This past semester I took a collage course and at the end of the course we had to create an archive of our collage explorations. I compiled a book of visuals that have inspired me in my collage work.  Some are found images, the rest are either drawn, photographed, cut out or stitched.

I’ve been a bit absent from this blog for a while. Schools been giving me a run for my money this semester. It’s been good though. I have lots of new projects to photograph and show all you folks but in the mean time heres a few little prints I made for a group of books I constructed. 

Currently I’m working away on a large 4x5 ft painting for my figure painting class and getting ready for this: 

I love sandwiches. I eat them all the time.

“I see you shine in your way.”

I’ve always thought it was a nice compliment.  Listen to the whole song

I finished this on the weekend for a project where we had to make a painting that is a hybrid. I had a hard time figuring out how to approach this project but I think it worked out all right. I painted this with oil on a 36’ by 36’ birch panel which Ben and I constructed. Ben is good with measurements and power saws and stuff. I am learning. I’m thankful he’s around because otherwise this would likely be a lot more lopsided looking. It will likely now reside on the bare living room walls of 56 Melbourne St.

Next project: A series of paintings of whatever I desire. Neighbourhood?

This is where I live. and my first time screen-printing. 

I’ve got 10 of these little painting studies to complete in the next two weeks. Plus a larger more finished painting. oh dear.

Both are finished and passed on to wonderful friends to enjoy. It’s a good feeling.

This summer I was commissioned to create some wedding invitations and programs for a couple named Art and Elaine who got married in august. They wanted a very simple postcard invitation with two birds on them. For the invitations I created the image above which I handprinted on the front of some post cards they had made up. Once they were all printed I gave them to the couple and Elaine filled in all the birds with yellow watercolour. (I didn’t take any pictures of the finished product..oops!)

I also carved a logo for their programs and hand printed them in “sunset” colours. 

In other news school has begun again! I think I’m excited.

Ben needed some curtains for his room. It’s really hard to find nice curtains that are inexpensive. So we bought the cheapest white curtains we could find at ikea and blockprinted our own leaf design on it. So far we only have one curtain done…it takes a long time! 

wedding season is upon us!

I made this linocut a while ago for an assignment. mmm hmm Warhol appropriation.