Friday, October 25, 2024

BIG FOOT is Back Home!

Dear friends,

The work of art that I created for the CRYPTID ENCOUNTERS group exhibition at the Hive Gallery in Los Angeles just arrived back home! It was a cool exhibition and I had fun creating this piece.

Not only do I love everything related to cryptozoology and mysteries, the process for creating this piece was fascinating and complicated. My long walks in the forest and the infinite hours I have spent with Robert Stack while watching Unsolved Mysteries my whole life did help for the inspiration, but creating the inner frame piece was something else! I wasn’t sure what to do but when I got the idea to recreate the iconic foot print that gave the Big Foot his name, it was clear that I had to do it! But how?

After I painted a woodland scenery with our elusive monster lurking in the background, I sculpted the foot print in Sculpey clay. I first had to make a flat, rectangular piece with the clay so that it would fit in the frame. For this I used a few sculpting tools and my bare hands. I then framed it and mounted it on the canvas with heavy acrylic gel and staples on the back. It took a while for me to figure out my approach with this one but I am quite fond of the final product and I hope you like it too!

BIGFOOT
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas & Framed Sculpey Clay
11" x 14"
2024


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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

The Forest For The Trees is Back Home

My painting “The Forest For The Trees” is finally back in my hands after having been in the group exhibition EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK at the La Luz De Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles!

I did make a small change on it upon receiving it, I repainted the clouds at the bottom. They bothered me a little bit and now I am much happier with it and I love it.

So here it is!

The Forest For The Trees
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas & Framed Canvas Panel
12” x 12”
2024
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$1200.00 plus Shipping
Photo by Kristal KC

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Friday, October 4, 2024

Art Classes at UNB Art Center


This month I will start giving acrylic painting classes at the UNB Art Center in Fredericton.

My classes will be for beginners who want to learn some basics of acrylic painting I will focus on color theory, composition and every little thing in between which will enable you to create your very own vision on canvas.

The fall classes will be on Wednesdays between October 23rd until November 27th between 6PM - 8PM and the winter classes will be on Tuesdays between February 4th until March 18th between 6PM - 8PM.

The classes take place at the UNB Memorial Hall at 9 Bailey Drive, Room 26. You can register HERE if you are in the area and are interested. I will also start giving classes at the Charlotte Street Art Center in the month of March.

On another note, I am working on a new series for a small group exhibition in Campbellton for next month which will be officially announced soon. This show will have a lot of new works with a few older ones and I am thinking a lot in terms of patterns and abstractions lately, with my usual artwork within artwork of course. We will see where it goes…