Mike Landry, the editor/creator of ToD, interviewed me over the phone from Halifax, and I spoke to him…
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Two weeks to go!
It’s two weeks and counting down to my first solo exhibition The Way We Were at the Pendulum Gallery. There are still a few things to be done before the big show, and I’ve been varnishing the paintings in preparation. I have also been busy dropping off postcards downtown at all the artist-run centres on…
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Many many layers
Here is the final peek at the self-portrait I have just finished, with the biggest clue as to what is in this painting. You’ll have to wait until the exhibition opens to actually see the portrait, and I will also put up a video then that will show the different layers that went into creating…
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Blooming Florals
Sometimes it’s funny when you think you’ve stumbled across a great idea, only to realize later looking back that it’s been there all along. The body of work in my upcoming exhibition has developed from a decade of painting portraits in oil. I love using oils because of the jewel-like colours and the transparency of…
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Little brushes & friends
Here is the third clue: *** If you happen to be in the London (UK) area, my good friends Adam Bridgland and Lucy Gough are having a two-person exhibition that opens this week on October 15th at the Jealous Gallery. The show is called It’s Just You And The Rest Of The Universe, and they…