Thank you to everyone who helped me reach and exceed my Indiegogo campaign goal! I’m so grateful for the support, and I really do want to thank everyone who contributed as well as spread the word about my project – from friends to family to complete strangers! Thank you!!
My residency in Iceland is not far now, and I’m busy making preparations and packing. I’ll be working on my pretty boys kill me drawings while I’m away, and there are preparations I need to make before my trip so I don’t forget anything and or bring too many supplies with me.
From sketching out the pattern of the boys on the paper to creating stencils, there’s quite a bit of pre-planning going on. And a bit of pain! Cutting stencils = not fun. Art hurts!
I’m also excited about what new work and ideas I’m going to have while away. From my past residency experiences, I’ve found that being in a new environment, new ideas naturally develop. I’m bringing a set of beautiful egg tempera paints bought from a little shop in Florence, Italy about six years ago, that I’ve been saving until the right moment. I don’t want to wait anymore to use these so I figure I will experiment with them while away – watch for some egg tempera paintings coming soon!
I’ll be updating my blog as well as my Tumblr regularly while I am away. There are also a couple of exhibitions of my work taking place in Vancouver while I am away that I will be posting about here, so please check back regularly for updates as well as my progress in Reykjavik.