Painting painting

Painting painting. 2010, Oil on wood 50 cm x 61 cm

This project was based on the idea of creating a painting within a painting similar to the famous Las Meninas by Velazquez's. At the time I felt the project was too simple so I took it upon myself to complicate it. Big mistake on my part. It quickly turned into one of my more frustrating paintings. In the end I resolved to pour my frustration into it. I decided to make a mock still lift of the unfinished work in the corner of the room. I'm just glad my studio has such an interesting floor.

Why Create?

I create to impact lives. So people will notice me(my ideas).
I want to deeply affect others as my ideas have affected me.
This is what drives me - gives me my purpose. So would my greatest fear be to fade away?
I must impact lives, through art, through life. I want to disturb the normal - wake people up.
No, I need to make change. But how?
It doesn't matter what I am remembered as. As long as I am remembered. Remembered as something positive is a bonus. The ideas must live on.

Schizophrenia

Acrylic on Canvas

This is part of a series I started in college. It has been my most research intensive endeavor yet. My goal was to visual depict various abnormal psychological conditions. I based this piece on a group of case studies. As a result a great deal of the composition was carefully planned out in reference to my research.

Everyday Magic

This was created in collaboration with Joerg Brinkmann, an amazing artist that was on an exchange at the time. It was made for performance art class at Concordia University. The purpose of the video was to emphasis the everyday magic that we experience.

Wolf Woman

Ballpoint pen 22" x 30"

This was for a project based on monsters that I completed in college. I always enjoyed sketching with a ballpoint pen so I decided to attempt a large scale piece. I am relatively happy with the result. The image has a good feel but the composition has some spacial problems. In the end I think it was a good exploration.

Motherhood

Digital Photography

This is part of the Hidden Beauty series I undertook in college. One frustrating afternoon as deadlines were looming I happened upon this scene. I was greatly pleased because it finished off my series perfectly and even became my star piece. Just goes to show you that sometimes you just got to let it flow.

Ophelia

Acrylic on Canvas 101cm x 152cm

This is one of my favorite paintings to date. I was fortunate enough to have a model for three
sessions of three hours. Near the end I was getting kinda distracted and having fun with the piece. Consequently I developed a dialogue with the piece that allowed it to freely evolve. Typically I have the bad habit of forcing a particular theme or idea. As it approached completion I decided to instill it with Shakespeare's Ophelia. A tragically romantic character that was driven to suicide.

Self Reflection

My first experimentation with darkroom photography and a pin-hole camera. There was about a 2 minute exposure time so I thought it would be cool to expose myself twice.

Hourglass Figure

Clayboard each 4" x 6"

This was really odd to work with but enjoyable none the less. At first glance its just a piece of masonite covered with black paint, but as you scrap away the paint white lines are revealed. I read that you can add color, but I chose not to. This project was about creating a visual joke of sorts by contrasting two objects of similar form.

It's About Time

Acrylic on masonite, 40 x 40 cm

This was one of my first paintings and an attempt at cubism. I choose a random lantern and abstracted it until I ended up with this. In the end it was more about experimentation with color.

Ascension

 

This is a sculpture I created during my 2nd year of college. I don't really enjoy sculpture because my vision always exceeds my means. Like most of my sculpture work at college this project was about material limitations. We were given a piece of plywood and a 2x4 and told to create. I was emulating a famous sculpture but the name escapes me at the moment.

New Blog!

I have been doing the art thing for a couple years now and I thought it was about time I put my name out on the internet. Like all blogs it will be an ongoing project, but I will do my best to post all the work I have done so far.