Tag: portraiture
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Chain Letter & Kingston Art Prize
Later on this week, I will be taking part in a group show in Los Angeles at the Shoshana Wayne Gallery. The exhibition, titled Chain Letter, is a summer group show curated by Christian Cummings and Doug Harvey. Chain Letter is an exhibition based on admiration as inclusion in the exhibition is based on invitation…
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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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Back to life, back to reality…
So the last week or so has been busy with the ending of my Banff residency and readjusting to life back in Vancouver. I won’t be back in the studio until next week but I’m raring to go with lots of ideas brewing in my head. Banff definitely gave me a creative boost, and I…
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Three Generations
I was able to find photos of some older portraits of my sister, my mother, my grandmother and me. I think I will start posting more of my early works on this blog. I was going through my files on my computer and found a lot of older works that I really like, but I’ve…
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A penny for your thoughts
The paintings are finished, and I will be updating my website with them soon. In the meantime, here is another shot of them in my studio: I’ve had many comments from people when they see my actual work, compared to viewing the paintings on my website, that they had no idea of the size of…