From the monthly archives: January 2012
Over the course of two years in Guatemala City, I created lengthy lists. Lists of Billboard messages. Lists of ideas for new paintings. Lists of people I wanted to paint. Some were close friends, some near and some estranged and missed. Others, simply acquaintances. I painted three simple portraits on paper. It was an exercise [...]
The day we arrived in Guatemala I was stricken by the giant structures lining the streets. Towering sentinels. A few months in, I had begun developing an idea that I just cannot shake. I am still really digging it. It started with a handful of 10×10 oil paintings on stretched canvas. Here are four of [...]
Adrienne Dagg
Impressive Contemporary figurative oil paintings from this Toronto based artist. Check out the website for super strong work. Don’t miss Adrienne’s Blog either – it’s packed with the kind of stuff I love to see, like sketchbook entries, studio shots and work in progress. Dig it. [...]
Every day when I head down into my basement to check on my paintings in progress, there are a few other pieces I have stored down there staring back at me. Several of which were large 4ft x 6ft oil paintings I had done for my solo show at AWOL Gallery in 2007 “The Secrets [...]
After making a record player out of coconuts and generating electricity using the professor and Mary Anne method (I don’t even know what that means)… the following records would magically appear in my collection:
0) Patti Smith – Horses (At Zero.. because this record plays in my head with or without the fancy devices)
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