HELLO EVERYONE,

Lots of art stuff going on lately so I thought I would send out a bulletin to keep you all updated.

Recently, I was surprised to see two of my works on canvas on the cover of the May 2010 Style at Home magazine! While my work has graced the pages of this publication before, I have never had a piece on the cover, so I was quite excited to see this.

Three of my etchings from the 'variations' show at Open Studio a few years ago were purchased by father Dan Donovan for the art collection at St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto. These works will be included in a book (to come out later this month) celebrating the collection.

Elora Centre for the Arts and the Guelph Jazz Festival are hosting art auctions on May 6th – 8th (Elora) and April 25th (Guelph) if you are in town and interested in attending, some of my work will be included in both of these fundraising events, which are a wonderful way to support two important arts organizations in the area.

*** Open Studio has just released the shortlist of six nominees for the National Printmaking Award... and I am ON IT! *** What an honour. The winners will be announced at the 100 Prints Show which takes place at the Palais Royal in Toronto on May 12th, 2010.

Lately, I have been very busy preparing work for a solo show at Cambridge Galleries in Preston, details are below. I am very excited about the main piece in this show - a mixed print work on paper that runs almost 35 feet across the gallery wall!

 

Soft celebration is a quiet observance and appreciation for all the small stages and events in life that when patched together, add up to who and where we are now. Utilizing a chine colle process, the artist has created smaller, etchings, reliefs and monotype prints on washi — fine handmade Japanese papers. The images have been reworked numerous times before being assembled into larger compositions. The largest, Sometimes it seems like too much, takes the form of a scroll sweeping horizontally across the length of the gallery, allowing the eye to wander the interwoven lines and symbols of cartography and plant-based imagery that evoke a continuous journey of growth, exploration and culmination.

519.653.3632
Gallery Hours:
Monday to Thursday: 12 noon - 8:30 pm,
Friday & Saturday: 12 noon - 5:30 pm,
Sunday*: 1 pm - 5 pm
(*Closed Sundays during the summer from Victoria Day weekend through Labour Day weekend)

After this, I will be preparing work for a solo show at Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo to open July 10th, 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

Soft celebration is a quiet observance and appreciation for all the small stages and events in life that when patched together, add up to who and where we are now. Utilizing a chine colle process, the artist has created smaller, etchings, reliefs and monotype prints on washi — fine handmade Japanese papers. The images have been reworked numerous times before being assembled into larger compositions. The largest, Sometimes it seems like too much, takes the form of a scroll sweeping horizontally across the length of the gallery, allowing the eye to wander the interwoven lines and symbols of cartography and plant-based imagery that evoke a continuous journey of growth, exploration and culmination.

519.653.3632
Gallery Hours:
Monday to Thursday: 12 noon - 8:30 pm,
Friday & Saturday: 12 noon - 5:30 pm,
Sunday*: 1 pm - 5 pm
(*Closed Sundays during the summer from Victoria Day weekend through Labour Day weekend)

After this, I will be preparing work for a solo show at Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo to open July 10th, 2010.

 

 

CURRENT SHOWS:

Soft Celebration
May 1 – June 19, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday May 6th, 2010, 7pm
Cambridge Galleries Preston
435 King Street East Cambridge