I have three updates for this month's blog:
RAW: Vancouver
White Rock Youth Mural
Paint by Numbers Series
RAW: Vancouver
I will be presenting/selling my art at RAW: Vancouver, on Thursday, April 12th. The event is a showcase of various creatives across several different disciplines including fashion designers, musicians, hair stylists, visual artists, and more! Ticket sales go directly towards supporting the artists who are participating. Therefore, even if you are unable to attend, you can still support me!
Hint, hint, nudge, nudge...
Tickets are sold here, on my RAW artist profile. As always I'd love to see as many friendly faces as possible! I'll be offering a 20% off discount to anyone who buys a ticket from me. Also I will have a basket full of discounted items, as I am trying to flush out some old work from my inventory in order to keep my work more consistent.
I've been working hard during some time off from my full-time job, in order to create more work and come prepared for my first real art market experience. I'm so excited, and I'm sure it'll be an event like I've never been apart of!
Check out photos below of some of the new art I've been making especially for RAW!
#WhiteRockYouthMural
In March, I started on a youth mural mentoring project with Rachel Kirkpatrick and Semiahmoo Arts. We've been meeting for the past three weeks with several students from Elgin Park Secondary. After a few days of exploring ideas and concepts, we finally completed the sketch/layout for our mural and the concept has been approved by the city! This means that later in April we will start to paint the actual mural. Hurray! I'm excited, the students are excited, and I can't wait to get this painted, so that everyone can come see it when they visit White Rock! This is a student led project and I'm so eager to see them take on their first mural/public art project.
Below are some images of the workshops we've had over the past few weeks. Stay tuned for more photos of the process and of course the final reveal of the mural.
Paint by Number Series
I've been working on a new series of paintings that stem from ideas I wrote about in my thesis (I Come From A Long Line of Machines). Below are photos and videos documenting the process, as well as a video revealing the selection of the first squares, used to create the first quilted painting of the series.
