Thanks to David Chang for sending me photos of the display which included my work in the Connecticut show, Responding to our World: Words, Images, Gestures. David was at the accompanying intensive, studying with German calligrapher and type designer, Gottfried Pott. Lucky David!
Acrylic on Canvas
Triptych: Each panel 12" x 12".
A variation on the Three Kisses posted earlier. This piece sold recently and is now in a private collection in Seattle, Washington.
Something different: this piece is rather light, ethereal. About meaning and hidden meanings.
This week I am finalizing five large canvases to be shown at Chambar Belgian Restaurant in Vancouver. I’m working on larger canvases than I have in the past – a stretch that feels great. Love the room to play with space on the large canvases! Most of the work will be in rich, dark colours to complement Chambar’s decor, but I wanted to do one piece mainly in black and white. This work-in-progress is a diptych which I believe I will call Transcend or Transcendence. Each panel measures 30" x 48".
NOTE: My art will be up in Chambar from May – July 2007.
Love this close-up, angled shot Werner took of Book of Beginnings, showing the texture of canvas, paint.
This is a cedar brush painting, named for the band, Walela. Walela is Cherokee for “hummingbird” and I first heard this female vocal trio on Robbie Robertson’s album, Music for the Native Americans. Their self-titled album is an old favourite of mine.
Here's the thing I don’t understand about my ‘calligraphic paintings’: the pieces I carefully plan generally disappoint me. However, if I make a start and then just let things happen – often making a mess, then cleaning it up – voilá – a piece I like. Go figure.
This triptych wasn’t really planned, but it became, simply ... Three Kisses. (Click on image to see detail.)
Today, I am dropping a few pieces off at the local gallery where I exhibit my work. This simple piece, Sanctuary is a personal favourite, painted with my own bedroom wall in mind, but here it goes off to the Gallery...
Much of my work is inspired by music. As I work, lyrics of whatever I am listening to that day, often stick in my head and ‘infuse’ the work. This painting was inspired by the Cowboy Junkies song, Darkling Days (from their 1998 album, Miles From Our Home) and I have borrowed the name for the piece. The text in this painting is abstract.
I just received word that three of my pieces, including this one, have been accepted by jurors, Thomas Ingmire and Maureen Squires for an upcoming exhibition. The show is entitled Responding to our World: Words, Images, Gestures, and will exhibit June-August 2007 at the Guilford Art Centre in Connecticut.
I am thrilled. And while I may not get to see the exhibition, I can look forward to seeing selected works published in Letter Arts Review magazine in July 2007.
