Happy new year!

Thought I'd add a few detail pictures of a body of work that Im currently focussing on. These concepts deal with migration, change and whats left behind.

Looking forward to a great year!

Happy 2011 everyone!!

Inspirations

Its strange how one finds inspiration in the strangest of places :)

This final piece turned out to be two feet in dimension

Ottawa in the fall

This fall we made a trip to Ottawa, taking the scenic lake route. It was wonderful to be able to enjoy some landscape and empty roads!

During our time in Ottawa, on our way to Byward market, we would pass by a young artist working on this chalk painting. We watched it grow visually and emotionally. Every night he would cover it with a plastic sheet to save it from the elements, seal it with duct tape, and leave a note in the hope that it wouldn't be vandalised.

I found that the plastic sheet added to her melancholy and the boundary using found objects created a preciousness that contradicted her worth.

Oscar and I.

If only I had the chance to watch this magician work his fingers...

This wonderful bronze by Ruth Abernethy is probably the closest I'll ever get to a physical Oscar Peterson. Live on!

Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica. I enjoy old church ceiling constructions. I find them so inspiring and maybe soon I'll use some of those lines in my sculptural work!

Nuit Blanche 2010

Kim H. Adams: Autolamp.
This installation was set on a rotating pedestal and I especially enjoyed how the buildings around the installation were bathed in these little dots of light.

Max Streicher: Endgame. In the alleyway between 67 & 69 Yonge Street. Fantastic!

Nuit Blanche is one night in the year when the city of Toronto is taken over by artists. I was excited to be a part of the exhibition 'Text as Drawing' this year at Dish gallery and studio, in the Distillery District.

Mystic clay pad, an idea conceived by Susan Card, Dallas Card and Derek Chung, was a fascinating way to involve people that came to the Distillery through the night. The evenings digital communications, via text, tweets and other media about Nuit Blanche were captured in clay, archiving the nights events sculpturally.

Toronto Potters 15th biennial

Exuvia.
I had two pieces selected for the Juried exhibition, this won the Fusion Design award...!

After many hours spent sorting through 30 years of archival material, many sleepless nights putting it all together, we were thrilled to have the didactic panel up. All 30 years in 177 inches of wall space. Congratulations to Toronto Potters and all the members past and present that volunteer their time to keep this alive!

Toronto Potters 15th biennial

As Director of Exhibitions with the Toronto Potters I have been working on the Toronto Potters 15th beinnial exhibition for the past 2 years. It has been a great experiece, especially with the team of ladies that I have had the pleasure of working with. Lesley McInally and Chiho Tokita, Susan Card and Brenda Ellenwood and the one person that has been by my side through everything, Angela Surdi. Its been a little crazy, but mostly enjoyable.

The workwas selected by our juror team of Ann Roberts and Bruce Cochrane who spent a tough day picking out works for the exhibition.

Once again, the Ontario Arts Council' support of this event is much appreciated!

We have a retrospective and a survey show as well this year to commemorate 30 years of the groups existence.

September 16-26 at the Gardiner Museum gift shop. The retrospective runs for an entire month in the lobby of the Museum. Come join us for the opening evening on Sept 16 at 7pm!

Goodbye Harbourfront

I finished my residency at Harbourfront this August. It was a fantastic community to be a part of. I will miss the camaraderie and afternoon walks by the lake and knowing that I wasnt alone working away until the wee hours of the morning.
My favourite time of day in that studio was the early mornings, when the sun came in through the large garage doors and it was still. This, a beautiful contradiction to when the bustling crowds came in a few hours later and brought the place to life.
As much as I'm going to miss Harbourfront, Im excited for what lies ahead!!