Studio Tour

The New Downtown Studio Tour is this Saturday October 3rd, 10:00 am to 6:00pm in downtown Kitchener, Ontario.

Pick up a map/brochure at the Art District Gallery or at Globe Studios and join us for a walking/driving tour of artist studios located in downtown Kitchener. You will see a variety of types of artwork most of which are for sale. Enjoy a wonderful relaxing day as you visit the artists in any order along the route during this family friendly event.

The House Hunter at KPL

Please come to my first storybook illustration exhibition at the Kitchener Public Library

Editions 2015 - Fundraiser for Open Studio

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THURSDAY NIGHT? With the glorious weather we’ve been having this week, it’s time to come out of hibernation! Plan a fun night out with your friends this Thursday, May 14th at Open Studio. For only $50 you can spend the evening at our Editions event watching live print demos, noshing on some food and getting merry, compliments of the open bar. More than just fun, your support of Open Studio will help us continue to provide affordable printmaking facilities for artists, education classes for everyone and acclaimed public exhibitions. It’s not too late to get your ticket—grab your friends and come out to Open Studio this Thursday. We look forward to seeing you there! Editions 2015 Thursday, May 14, 2015, 6:30PM At Open Studio, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 104 Art Draw: $375 admits two and guarantees you'll take home an original piece of artwork. General admission: $50, admits one person to the party.

Strata Gallery

I am very pleased to announce that my artwork is now being carried by Strata Gallery near lovely Elora, Ontario.  Strata Gallery, formerly of downtown Elora, reopened in a new location in the old Salem schoolhouse on March 13th, 2015.

The owner Jo Lomas has done a wonderful job cleaning up the historic one-room school, it is an absolutely stunning building, perfect for an art gallery.  The schoolhouse is a very prominent architectural landmark, with the advantage over downtown Elora of having ample parking.   Located in Salem at the intersection of Wellington Roads 7 and 18 (which turns into Northfield Drive in Waterloo) it is a gateway into the little village of Elora.

I am delighted to be showing work along side an incredibly talented roster of local artists including Lauren Judge, Ryan Price, Ivano Stocco, and Rick Worthington.   Jo Lomas is a pleasure to meet, she is incredibly friendly and helpful.

Strata is open Tuesday to Friday 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and holiday Mondays as well. For more information on the gallery and artists see www.stratagallery.com or the Facebook page.

guests view work on display at Strata Gallery's grand re-opening

Great people write great blogs

I am very fortunate to have been mentioned in a few different blogs recently.

If you are located in Toronto, and you are looking for artwork, I recommend visiting Canvas Gallery.  I dropped off a stack of work there this week.  You can view the pieces I have available there on their website or blog:

I also noticed (well after the fact) that Darin White posted a lovely review of my November 2014 show at the Rotunda Gallery at the City of Kitchener in his Make Bright blog.  Darin takes amazing photographs and conducts informative interviews then writes excellent posts about current arts and creative events in the Waterloo region.

NIGHT\SHIFT 2014

I am working frantically to prepare for my installation in this year's NIGHT\SHIFT 2014.  I am creating a community of illuminated paper houses suspended in the trees of two downtown Kitchener parkettes.

NIGHT\SHIFT 2014 is downtown Kitchener’s second annual nuit blanche-style festival of art, culture and nocturnal adventure.  NIGHT\SHIFT 2014 begins at 7pm on Saturday, November 1st, the night of the annual autumn time change, and will run into the wee hours.

This year's event is even bigger and better than last years, with over 40 different installations!

On the evening of Saturday November 1st come to Market Green (area 15) and Vogelsang Green (area 11) to see!

Rotunda Gallery - November 2014

October has been a very busy month finishing a series of large lithographic prints for the City of Kitchener's Rotunda Gallery show being installed on November 1st.  The title of the show is "Unreal Estate", it depicts a variety of imaginary spaces where we can escape our everyday urban lives and dream about amazing things.  The lithographs are printed on Japanese washi tissue and layered over printed maps of some of my favourite places.

These new works are all 30"x40" in size, too large for my press, so I had to print them in separate pieces and assemble them afterwards.  All are mounted on board using beeswax, so no glass is required (I hate glass).

I really enjoyed creating these drawings, and I still have a lot of unrealized ideas, so I hope to draw more soon.

The opening will be held on Wednesday November 12th from 5pm to 7pm.  Please come enjoy refreshments and view my new work.