Show and Sale

This spring I was able to launch two gallery shows in the area. The first was with Hri Neil at Carbon in Picton, with 'Step and Repeat' on display (see the post below for the full story).

I'm proud to have had my first sold out show, the painting moved quickly and was sold shortly after the opening. I know the buyers personally and they are thrilled to have it in their home, as a focal point in the dining room.

At this point in my career, I'm able to pick and choose assignments and who I work with. I'm making a point of having free time for purely creative pursuits and getting work ready for framing, gallery shows and selling. It's a joy to work with paint, wood, paper and brushes again, after years of creating art digitally.

Alice Mennacher at Blizzmax Gallery invited me to gather work together from my career as a working artist, so I chose one piece from each of the past 33 years. I decided to frame all of the pieces in the show and made most of the frames in the workshop/studio.

 

Rooster, 2003

Gocco print on vintage paper (found frame) 6" x 9"                                           Sold

Music track: Run Chicken Run - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet

Wired Robot, 2010

Screen print on collage, 15" x 20"                                                                             Sold

Musical track: D U B dub, Tino

If you are interested in seeing available work (unframed), see my online gallery

Experiments and Orphans

I create mechanisms without purpose that serve no apparent function. It's a process, tied deeply into a search for something undiscovered.

It feeds and informs my work, weaving into completely unrelated assignments, illustrations, and prints. Some of these never see print or publication and are 'orphans'.

Here are a number of recent pieces that emerged from the process. A number of these are from the 'Heavy Thinkers' series, based on old dynamo diagrams, discovered in a dusty old set of instruction manuals.

Unwound/wound

Apropos of nothing, a colossal mouse head spewing electrons and random subatomic particles.

Ground Control

Lost Memory

Deep Learner

Undecided

Retrofit

Influencer

 

Spun

Pushing colour and textures with this one.

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If you would like to purchase prints, please see my online gallery at Big Cartel.

Summer Shows

He is enigmatic. He is misunderstood. He is benevolent. He is a primeval archetype. His origins are shrouded in the mists of time...

The Green Man is an ancient motif representing the cycle of the seasons, transformation and the rebirth of spring after a long winter. Most often found carved in wood and stone in European gothic cathedrals, he is represented by the face of a man made up of foliage or spewing leaves.

On July 4, the Nook Collective (hosted by Julia Breckenreid and Steve Wilson) in Toronto are featuring the work of over 40 artists. Should be a killer show. I am thrilled to be a part of this and will be hanging several pieces. I am working with Dimitri Levanov to produce the work in the show.

 

I let loose on these, using a skull as a template and working with collaged ornamental foliage, giving the work a gothic feel while retaining a sense of fun and playfulness.

This one's a bit sinister and sophisticated. I thought each had its own personality. They both look a bit like the tangles of weeds sprouting in my garden this year. All this rain and I am fighting a loosing battle. So while our American friends are celebrating red, white & blue, we will be lighting it up green. Really looking forward to the show. Thanks to Julia for putting this together!

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I also have another show opening at Oeno Gallery. A  plant-themed group show called 'When the Bough Breaks: Re-imagining the Tree'. Oeno is a lovely venue, where I had my Mecanismos and Birdhouse City shows.