I just want to let people know I have an art exhibition coming up – the opening reception will be Saturday September 10 at Yumart. My last show was at the old Yumart space on Spadina about a year and a half ago now. For… Read More
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More forest drawings and a story about making charcoal
Here are more little drawings I made while off on a little adventure in “cottage country” with the Newfs. Click on any image to enlarge. Apologies are in order for the inexcusably poor quality photos….I snapped them on a cabin table with an iphone while… Read More
Collective City – The Un Collective
Some time ago, Sheila and I were approached by artists Richard Mongiat and David Sylvestre about a project they were working on documenting artist collectives in Toronto, called Toronto’s Other Art Scene. As Collective City, they were putting together a number of short films about… Read More
Another drawing…
Pencil on Arches hot-pressed watercolour block, about 18″ wide.
Imagination Station Drawing
Regular visitors to this blog know we have a couple structures out back I made from garden refuse, which we call imagination stations. I’ve been making drawings back there lately, and sometimes I like to sit near Imagination Station #1 and draw. Here’s one I… Read More
Today’s drawing
I’m continuing to make drawings in the garden. Here is a picture of the one I did this morning. Like the others, this one is pencil on hot-pressed watercolour paper.
Drawing in the Garden
I’ve been drawing in the garden lately. Most days I make one drawing, other days two and of course some days none at all. I wander about the garden and without thinking too much about it, find a spot to draw. Today’s spot had a… Read More
Terminal Beef (blast from the past)
For reasons I cannot begin to understand certain of my paintings stay front of mind for a very long time. Others don’t live with me for nearly so long. Terminal Beef is a painting I made back in 1998. Although it is a picture I… Read More
Sunday Painting
There was a time when Tuffy P (AKA Sheila Gregory) and I, along with our friends Tim Noonan and Ardis Breeze and the late Ronald Bloore made regular Sunday drawing/painting trips to various locations around Southern Ontario. We did it for a few years, almost… Read More
The Things We Used to Do
I haven’t posted anything about my paintings for a while, so here’s a sneak peak at what I’ve been up to. I’ve been working on a series of smallish, shaped encaustic paintings to be part of my next exhibition at Yumart in September. For those… Read More