Tag: Iceland
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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…
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Goodbye Reykjavik
I’m writing this on the last night of my stay in Reykjavik, as I return home tomorrow. It has been an absolutely amazing experience here, from the people that I’ve met and become friends with, to the places I’ve visited and the time that I’ve had to concentrate on my work. I’m very thankful for…
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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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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…