BREAKING BOUNDARIES

March 20th - Toronto ON -Official show openning at Art Square Gallary - for the Markham Group of Artist's exhibit called Breaking Boundaries. In attendance were numerous Markham artist including Wendy LaValle, Valerie Ashton, Lynn Ross to name a few along with many fans, friends and patrons of the Gallery.

Show closes in Toronto on March 28th...and moves to The Hospitality Loft in the Markville Mall (next to Toys R Us) until April 7th.

Enjoy!!

Sooooo Exciiiiiiiiiiiited!!!!!

I'm so excited.....my work was juried today and accepted into a fabulous show called Breaking Boundaries......an exhibit architected by The Markham Group of Artist....and running from March 14 -28....at Art Square Gallery in Toronto!

OOOh-la-la....there are some talented artist in this group...Uptown is coming Downtown...and you won't be disappointed!!!!

My work that's in the show........

The works were juried by Denis Cliff....a well know Canadian Abstract Artist and Professor of Art at the Toronto School of Arts, Flemming College and currently Haliburton School of Arts. Denis took 2 hours to jury the show...and then another 2 hours to provide specific and indepth feedback on all rejected and selected works of art.

For mine....his comments were...."these landscapes are very different.....what they have is an emotional content....a feeling about a place - the colour and everything about it is dissolving, it's all very mysterious and airy - you just want to go to these places....like an Eden...a place where you want to spend all your time." - Denis Cliffe

Although I didn't spend a single second with the man....he nailed the objective of my work in an instant....and selected it for the show......I'M SOOOOOOOOOO EXCIIIIIIIIIIIIITED!!!!

For more details about the show Breaking Boundaries, go to:

http://www.greenartsgallery.com/

http://www.markhamartists.org/

Preview the show here:

http://markhamartists.org/show/breaking_boundaries

Spring Fever

I've got it....what about you? Longer days....warmer temps....snow melting...and so is my WAX!

I've been having lots of fun working in my studio experimenting with new designs, colour schemes....studying abstract expressionism....and basically exploring creative ideas.

A childhood memory has sparked my latest painting spree.........when I was in Grade 6 my school went to the AGO and we were asked to select a painting, study it and write an essay. I choose a Mark Rothko and stunned my teacher with an indepth interpretation. Since then I've been a big fan...and of Ad Reinhardt too...another great Colour Field artist. Simplified colour palettes, elimination of all associations and references are the hallmarks of this style.

So with that influence...here's a preview of what looks to be an emerging new series...

Big, Bold & Weighty....saturated colours....lots of texture....thick with wax...really brings focus to the medium.

"Art is Art. Everything else is everything else.".... Ad Reinhardt