Stickin' Ideas Together

We had a great time last night! A big thank you for everyone who came out!!

Until the Opening Reception of Delivery! My darling Barry hung the show for me today. And an exceptionally talented writer friend of mine, Vicky Tran , wrote an extensive article about it which she has posted on her blog (dated May 15th). Have a read if you want to learn lots about me, my process & the Delivery collection. Drop by Havana's on the Drive this Sunday, May 18th, between 4 and 7pm for the Opening Reception. Show runs until May 28th. I look forward to seeing you there.

Hello all; I am very pleased to invite you all to my smartened up site. It's just a bit tidier and slimmer. Interestingly so am I. But I digress, please take a look at the ART section. Delivery is being shown from May 15 - 28th at Vancouver's Havana Gallery on Commercial Drive. Drop by for the opening reception on the 18th. Love to see you there!

Tap Plastic's EX-74   is a two-part expo resin finish I have used on my DeLIVEry series. It's relatively easy to use but a bit pricey. The user does not need to be a chemist, but to be successful, one does require to be prepared with proper equipment and dedicated time. The product is only available in the US and needs to be delivered by ground. The couple times I have ordered it I was hit with a hefty customs charge. On the positive side, the product covers a lot of surface. Good bang for the pricey buck. The final finish is very glossy, like glass. The reflective quality of the epoxy provides a depth to the collaged layers which makes visible the hidden gems within my paintings and lets the colours sing. I appreciate how the epoxy seals in all the textural elements of my work. The distressed and torn edges within each piece appear precious. Tap Plastics has efficient and helpful on-line customer service. I have emailed many user-related questions and heard back eac...

Before I immersed myself back into Delivery, I was experimenting with some laser colour prints of photos I'd taken on my iPhone. I printed a series of six images, on card stock, of my daughter twirling with abandon (as only children can) and gazed at them lovingly. My next thought was, "now what?" So I did what came naturally, I took out my trusty sewing machine and ran a few lines up them. I ended up with two sets of three large colour copies haphazardly stitched up.  My next thought was, "now what? " So I did what came naturally, I took out some zinc white acrylic paint & splashed it about. You guessed it, I didn't immediately know what to do next, but I figured it out with some white titanium and plastic stencils. In case you didn't know this, zinc white is a translucent acrylic where as tit white is opaque. Lots of fun and creative layers can be accomplished playing those two opacities off of each other. I then pulled out a...

Hello art friends; Once again I am dumbfounded by the speed at which time travels. It's already March of the "new year". Good news is I am showing a rebirth of my Delivery series at the end of May in Havana's gallery on Commercial Drive and I am ready for it (in spite of time's trickiness). Since the arrival of 2014, I have been birthing additional paintings to add to this series. These little babies will easily fit into your home and are easy on your wallet too. Here's a sneak peak of them in-progress. I'll keep you posted on the show too so you can drop by!

Hello all; I just found out that my button design (artwork)  was chosen for inclusion in: Hot One Inch Action  Vancouver's 10th Anniversary Show Saturday November 9 from 8-11pm @ Hot Art Wet City 2206 Main (@ 6th) Tiny works from sixty different artists reproduced on one inch buttons.  Buy a mixed bag of five random buttons for $5.  Trade them. Save them. Share them.  I hope you to see you this coming Saturday for what seems like a groovy fun time!