Suburban Surreal @ Modern Eden Gallery - Feb 3rd-25th

The paintings from my solo show 'Suburban Surreal' are now on view and for sale through Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco! I had spent the last 8 months building up all my 17 pieces for the exhibit. Will share some of the images here below, but to see the rest of the work you can check out the gallery website :)

Also for those interested in my print release with the gallery, the show card image 'Street Beats' is available as a limited edition giclee of 50 at $45. You can find those online through the gallery here!

Solo Show 'Suburban Surreal' @ Modern Eden Gallery

I'm obviously not the greatest with updating my blog all the time, I'm much better with social media, but nonetheless - I have a big solo show, titled Suburban Surreal, opening up at Modern Eden Gallery in a few weeks! On February 3rd, to be exact. I'll have 17 new drawings and paintings for show and sale, and am also planning to attend the opening reception in San Francisco myself :)

Anyone interested can find more info, as well as the link to jump on the collectors preview through the gallery show page. In the meanwhile, here's some sneaks of the work I have in store:

Femme to Femme Fatale opening at @ Modern Eden gallery

Hey guys, I have a work in the upcoming group show 'Femme to Femme Fatale' opening at Modern Eden gallery next Saturday, September 17th! Curated by the folks over at Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, the show will feature a great line up of artists all celebrating the feminine in painting.

Anyone interested in my piece can contact the gallery by email at info@moderneden.com to get on the preview <3

Here's some pics below:

'Sugar Storm', 12x24", oil on wood panel

Amethyst opening @ Arch Enemy Arts

I have a small painting included in the upcoming Prisma Artist Collective group show 'Amethyst' - opening this Friday at Arch Enemy Arts, in Philly! For those interested in the work you can find more info and contact details for the gallery through their website: http://www.archenemyarts.com/

Here's my full piece and a studio shot below.

'Ascension', 6x12", oil and acrylic on wood panel. (framed in a simple black floater).

I feel the painting can work in either the upright and side view position, but prefer it on a side view :)

'Otherwoldly' Available as a new print!

My painting 'Otherworldly' is currently available as a limited edition print through the good folks at 1xRun! An edition of 65 at $65, they will only be up for grabs for another 6 days!

Anyone interested can find them through this link: https://www.1xrun.com/run/otherworldly&ref=p

Otherworldly

12x17"

Archival Pigment Print on 310gsm Museum Natural Fine Art Paper

Signed and Numbered with Certificate of Authenticity 

'Vitality and Verve' + POW!WOW! Long Beach

Hey Guys! 

I just returned home from a two week stay in Long Beach, California painting up a couple large scale murals for the first time ever! I was quite nervous about it all to begin with, uncertain I was fit for the job or would fit into the culture, but I've come back with a little more confidence and an absolutely wonderful experience to hold onto!

First up, 'Vitality and Verve' is a big mural/sculpture/installation show now open to the public at the Long Beach Museum of Art till October 16th. Anyone close by or in the area should definitely take some time to go out and view everything, it's a spectacular show! The best I may have ever gotten to attend in person before. All the artists did a fantastic job with their spaces.

Here's a couple snaps of my mural for the exhibit titled 'Night Life' - illustrating an idea about the creativity and imagination that spurs when night time falls. Because of size, materials, time limitations (and my own lack of experience), I chose to take a different approach to my style for the mural. More like my drawings, simplified, but still honouring the imagery I often use:

Here's a link to a really awesome teaser video put together by Selina Miles of me working up the mural at the museum last week as well. She's done short vids of all the featured artists in Vitality and Verve.

Second mural was a much larger one for POW!WOW! Long Beach. My first ever outdoor mural, the thing was around 18x42 feet and painted all with little 4" brushes... because I am crazy, haha. Here's some pics and links below:

Photographer Andrew Tran also put together a nice teaser video for the mural, with me chatting a little about the experience. Check it out here!

Overall, the experience was so much more than I expected. For a person as introverted myself and always working alone in my studio each day, it was at first a very intimidating idea to go out to California and paint up two walls like this.... especially when my typical sized work is 16x20". But I feel I came a little out of my shell with this trip and met some really amazing people!

I had such a wonderful time and I owe much love and thanks to Thinkspace Gallery, LBMA and POW!WOW! for having the belief in me to tackle it all <3 <3

'Human by Nature' opens this Saturday!

'Human by Nature' is opening this weekend at the Dorland-Haight Gallery in Milton, Ontario. I'll have 5 new works for show and sale, alongside a couple other Canadian artists - Tom Dietrich and Nancy Farrell. Preview goes out this week for people interested in the work, you can contact the gallery by email to join dorlandhaightgallery@gmail.com

And for those local to Milton, come on out and say hi at the opening reception! I'm planning to be there from 6-9pm, this Saturday the 28th :)

Here's a couple shots of works in store ~ been patiently chipping away at them since late fall last year <3