The Come for Dinner show
I'm cleaning up the studio and regrouping after the big show at 2 Barn Owls Gallery in Hudson, which wound up last week. Almost all the artworks sold have now been delivered.
A big thanks to everybody who came to see, and to those who bought collages, mosaics and painting. It was really great to see you all, mingling in the gallery or sitting outside. After months of working, mostly alone, in the studio, it's really fun to talk about the works and the stories and inspirations behind them.
A big thanks to everybody who came to see, and to those who bought collages, mosaics and painting. It was really great to see you all, mingling in the gallery or sitting outside. After months of working, mostly alone, in the studio, it's really fun to talk about the works and the stories and inspirations behind them.
The 100 Day Project
I've been having a really great time with The100DayProject!
It's an online community art project which is meant to stir creativity. Artists from around the world commit to do a project a day for 100 days as a way of jumpstarting their creativity. My pledge was to complete a five-minute pencil drawing every day and post it on Instagram. It's always a continuous-line drawing of something from my everyday, sketched with the kitchen timer set for five minutes. I draw on whatever paper is at hand. Sometimes it's my sketchbook, other times the back of an envelope or a scrap of brown paper. At first it terrified me to work so quickly, without erasing or correcting. But I am finding the speed actually enhances creativity. There's no time to listen to the little voices in my head judging what I was doing. So there's a new kind of excitement in these little sketches. In fact, I've gotten fast enough to finish sketching in three or four minutes, which leaves enough time to add a splash or two of colour.
I never know how or if these little vignettes are going to turn out. But it is always fun.
If you want to see them all, go to my Instagram account by pressing the icon at the bottom right corner of this page.
Here are a few of my favourites. I've grouped them into a little collection called Fast Food. They are for sale. If you are interested, email me for details.
I've been having a really great time with The100DayProject!
It's an online community art project which is meant to stir creativity. Artists from around the world commit to do a project a day for 100 days as a way of jumpstarting their creativity. My pledge was to complete a five-minute pencil drawing every day and post it on Instagram. It's always a continuous-line drawing of something from my everyday, sketched with the kitchen timer set for five minutes. I draw on whatever paper is at hand. Sometimes it's my sketchbook, other times the back of an envelope or a scrap of brown paper. At first it terrified me to work so quickly, without erasing or correcting. But I am finding the speed actually enhances creativity. There's no time to listen to the little voices in my head judging what I was doing. So there's a new kind of excitement in these little sketches. In fact, I've gotten fast enough to finish sketching in three or four minutes, which leaves enough time to add a splash or two of colour.
I never know how or if these little vignettes are going to turn out. But it is always fun.
If you want to see them all, go to my Instagram account by pressing the icon at the bottom right corner of this page.
Here are a few of my favourites. I've grouped them into a little collection called Fast Food. They are for sale. If you are interested, email me for details.
Fast Food
Upcoming show: Come for Dinner, Sept 5 through 14 2019
I am getting ready for my next show!!!!
It happens at the fabulous 2 Barn Owls Gallery in Hudson, Quebec. It's a really extraordinary venue in a rustic old red-tin barn in a picture-pretty village off the western top of Montreal island. I am thrilled that the gallery's owners Mavis Martin and Nancy Farnam, amazing artists themselves, invited me back this season.
The show opens on Sept 5 and continues through Sept. 14. Gallery hours are Thursday 12 to 5 and Friday and Saturday 10 to 5.
The exhibit will feature a collection of collage, mosaics, illustrations and photographs inspired by the dinner table. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how the work is progressing.
I am getting ready for my next show!!!!
It happens at the fabulous 2 Barn Owls Gallery in Hudson, Quebec. It's a really extraordinary venue in a rustic old red-tin barn in a picture-pretty village off the western top of Montreal island. I am thrilled that the gallery's owners Mavis Martin and Nancy Farnam, amazing artists themselves, invited me back this season.
The show opens on Sept 5 and continues through Sept. 14. Gallery hours are Thursday 12 to 5 and Friday and Saturday 10 to 5.
The exhibit will feature a collection of collage, mosaics, illustrations and photographs inspired by the dinner table. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how the work is progressing.
