tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16966770038570812872024-02-07T04:03:53.100-08:00another bad drawingI keep reminding myself that not every drawing or painting is going to be a work of art, that paintings don't spring fully formed into your mind and that art is an ongoing process. This process includes many stops, starts, detours and "do overs". It can be frustrating and discouraging. But when you finish a picture that you know is good, it's worth it.Eshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912579235297491912noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696677003857081287.post-45615942307132595262012-06-03T20:56:00.000-07:002012-06-03T20:56:17.429-07:00Daily Doodle - June 3, 2012<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
You can check out my latest series of paintings, "This is how I remember him", at Dr. Mark Galloway's office:<br /> <br /> 1 - 9843 Second St, Sidney, BC<br /> <br /> Paintings are up until the end of August.<br /> <br /><span class="text_exposed_show"> Mark welcomes visitors.<br /> <br /> Thanks for supporting local artists, Mark!</span></div>
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<br /></div>Eshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912579235297491912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696677003857081287.post-56331539374113571612012-03-31T21:58:00.000-07:002012-03-31T21:58:41.221-07:00Daily Doodle - March 31, 2012<h3><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Artist's Statement </span></span></h3><h3><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></h3><h2><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“This is how I remember him”</span></span></i></h2><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Art became a way for me to understand other people when, in my late teens, I picked up a camera and began to see their emotions through my lens. I was immediately drawn to black and white portraits and documentary photography and I came to admire photographers such as Imogen Cunningham, Mary Ellen Mark, Dorothea Lange and Margaret Bourke-White. </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These days, figurative painting and portraiture are my primary means of creative expression, but photography continues to influence my work. Photographs are frequently at the heart of my paintings, which are often monochromatic and reveal my photographic roots. </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I began this series of ink wash paintings – “This is how I remember him” – after I discovered some photos of my dad that were taken in England when he was growing up. Up until then, I’d only seen one photo of him as baby and none of him as a youngster or young man, and I hadn’t had a chance to talk with him about his childhood before he died in 2000. </span><br />
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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For Donald John Parker, </span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">November 5, 1943 to December 5, 2000.</span></span></h4>Eshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15912579235297491912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696677003857081287.post-52485621193812232812012-03-26T07:22:00.000-07:002012-03-26T07:22:47.513-07:00Daily Doodle - March 26, 2012<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My resident framer at work...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">...in our kitch... umm, pardon me, framing workshop</span></td></tr>
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