Wild Is My Love 
December 5 2013 - January 4th 2014 at Graven Feather

Of course I was late posting this, but here it is now...photos of my show in December. What an intense beautiful experience it was, making and showing this work.

I'm working on the development of a show for December at Graven Feather in Toronto. Essentially a love letter on the subject of identity, identification, and reflection, the pieces will be a mixture of sculptural objects, printmaking, and drawings. There will even be some audio involved.

I'll be documenting some of the process over the next month, starting tonight. The title of the show is My Heart Is A Pinecone. Appropriately, here are some drawings to get things going.

Bears in compassionate positions

Sketches for future endeavors.

What I should have written.

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Novel Consorts

 She sings a crooked song......

Poem in a forest.

My heart is a hard dark seed hidden within the pattern

And the trees are vast 

There are so many...

Count them as you stand in the middle 

And they feel like forever

Giants

But the life of poems is filled to the brim with blaze and beauty 

Only the mountains know how quickly it all burns

They see everything and remain 

When all is gone they might remember 

My green forest will be as black dust 

Bared to the great many toothed maw of the sky

Chilled by clouds of cold and greedy starlight 

And I ... broken open, might be lifted by your breath.




e.e.c.

Maple Leaves and Rainbows

I did some drawings on Canada day this past year (2012) and it happened to also be Gay Pride weekend. Therefore, naturally, maple leaves and rainbows were the order of the day. Have a look (if you can) at the titles below. They tell a story. :)

Good Things......!

I started drawing Magpies for my friend Kelly Sheppard's book.

Working on creative projects for a living is absolutely meaningful, challenging, and fun for the most part, but people sometimes forget they require a great deal of time and effort without much in the way of outside feedback. That's why it's all the more EXCITING when you get a little bit of positive public recognition!

My colleague and business partner Pam Lobb and I have been positively glowing lately as a result of some good press our studio Graven Feather has been getting this past month. "In like a lion" they say, and this March lion has been positively roaring with pride. Last Saturday, March 9th, Toronto's Globe & Mail featured a small review of our show in their Twitter Critic section. And last Thursday, we got a great shout out from Blog TO, listing us as #6 on their page of Best DIY Workshops!!

All the more reason to keep updating this blog with work! I'm really going to try and be more consistent with my updates here this year. And I'd like to feature other people that I find inspiring too! So stay tuned!!....and to all of you creative crafters, artists, musicians and work-at-home people....YOU ROCK!! You deserve a star! 4 stars!! Keep it coming and don't look back!

Speaking of which: Check out Danielle Kryssa of Jealous Curator fame, from Vancouver, BC. Her blog is fantastic and inspiring, and she's a cool artist as well. Roa-a-a-a--a-r!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been digging out old prints and re-working them with new colour and ideas...yay!

Currently working on...

New scene for an old bear.

Currently working on....

Just something i started recently... Any suggestions for what else needs to be found at the bottom of the Pacific?

My French Dad

These drawings come from memories and stories told to me in my youth. They were done quickly and with a great deal of enjoyment; simply pulled from my head and delivered with a brush to the page.  I hope, if you can, that you'll come to see all the images at Graven Feather Studio & Gallery. It's in Toronto, ON at 906 Queen west (northwest corner of Crawford). They will be up through the month of May, 2012.

Show MAY 3rd-30th at Graven Feather Gallery

From the series Empty House at Graven Feather Gallery: 906 Queen St. W, Toronto ON, M6K 2V2

I'm having a show in May!
Come see the work at Graven Feather Studio, and if you can make it Thursday May 3rd (5-10pm), you'll hear some amazing stories by writers and performers on the theme of Home (7:30pm). The address is 906 Queen west, Toronto ON, M6K 2V2.

Adieu, Layton...

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.



-- Dylan Thomas

Graven Feather : a new studio and art space !

I'm delighted to announce that I have a beautiful new studio!!  Lucky lucky me! I can invite friends, family, and everyone I know to come and see my work, and the work of my two co-conspirators Pam Lobb and Jessica Bartram, in a gorgeous, bright, and beautiful new studio and gallery space!  Thanks to Artscape and all our supporters, we've just moved in and we're getting ready to rumble!  It's an absolutely amazing and energizing opportunity for us, and we're super excited to show it off. hee...

We're going to call the space and our collective The Graven Feather, and we invite you all to come check us out over the summer, as we'll be working and creatively scheming on how to take over Toronto with our art and ideas. You can look forward to workshops, artshows, artist talks, and cool and creative get-togethers of various kinds. Get ready!!!!!!!

I don't have many pictures yet, except of the table in our beautiful courtyard (thankyou Arianne), which we share with the residents of 900 Queen street, in Toronto. More info and images soon to come. Such an honour to have this space!

Sugarrama!

Hey! Here are some more recent drawings. (They also include elements of photo transfer). Some of these are up right now at this great little shop: Freedom Clothing Collective, on Bloor st. near Ossington. Check them out. There are beautiful clothes, jewlry, art and other amazing locally produced craft.