Tag: Art

  • Art Market at Project Space

    Art Market at Project Space

    I will be taking part in Art Market at Project Space in Vancouver.  My “The Way We Were” postcard set, which is made up of 10 postcards (5 paintings x 2) plus envelopes, will be on sale as part of the fundraiser event.  Buy goods made by artists at Art Market: A Project Space Fundraiser, and…

  • A many-layered thing

    A many-layered thing

    The other day, while putting together my presentation for the Surrey Art Gallery, I came across some old photos that I had taken of a couple of my self-portrait paintings in progress. I thought it would be interesting to share some of the photos as I actually forgot that this was how I had created…

  • Hot off the press

    I’m back home in Vancouver now and I must say, it was really lovely to return to what feels like summer after a premature winter for me in Reykjavik. I was afraid I had skipped a season and gone straight from summer into winter, so it’s good to be home and still enjoy the last…

  • Splash 2012: Defining Silence

    As some of you may know, I’ve worked with Arts Umbrella in the past as an instructor, on both their regular courses as well as their Buschlen Mowatt Teen Scholarship class. Arts Umbrella is a not-for-profit arts education centre for children and youth ages 2 to 19, and every year, they hold an annual art auction…

  • Pretty Boys in Print

    While preparing for my large pretty boys kill me drawings, I’ve been doing small studies and sketches. There is a very intimate and delicate quality to these small drawings, and I find them interesting in and of themselves, even if they are meant to be studies for the larger works. I brought a few of them with…