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In my painting practice, I believe that everything instinctively follows one path and should not be interfered with or altered. In other words, if you go with the flow the images will come easily and effortlessly. If you disrupt the flow the images will come with resistance and friction. This demo will demonstrate how this philosophy can open up new possibilities through experimentation. Techniques – Collage- assemblage of different materials (paper, found objects etc.) Frottage-rubbing over great textured surface. Grattage- scraping dry paint, ripping paper

OCTOPUS STUDIOS
393 Powell Street

Friday, November 15
8pm – 9pm

It’s time again for the Eastside Culture Crawl.

Hope to see you at Octopus Studios 393 Powell street.

http://culturecrawl.ca/browse/artists

The Eastside Culture Crawl is an annual 4-day visual arts festival the “Culture Crawl” in November that involves artists on Vancouver’s Eastside opening their studio to the public. The event is focused on the area bounded by Columbia St, 1st Ave, Victoria Drive, and the Waterfront and involves painters, jewelers, sculptors, furniture makers, weavers, potters, printmakers, photographers, glassblowers; from emerging artists to those internationally established.
Thursday, November 14
5 pm – 10 pm
Friday, November 15
5 pm – 10 pm
Saturday, November 16
11 am – 6 pm
Sunday, November 17
11 am – 6 pm

I’ll be showing my new work at the Eastside Culture Crawl at Octopus Studios 393 Powell street. Hope to see you there!

http://culturecrawl.ca/browse/artists

The Eastside Culture Crawl is an annual 4-day visual arts festival the “Culture Crawl” in November that involves artists on Vancouver’s Eastside opening their studio to the public. The event is focused on the area bounded by Columbia St, 1st Ave, Victoria Drive, and the Waterfront and involves painters, jewelers, sculptors, furniture makers, weavers, potters, printmakers, photographers, glassblowers; from emerging artists to those internationally established.

Thursday, November 15
5 pm – 10 pm

Friday, November 16
5 pm – 10 pm

Saturday, November 17
11 am – 6 pm

Sunday, November 18
11 am – 6 pm

I spilled some Indian ink and got a butterfly.

“The purpose of the life of every butterfly is to set everything that was once known aside and embrace an entire new way of being”.

Site Source:

Butterfly quote. Retrieved from www.universeofsymbolism.com

“ Kites rise highest against the wind-not with it.” – Winston Churchill

A kite with no wind remains motionless. It is in the resistance of the wind where it reaches its highest peak. Like the kite we have an opportunity to rise with the wind.

There is something very strange with an empty canvas. Its artificiality, perfect corners and flat textureless surface feels lifeless, like a book with no words. It stares at me and asks “show me your life”. How do I show you the parts of what I am and what I’m not when I see nothingness stare back at me. Then the canvas says, “close your eyes and paint”. So, I closed my eyes and began to paint.

 

Do you remember when you were a child and you saw a cardboard box as more than just a box? A cardboard box could be a fortress, a rocket ship, time machine, air plane, or submarines. The possibilities were endless. Yet, when we become adults that box no longer transforms, it just a cardboard box. Picasso, had famously quoted, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up”. Maybe, its not that we have to try to remain as an artist but simply a matter of re-remember what we’ve forgotten.