Paint!

This week I had my midterm critique for one of my studio classes as well as my thesis class. I figured this would be a good time to photograph my work. Although two of the pieces are for a painting class, I feel that they are all part of the same body of work. I might have mentioned this earlier, but I'm taking a break from drawing for a while and have decided to create some paintings. They take longer to produce, but I like the outcome :)

 

"Removal 3" Oil on wooden panel. 4x 5'. 2011.
 

"Removal 2" Acrylic on wooden panel. 2011.

"Ripped Canvas 1" Acrylic on Canvas. 4x 6'. 2011.

    

  "Ripped 2" Acrylic on canvas. 3'9"x 5'9". 2011.

"Removal 1" Acrylic on wooden panel. 2011. 

Produce

December, for me, was a well deserved month of eating and rest. January was a harder month because I was having a rough time getting into the swing of things. Part of the reason was that I wasn't crazy about jumping into a dusty tent to draw. So in order to get myself back to work I've decided to get into some painting!

I've finally got back to the studio, cleaned my space, and started working. My mind has been so wrapped up in what to produce and how to make it I havn't wanted to post anything because I didn't feel that there was anything to talk about. I've loaded some photos of my space and some (what were) in progress paintings. Once I get some more work finished I want to install them and photograph them.

4th Year XPACE Show

The 4th year art fair at XPACE took place December 18th- 19th where students from all of the art departments were invited to submit work to raise funds for their respective departments. I posted earlier that I was submitting three pieces and later brought four other pieces. One of them I already had, and the other three were drawings that I framed for the event.

Artists who submitted work to the show include Chelsea Jamieson, Kristen D'Aquila, Michael Dawson, Eric Euler, Natasha Gouveia, Carly McAskill, Kayla Altman, Caitlyn Chisamore, Krista Smith, Charlie Bierk, Ryan Bastedo, Shanna V, and Callum Schuster. Sorry if I missed anyone. But thanks to everyone who came out to the show!

These are the other four I presented.

A Glimpse of the material art and design display.

The photography department

   

News!

Hello fellow bloggerites!

Sadly this is not a post about new artwork. However, it is a post shamelessly promoting a show I will be participating in on December 18th and 19th. It is a fundraiser for OCAD's 4th year drawing and painting students (which includes me). I'm going to be submitting three of my older works to the show in hopes to raise some funds!

The show is at XSPACE at 58 Ossington Ave. On Saturday the 18th it will be open from 12- 6pm and Sunday the 19th from 1- 5pm. I should be there the entire time both days. 

I'm going to bring these. Well not all of them, I'm going to pick out three. If anyone who reads this blog can go, they should go!

In other news, I am a huge slacker. Since school ended I have not produced any art, but I have been relaxing. But, I hope to make some new stuff soon!

End of the Semester

To be honest, the past month has been incredibly stressful. I've finished my critiques and assignments and am really looking forward to a bit of a break. I'm still planning on making some art through the break, but definitely not the same amount. I finished my last two critiques this week and I think they went well. Part of me is really sad that the semester is over just because it means another year is going to be over soon. I get really nostalgic around this time of year.

As I mentioned in the last post, my studio space has transformed from a somewhat messy hovel into a dark cave of dusty doom. This is the outside of my fort.

This is the inside, there are a bunch of small tests on the wall. 
 

This is me working on a drawing.

Drawings on mylar for a drawing class.

Thesis Drawings

Me in the critique room after my critique. 

The Studio Space

The 7ish ft. space I was allotted in the studio has changed a few times, here are a few photos of the space in the beginning of the semester, along with some experimental stuff I was working on.

So this is some work I did at the beginning. I was playing with the creation of lines through erasure and indexical mark making. I used tape to lift off charcoal to make some drawings.

The studio is pretty neat, most of the time people just go there to hang out. It's a great environment though, it's great being surrounded by fellow artists because you can get a lot of feedback on your work as you work.

The Beginning of the School Year- A Good Place to Start

Clearly I did not create much work through the summer. I was working a lot and then I went to Florida for two weeks! (My first ever vacation out of the country). There is a big change in the work I've decided to produce this year. It's all drawing based. Yes that's right, I've put away my paint and brushes for a bit. The drawings posted are 5- 7 ft long, 4ft wide. They are charcoal and graphite on paper. I made them for a drawing class and they're abstractions from photographs of buildings in Toronto fused together.