Tag: family
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Summer Review
It’s been a quiet few months on my blog, but things have been busy this summer. Between exhibitions in Vancouver and Edmonton, there have been travels as well as dressmaking and a wedding! I’ve just recently started a new painting in the studio, and with the sudden change in weather here in Vancouver, I’m reminded of that…
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For My Grandmother
I’ve been waiting to show these drawings for about a year now. I first began this series of piggy drawings in late 2013 and continued into last year. I was originally going to exhibit them last year at Pendulum Gallery, but due to construction, the exhibition dates kept getting pushed back. I’m very happy to say…
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A Skewed Point of View
I was going through some old photographs for the Domogeneous Q&A interview, and I found these photos that I took when I was eight or nine. It was a fashion shoot that I did with my younger sister and my little cousin. I remember they got all dressed up in their fashion outfits (you gotta…
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Portrait Painting as an Act of Love
When I was doing research for my MA thesis paper on portraiture, in 2003, I came across a story by Pliny the Elder. It was about the invention of drawing/painting. A Corinthian maiden traced the profile of her lover using charcoal and the shadow of his face on a wall. He was about to depart…
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Sunday Dinners, Love & Ashley Neese
Every Sunday of the What’s Love Got To Do With It? residency, the lead artist Ashley Neese is making a home cooked meal for all of us. Lucky us! This was what she made last Sunday: Vegan carrot and coconut soup, spinach salad, gluten-free corn bread. Ashley Neese is a multidisciplinary artist from Atlanta, Georgia,…