W.H.A.T the what?

Yes another show!  It's been a whirlwind for sure but this show is different, it is a tour of artists in their homes or studios all over the west Hamilton area. It's fun, it's on Mothers Day weekend, the weather will be perfect to head out, you can walk to many locations and meet some great artists, win win.

I'll be in Studio #3 the home of jeweler Elizabete Ludviks as a guest along with ceramic artist Tara Lynne Franco at 70 Fairmont Avenue. We are going to treat you right with punch and snacks and great art and craft to buy and enjoy. The show runs rain or shine from 10-5pm each day. you can get the full information about W.H.A T right here.

Contact Photography Festival 2013

Well I'm on the clock now 3 shows all in about 30 days, that mean so much work ahead of me but lots to look forward to. 

The " I love NY" show will open soon on Saturday April 27th with a 2pm reception, the show will be up for viewing for about 10 days and begins during the In the Soil Festival happening in downtown St.Catharines. So please drop by the Niagara Artists Centre to have a look.

Then onto the Contact Photography Festival where I will be showing my work at MJG Gallery in Toronto in the show titled "Memory and Context" this is a curated project where I have selected 4 fellow artists who work with layering and manipulation of images as well as concepts of time and memory. It is a wonderful fusion of artists and ideas. It will be up for the month of May with the official opening May 2nd from 6-10pm, please do come see us that evening to meet the selected artists. See the official invite below with all the details.

More news on show #3 in Hamilton coming soon......

I heart NY

All the deets are below in the poster, Nac members gallery show, just 10 days to see it, one fun filled opening on Saturday April 27th 2pm-4pm, come one come all. Prints on wood, framed prints, postcard prints something for everyone. Then go out and check out the In the Soil Festival, music, art, and spontaneous bouts of culture.

Small Feats

Surf Wagon 2013

Small Feats is coming. This annual not to be missed event is on this coming Saturday April 6th 7:30 VIP preview and 8pm doors. At the Niagara Artists Centre St.Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

Bar, food, and fun. "Surf Wagon" is my newest TTV piece for the show but I have two other new works so come check it out!!!

Upcoming events in March and April

Just a little update of some upcoming events or shows. Right now I am part of the Toronto Urban Photography Festival with a couple of new images from New York at the MJG Gallery at 555 Parliament Street, the show is on until the end of the month.

I've included a new image called "Corner Cowboy", a little foray into street photography and perfect for the festival.

Saturday April 6th is "Small Feats" a wonderful event now in its third year at the Niagara Artists Centre. You know the drill, all works 12x12" and $200 bucks, what a deal. One night only, details on the poster or at the link to nac's web page. I'll have new pieces especially created for this show.

Finally I have some new pieces up at my gallery in Jordan Village, Ontario in the heart of a beautiful village in wine country. If you haven't been there yet then why the heck not?
I am one of 8 partners that own and run the gallery, we have been in business since 2001. We also have a new web site so check it out. www.jordanartgallery.com We are open 6 days a week in March 10-5pm each day. We also host a changing show of guest artists as well as the partners work so there is something new to see each and every month!

Grateful

I'm home from the TAP show in Toronto and I am Grateful. Grateful  for all of the wonderful people who came to my booth. Grateful for all of you who took the time to connect with me, have great conversations and to really look at my work. Grateful that a few of you took home a piece that you wanted to live with.

I am also Grateful to my many friends that came to visit and supported me with kind words and for the new friends I made.

Finally I am grateful to be back in my own bed with my cats and can sleep in today after a long haul to be ready for the show.

What's next you say. Well applications for shows and fingers crossed for acceptances. Making art and connecting with new galleries.

I will have a piece here that was juried in for SNAP March 7th, the Aids Committee of Toronto annual photography fundraiser, tickets on sale now if you'd like to go and bid,there are live and silent auctions. I will also have two pieces in The Oakville Art Societies Art Auction at Oakville Galleries on March 2nd at Oakville Galleries, Centennial Square.

Meanwhile I am going to be creating lots of new pieces for my two upcoming gallery shows in April and May, I will post details for those soon.

Stay Grateful friends!

"Splendour"
This image was later painted with an encaustic medium and is an artist proof.
An edition of three in 15x30" , each overpainted individually. Encaustic edition in 15x30" SOLD out.
Available as a Archival Photographic print edition of 10, please enquire.

I guess I'll call this my blue period

I have been looking into happiness recently, reading about it, talking about it and then I realized the other day it just came back. I'd had a couple difficult years with a death in the family, change in my business, the usual things that send you into a tail spin.

But after polling my friends and purposely looking for happiness it just came back....slowly but eventually.

Not extreme happiness but just that nice underlying happiness you need in life to get you through your days.

I was working more and making art, getting stuff done. I realized it was purpose that seemed more than anything to make me happy. I had everything else one would need, home, husband, health and that wasn't working, I needed purpose.

Making art can be like that too, it is a task, with a beginning and end and a sense of satisfaction when it is done, and pride, especially if it sells and someone takes it home.

So funny when I looked at the new pieces of art I made lately and realized they are all blue, likely just because it is my favourite color and not because of my mood, but curious none the less..

You can click on the images to see them bigger.

Snow Apples 2013

All of the images were taken between 2009 and 2012. Sometimes it takes me awhile to get back to looking at earlier shoots to realize how I want to work with the image. Sometimes it is years later.

Treetop 2013

My sister Maria who is a talented painter taught me how to paint with Encaustic medium about five years ago now. I started small and never really built a body of work so I didn't have enough to show. But I have made more time for painting and created a better studio for myself. This has lead to far more space to create.

Glory 2013

It is magical working with molten wax, creating texture and shape, you can lose yourself for hours when you paint. And now I am able to go bigger and get a little more brave with my art.

Vibrations 2013

I'll be showing these 10x30" framed in natural ash at The Artist Project in Toronto this coming weekend, looking forward to the response. All of the pieces are of my images direct printed to plywood, then over painted with a bleached beeswax and resin that I mix. The pieces are then fused and left to cure, it is both  durable and archival.

Dreaming 2013