Toronto 2018 This Summer I’ve been back in Toronto. Palm trees, Pigeons, Parrots and Helicopters from my sketchbook notes have become topics in larger work. Drawing titled Palm trees and helicopters 2 was exhibited at Howard Park Institute, HPI through August 2018. An earlier painting An end to a robber 1 will be exhibited through …
Toronto, Summer 2017 Here are some pieces from a current series of abstract drawings. Drawing titled Fugue in 4 colours was exhibited at Howard Park Institute, through August 2017. HPI was started in 2011 by artist Catherine Beaudette who hosts work by a Canadian, or international artist, every month in the store front window of …
The Plough has been a recurring theme in my work. Here are some pieces from a series of drawings in pencil. Photography by Joel Clifton
I had the pleasure of being one of the artists in residence at 2 Rooms Contemporary Art Projects for 3 weeks in September 2016. Duntara is on the Bonavista Peninsula of Newfoundland, on The North Atlantic Coast. It’s very beautiful and very peaceful.
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This is a new series, although I am ´borrowing´ some drawings I did in peaceful Nova Scotia in Summer 2013, and others done in Can Serrat, near Barcelona in Spring 2013, and as it were, washing them in the sea. Continue reading
At times it happens that just when I think something is over, there is instead, a new development. I cleared out the studio at Can Serrat preparing to leave and then I received word that I had finally been given permission to draw in Les Coves de Salnitre, on Montserrat mountain, by La Oficina de … Continue reading
The olive groves are all around the area at the foot of Montserrat. They extend in every direction and have crept into the Love Song with 3 notes series as well. I´m not exactly sure what it is about the olive trees, but it may be the contrast between the dark trunk and the delicate … Continue reading
I´ve been thinking about the theme of Love Song for some time. In a way it was eclipsed by other recent work, but now it has begun to emerge quietly at the Can Serrat Residency. There is a thematic eclipse going on, but the idea of Eclipse is in itself an important part of this new work. More … Continue reading
