more from this summer

here are a few more from this summer.

summer exposure

i thought i would bring back some images of what i did this summer. this year has brought new exposure for my work and i've made some interesting pieces. so during the next few posts i am going to dig through the many photos that i have taken to show some of the progress that i have had this year.

artists can cook...

i am not posting this because i have run out of material, i just thought it would be a little peek of what else i like doing as an artist. COOK. i went to the streetsville farmers market this weekend with uncle luciano and we picked out some goodies. some corn, squash, garlic and a bit of maple syurp i was all ready to make a dish using all local produce. even the garlic!

i roasted everything and then made a dressing of olive oil, lime juice, maple syrup, ground cummin, corriander and paprika and seasoned with salt and pepper. i must say it turned out really great, really sweet from the corn squash mixed in with the lime and maple, but it also had a nice smokey taste from the barbeque.

after i filled my belly with yummy goodness i went back to the drawing table and worked on my prints. so far a good days work.

superart crawl in hamilton

if you are looking for something fun to do, you should go to the superart crawl in hamilton september 25th. starts at 1pm and ends at 11pm, there will be lots of great art, music and foods.

http://www.supercrawl.ca/news

supercrawl facebook group
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hamilton-ON/Supercrawl/138295686592

visit the art crawl and support your local artists

for the art crawl

tightey whitey by Vince and Mike

a couple friends of mine painted this cool mural over the long weekend in guelph. Vince and Mike worked their magic and provided a great mural for those who will visit the Red Brick Cafe in guelph over the next year. i believe there are some plans for the space, ie other artists painting murals in the space, music and good times. the owner of red brick cafe was really great in allowing this to happen, it offers great exposure for artists and she has supported the arts community tremendously. thanks to red brick cafe and of course Vince and Mike for their hard work.

work in progress

just a few things in progress, working on a new piece and decided to explore with my prints. i have a really good feeling about the new prints, although i am thinking these days that i should expand my palette a bit.

prints for a trip

i've started working on more prints this month in order to prepare myself for a trip that i am taking at the end of october. there is an opportunity for me to show my work and be part of an art/farm market in the US. yes i did say the US, so i thought why not have a good inventory of new prints that i can show and sell. i am not very sure on how the set up is where i am going, but by the sounds of it i believe that i will do well in the area. i will explain more on where i am going and why, and of course post a few photos of what i am preparing for the trip.

white rabbit, more

more photos of the newest piece. the lighting is much better in these photos so i thought i would post them. it allows to show truer textures and clarity of the objects i used.

lilly pads and bull rushes

try to find the metal bars amongst the taller weeds

shadow river and rain

yesterday was a day of rain, so what else would i plan but another art project. this time i went out, loaded up the canoe and headed for the shadow river. this river system splits into two and i decided to paddle into the narrow and shallower part of the river in order to explore a perfect spot for some placement of objects. There were endless amounts of options, but too keep things simple i choose only a few spots that i thought suited the objects best. the rain came down and added to experience of canoeing through the narrows of the river, it was like another world in there. forest surrounding was so lush, beautiful and at times was really creepy. the quite of the area took over at times and to hear nothing but the rain, and the creatures in the trees made for a cool location for placing my new finds... metal bars painted with spray paint and they look like twigs

enjoy!

pile o trees

just imagine the camp fire you could have with this little pile of logs. just left in a clearing at the side of a road is this pile o trees. of course i used the pile for an art project, perfect spot for what i might say is the last time i use my spray painted cogs. during my little adventure in the pit of rocks i found some scrap metal so i picked a few pieces for a future project. there is this bit of energy that i have lately so i will most likely take to the trees again. the energy is not the greatest actually, i tend too use making art as a release of good and bad energy. i guess it is my way of meditating and clearing the mind.

yeeks

included with the placement of the bike cogs i used a few railway pins. i used a bit of pigmented beeswax on the pins to add a bit more texture and of course colour. i still can not believe this site that i found and went into, the surrounding area is a huge forest that is supposedly conservation old growth.