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Posted in Articles on May 14, 2013

Landscapes at Krajewski Gallery, Elora

Krajewski Gallery in Galt has opened a new location in Elora. Located at 45 Mill St. downtown. I’m excited to be one of the artists invited to show there. I have a selection of recent work hanging, including new Elora-inspired landscapes.   View Larger Map Continue Reading

Posted in Landscapes, Paintings on May 1, 2013

Elora, end of the run.

A familiar sight to anyone who has floated down the Elora Gorge on an inner tube. At the end of the run the valley opens up and the water shallows to mere inches. The approach to the texture of this piece is an experiment with modelling each individual rock in polymer clay, finis ... Continue Reading

Posted in Interrupted Horizons, Landscapes, Paintings on October 31, 2012

That dam river, Rockwood.

Rockwood Conservation Area, located in the village of Rockwood just east of Guelph, is an idyllic microcosm of the majestic north with pines, dramatic cliffs, isolated islands and dark still waters. Far from natural, though, it is another example of a constructed landscape that s ... Continue Reading

Posted in Articles on April 3, 2013

Moniker—Exhibition Series II

Reception: April 11th, 7-11PM Location: Moniker Gallery, 452 Richmond St. W., Toronto Show runs through Apr 18th, Gallery Hours 3-7PM For the first time I am exhibiting in a Toronto Gallery. As part of Moniker Gallery’s Exhbibition Series, 22 artists will be showing at thi ... Continue Reading

Posted in Northern Cosmology, Paintings on January 16, 2013

Looking up, falling down (in the gravity well)

Looking up towards the fixed point of the north star, the warm earth contrasts with the cool night sky. Conceptually, the haze lifts from the ground as  shooting stars continue to rain down matter onto the earth, highlighting the continuing connection of our planet with it’ ... Continue Reading

Posted in Articles on December 5, 2012

Celebrate with Light—Open Studio

  Celebrate the light this holiday season! The days may be dark but the art is alive with light. Join me for an Open Studio celebration, this Saturday, December 8th, from 12-5pm 24 Eby. St. N, 2nd Floor, Kitchener (by the Market at the corner of Eby & Market Lane) Lo ... Continue Reading

Posted in Interrupted Horizons, Landscapes, Paintings on October 31, 2012

Nemo—20,000 fields beneath the lee.

Looking west towards Kitchener-Waterloo at the base of the horizon, we see Mt. Nemo’s stranded promontory divide the line of the Niagra escarpment. Below, in the lee of the ancient shoreline, the farmer’s fields masquerade as a man-made ocean, highlighting the fact th ... Continue Reading

Posted in Interrupted Horizons, Landscapes, Paintings on October 31, 2012

Guelph Lake—this road we’re on.

Like many of the conservation areas in southwestern Ontario, Guelph Lake is a man-made body of water behind an earthern dam. It is a sad irony that the experience of nature as a recreational destination is mediated through the industrial history of the region. Depicted here at ni ... Continue Reading

Posted in Articles on October 19, 2012

Interrupted Horizons Show

WHEN: November 2-30, 2012 WHERE: Rotunda Gallery, City Hall Kitchener RECEPTION: November 8, 5-7PM Our industrial approach to constructing the landscapes we inhabit creates self-reinforcing disconnects within the historical record that lead to inter-generational blindness of wha ... Continue Reading