Small Wonders

Inner Space 1 acrylic on canvas

Inner Space 2 acrylic on canvas

These are my paintings in the Small Wonder Exhibit and Xmas Sale at the Fort Gallery. 

Inner Space 1 & 2 are sketches for larger paintings I am planning for an exhibit in June 2015 at the Fort Gallery. They are based on brain MRI images.

I'll post more pieces from the exhibit later this week.

Scratched Surface & Torn Edges oil, wax on cradled board

Lower painting: Intuition, oil, wax on cradled board

Life on Mars oil, wax on cradled board

You're Invited to Discovery: Air Exhibit

"Branded", encaustic on cradled wood, $525, 24"x20"

My painting, "Branded", was accepted into the  Seymour Gallery Discovery: Air exhibit. The Discovery exhibit is an annual event with different themes each year. It features local emerging artists and I am honoured to be included. 

Artist Statement

"Branded" is encaustic on wood panel. The image depicts where the land meets the sky on the horizon. Both the spaces are highly desired by industry to use at their discretion without due diligence to the effects of their activities. Industry treats the land, water and indeed air as their domain.

I wanted to make a comment about humans relationship with nature. I decided to place simple geometric shapes on the horizon to represent man made invasive constructions on the environment. I burned the shapes rather than painting them after same fashion of ranchers branding livestock to indicate ownership.
 

I'd love to see you at the opening if you're in the area.

http://www.seymourartgallery.com/exhibitionscurrent/upcoming/

International Mail Art Exhibit at the RAG

Memory: International Mail Art 2013, Richmond Art Gallery

 We went to the Memory Exhibit opening at the Richmond Art Gallery . We met up with Charis Au who also had a piece, "Anonymous" in the show. Larry kinda looks like the fellow in his painting (the fellow with the striped top hat). There was an overflow of paintings which were put into albums. Two of mine were in the album while the "Wish You Were Here" mixed media was on the wall. Larry's was right at the front by the entrance.
 

Elizabeth& Larry Anderson at Memory: International Mail Art Exhibit

Larry standing beside his piece "America the Great"

 

"Wish You Were Here" mixed media

Charis Au

"Anonymous"

SHORT Video: Doris Salcedo: Istanbul

SHORT: Doris Salcedo: Istanbul

I follow Artist 21. It is a way I can explore the process of art making while I discover in me what it is that I want to say and how I want to say it. On the one hand art can be playful, gentle, in another it can strike to the core of human existence. It is frightening sometimes to reveal innermost questions that have the most personal meaning. Doris Salcedo's work succeeds in connecting the personal with the larger narrative that crosses boundaries of time and place. To view this interview click on the above link.

Framed Exhibit

A Good Life
Mixed media on 140 lb paper 

Once a year the Surreyalists put on a fundraiser at the Arbutus Gallery and I contributed two paintings. 

This past year has been an exploration with acrylic paint and these paintings are an example of this journey. Acrylic is so different from oil or encaustic. In both these paintings I played with different techniques in both additive and subtractive methods as well as mixing different mediums. 

Step Out
Acrylic, collage on 140 lb paper

Photos of show

Sorry, I still need to add the titles for all the work.

Gunilla Kay

Rhea                   Evie Amplemousse

Bri Harrison             Deanna Welters      Daryl Markiewicz

Cody Lecoy                                 " Love & Marriage" Elizabeth Anderson

Jay Cabalu                         Chelsea Lawrick

"Love Will Be the Death of Me"  Shelley Laroux

                                                  Mali Heh

Shandis Harrison

Kenny Chui                                  Andres Salaz

Charis Au

Before the guests arrived.

I'm In!

Just got an email saying all my paintings are accepted for the show. Yippee! My second juried show. See paintings in the previous post.

3 pieces for the Anonymous Art Show

Earth, Lift n Brine

I submitted 3 paintings to the Anonymous Show which I managed to finish and deliver before my surgery.   

Each painting is acrylic which I'm still learning to use but I'm starting to get the hang of it. I'm looking forward to experimenting more with the various acrylic mediums. 

Everyone is required to us an 8"x8" canvas unframed. No signatures on front so as to remain anonymous. 

Stay tuned for more to come.

If you go into the woods today

Hammer, Hammer, Hammer

Anonymous Art Show  

Sale & Opening Reception at CityScape Gallery: 

7:00-9:30pm Thursday, November 22, 2012 Exhibition & Sale continue until December 15

Elizabeth Anderson: Mirror Mirror Opening Reception

Elizabeth Anderson: Mirror Mirror Opening Reception: This Saturday, September 15th Reception and Artist Talk 6:30: artist talk 7:30-9:30 Reception. It's exciting to be along side the artist...