Books

I got my books back from the binders a couple weeks ago. I wasn't going to post pictures until closer to the opening in January but the building won't be ready until March now...

Five books total, each a different species. More info soon.

In the works

Here are a couple ideas that I've got on the go right now.

Books

I've been working on a series of five hand-cut books for the inaugural show at the new Esker Foundation. I'm excited to be in the show, which will have work from over forty Alberta based artists.

Here are some of the book pages and the hand cut letters that I keep finding all over my studio.

Olympic Plaza

These are the banners that I made for Olympic Plaza in downtown Calgary. A total of six designs repeated six times.  Each banner has the name of a migratory bird species that is currently listed as endangered in Alberta. 

I was so glad that the text shows up clearly from across the plaza, and really dissolves as you get closer.

Species are:

-Eskimo Curlew, Numenius borealis

-Mountain Plover, Charadrius montanus

-Piping Plover, Charadrius melodus circumcinctus

-Red Knot, rufa subspecies, Calidris canutus rufa

-Sage Thrasher, Oreoscoptes montanus

-Whooping Crane, Grus americana

whoa, its been a while

Time has been passing by at an alarming rate. Life is busy in all directions, especially the studio. I'll try and catch up on whats been going on starting from where I left off. Bellow are some images from the show that concluded my residency at the ledge gallery. the show was up early August through mid September.

All photos taken by my good friend Joe Kelly.

top to bottom:

-Banff Springs Snail detail 1

  Acrylic on Polyester, 2011

-Banff Springs Snail detail 2

  Acrylic on Polyester, 2011

-Tiny Cryptantha

  Acrylic on Polyester, 2011

  Dimensions variable

-Tiny Cryptantha detail 1

  Acrylic on Polyester, 2011

-Greater Short-Horned Lizard rear view

Acrylic on Polyester, 2011

-Greater Short-Horned Lizard detail 1

  Acrylic on Polyester, 2011

-Greater Short-Horned Lizard detail 2

  Acrylic on Polyester, 2011

-Eskimo Curlew / 1962

  Acrylic on Polyester, 2011

  Dimensions variable

-Ord’s Kangaroo Rat

  Acrylic on Polyester, 2011

  Dimensions variable

-Ord’s Kangaroo Rat detail 1

  Acrylic on Polyester, 2011

-Installation shot

  left to right: Greater Short-Horned Lizard; Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth, Non-pollinating Yucca     

  Moth, Yucca Moth and Banff Springs Snail

 

In progress

Here is another banner I'm working on for the EPCOR show.

Eskimo Curlew 1963, acrylic on nylon.

Work in progress

Whooping Crane banners freshly painted and soon to be sewn.

Antler interview

My good friend Angela Dione, (of Market Collective fame) was handed the reins to Antler Magazine for their last issue, and we did a short interview for it.
Find it here
Thanks Angela!

Ord's Kangaroo Rat

Calgary Herald

Yesterday, the Herald published an article on my EPCOR reseidency and some of the projects I've worked on in Calgary. Its always nice to talk to people about what you spend your time doing.

Check it out here

New banner fabric

EPCOR CENTRE residency

Today's the first day of a residency I am doing this summer at the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts in Calgary.  I will use the gallery space as my studio for June - July and then show the work here in August.  The plan is to make 24 banners, each based on a different endangered species in Alberta.

Here's the new set up

Should be a productive summer.

Untitled show

I had some work in a group show at Untitled Art Society just over a week ago.  The premise was kinda like the "telephone game" where each artist would make a solo work, then use that piece as a starting point for two collaborations with two different artists.  The nearest flag is the piece I made with Nate McLeod.
The show looked great and you could really see ideas moving around the gallery for one collabo to the next. Ill post up more images  when I get better documentation.  Thanks to the Bakery folks for asking me to participate.

New Studio

I've just set up in a new studio and am starting to get things going again. 

This piece is for a fundraiser show at Haight gallery on Friday to raise bucks for a scholarship in Jasmine Valentina's name.

Squeegee

Been doing a lot of tests with a squeegee over the past week.  Gouache on Stonehenge for the first two,  gouache on yupo on the last one.

Canadian Art article

Nancy Tousley, recent Governor General award winner, just wrote an article about Calgarian DIY galleries for Canadian Art.  Its a huge boost to have some one like Nancy introduce these spaces to a broader Canadian audience and it was a really enjoyable interview.  Local Library has a couple of great pictures in the article check it out here

Thanks Nancy!

Propeller show in Toronto

I have a piece in Here & There, a show at Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts in Toronto.  The show was curated by the people behind the Toronto based magazine One Hour Empire.  

Here are some more pictures of my contribution, I can't wait to see the shots from install.

Sculpture for Leo

In-progress commissioned work for the fine folks at Leo boutique.