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BAU-XI GALLERY

SHADOWS at Bau-Xi Vancouver

the first 6 pieces are on route to Vancouver. 6 more before the end of the week.

uh-oh... i'm smelling burned toast, and my arm is numb.

a life of near-misses

the hunter

sail me to the moon

sunday afternoon

don't ask for patience

this is your warning

BAU-XI GALLERY

is not blobbing because

i'm getting ready for a solo show at BAU-XI Vancouver, opening december 12, titled: Shadows. lots of pics coming up shortly. probably on tuesday or wednesday, unless i have a damn stroke putting these goddamned fn frames together!!! yeah, just a little frustrated right now. thinking happy thoughts.....

bring the boys and girls back home now

image: Canadian War Museum

BOO

i'm hoping to channel Marchesa Luisa Casati tonight. her epitaph reads: age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. i visited Brompton Cemetary in London in 2000, but unfortunately i did not get a rubbing.

nuit blanche craziness part 1

see more here.

TIAF 2009

if you're in Toronto this weekend please visit Bau-Xi Gallery's booth #226 at the Toronto International Art Fair.

there's thing thing called you tube? u may have heard of it.

and now i'm on it too. check out my little victorian cottage being built. now, if only i could drink come of that shrinking stuff Alice did..

this is part one.

(and while you're there, please subscribe to my channel)

floater

new blob

i've started a new blob for my NUIT BLANCHE project: inside the SHADOWbox. please follow it. i'm gonna be updating it shortly with all kinds of crazy stuff.

where women create

my dear friend Jen O'Connor - the woman behind Earth Angels Toys - put together a wonderful piece on me for the Where Women Create newsletter. Where Women Create is a fab quarterly magazine exploring the creative spaces of women artists, and is the brainchild of Jo Packham.

i'd be remiss, if i didn't mention that Jen wrote the entire article. everything is true - except for Walter responding to any kind of a command ;). Jen has made me sound very nice and together. which is quite funny. also there's no f-bombs. what's up with that? thank you Jen, you are a rock star. xox

here are a few pics from my other studio at the distillery back in '06. it wasn't as organized as the on in the article.

car free day

if only Toronto was as cyclist friendly as say Copenhagen. sigh. we can always dream.

see story about cycling in Copenhagen here by a billion bikes. and check out this story in spacing mag montreal edition.

image by Ron Kushiner via spacingmontreal

while

i attempt to keep my wits about me, as get ready for 5 shows (more on that soon) in the next 3 months, and try to update the blob and site when i find the time, here are some pics from my work area as it is now (and a run-on sentence).

scary monster beautiful

(after seeing this posted it's kinda hard to read. i'll do a better job in the next post)

i've been a terrible blobber...

lots of stuff and pics coming right up. fall=insanity for me, but i will post asap.

clouds of blue balloons in the making

i wish i was in London

to see the "exquisite bodies: or the curious and grotesque history of the anatomical model" exhibition from the welcome collection. i found the link on liisa ladouceur's twitter feed. check out the morbid anatomy blog by JE, it's amazing. here are some images from her blog:

whippet!

one of the commissions i'm working on right now includes a whippet. i'm pretty happy about the progress thus far. i decided to break out of my black-cream-red box and make the balloons multi-coloured - i know, those of you who have seen my work for the past decade are thinking i should cut down on the happy meds. i'm just trying something new, k? i'm not about to dye my hair back to blonde or anything. i'm also on twitter- stop laughing -i just wanted to follow dita and stacy. sheesh.

better pics to come. i took these with a crappy camera.

summer swings at EARTH ANGELS

tonight at 8pm EST (july 15),  EARTH ANGELS TOYS will be hosting their second live web show. there will be fabulous offerings from all of the earth angels artist, including my little dollies. check it out!

a summer wedding

i haven't been blobbing lately, as i've been busy making stuff for my little sister's wedding. right now i'm stressing over these flowers to be worn by the bride, and her bridesmaids. next is a monogram cake topper with lots of bling {!!!}. i think i'm coming to realize that i'm not much of a crafter :(

happy birthday CANADA

image: almostEric.ca

a little adjustment

to the dresses. the black needed to be brought in with the sash. meet Poppy and Tulip. they are going to be available at the next Earth Angels Toys web sale in  mid july. please get in touch with Jen for details.

DARK WISH at La Luz de Jesus, jun 5-28

check out the La Luz site for all of the artwork, and my co-exhibitors Krys Sapp, Mark Bryan and Daniel Elson.

50 artists, 50 photos

one of the exhibitions in this month's CONTACT photography festival showcases 50 toronto-based emerging artists (will i ever actually emerge? it's been almost 10 yrs for god's sake). i'm one of these, and my face is actually in the photo-i know hard to believe as, well, being a vampire and all, it's next to impossible to capture. the show is put on by blogto, photos by Istoica (ie: Jess and Chris who did my shoot - very sweet and professional, and impossibly cute), Sam Javanrouh and Rannie Turingan, and you can check it out at the very cool parkdale gallery called Barbershop. photos from opening at the Barbershop blog here. exhibition runs until may 31.

photo: istoica

colour!

happy May Day

you can't

get service without any clothes on, so the girls are getting some dresses (no underwear though, so don't look). and of course they will be sitting on silky black clouds, because wearing clothes sucks. all in time for "all dolled up" at C1 artspace opening next friday, may 1st-opening reception saturday at 2pm. (pictures from opening to follow; some of us are gonna start boozing by 2pm, so it should be interesting)