Tag: Blog Post
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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…
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An Overwhelming Sense of Awe
My time here in Reykjavik is quickly coming to an end, as I prepare for our group exhibition tomorrow at the SIM Residency. After working pretty much non-stop for 3 weeks, I’ve finished the second drawing from my pretty boys kill me series, so I thought I deserved a bit of a break! A friend and…
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Living in Colour
I’m busy in the studio everyday here in Reykjavik working on my drawing, and on the few sunny days, I’ve walked around town taking photos. Reykjavik is a very colourful city, as I’ve posted photos of all the different coloured buildings previously here, but it’s also a city with a lot of graffiti and street…
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Scenes of Selves, Occasions for Ruses
This upcoming Saturday will be the opening of a group exhibition at the Surrey Art Gallery titled Scenes of Selves, Occasions for Ruses. I will be exhibiting a series of self-portrait paintings dating from 2006 to 2011, many of which have never been exhibited in Vancouver, and all of which have never been shown alongside…
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Longing
There is a huge windstorm in Reykjavik today. The sound of the wind kept me up all night. Instead of letting it get the better out of my day and me, I decided to harness the wind…