Something Wicked This Way Comes

And by “wicked” I mean “wicked good”.

At least that’s how I hope it will turn out.
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The Making Of…Chestnut Complex, Part 2

While I waited for the paint to dry on the canoes, I began work on the figures. Running with the idea of extirpation and extinction I began to research New Brunswick species that fell under either of these two categories.
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The Making Of…Chestnut Complex

The Fredericton piece began much the same way as the Wolfville piece did, with a flood of research.
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The Making Of…Wardrobe, 1755

It’s been my practice to make at least one new piece each time the Slim Shady series is mounted to ensure that the exhibiting gallery has some new work to “debut”.  In 2010 I upped the ante.  I would incorporate the history of the exhibiting gallery and/or the history of the gallery’s location into the new work.
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Vimy Madness

It’s happened. I’ve become a bit obsessed with painting the Vimy forest. Makes me wish that I had taken more photographs of it.
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Extension Play

Spending quality time in the studio can lead you down some interesting paths. Yesterday I was compelled to make pseudo-Scrabble tiles out of some veneer scraps I had lying about:
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Options

Just finished a colour version of the Vimy background:
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Slim Rides Again

Today I received an email from the director of Gallery Connexion in Fredericton, NB, offering me a solo show mid May through June 2012.
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Just Add Backdrop

It wasn’t easy, but I committed to chopping up one of my drawings:
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I Heart Painting

Temporarily fed up with making feather quills – the ones that write best are the eeny-weeny ones I made out of duck feathers before I knew what I was doing. The larger feathers are too flimsy. Granted I didn’t temper them before cutting as I probably should have. Guess instructions are there for a reason. 😉
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What Up, Doc?

Today I decided which series-in-process was going to be cordially invited to get finished over the next 30 days.
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This Is To Certify That

I have recently been made official. No…really. I have the props to prove it…
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Analyze This

As my last academic course (at least the last one I need for my BFA) gallops its way around the home turn I’ve been getting into the studio less and less. A bit disappointing, yes, but I expected as much. In an attempt to multitask and combine my practice with Cultural Theories, I’m doing a paper related to my Survival Games series:
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Extension

I’ve just finished a whirlwind week of prepping proposal packages, organizing receipts for my accountant, and wresting a first draft out of my reluctant brain for a Cultural Theories paper.
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Progress

I’ve been getting a lot of enjoyment from studio playtime these days. Here’s a peek at how some sketches for the new series are progressing…
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This Just In…

In an attempt to continue to procrastinate while still putting in studio time I started some mock-ups for what might turn out to be a brand new series.
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Oh What Fun

Inspired by the mermaid animation test, I decided to experiment with putting the rest of the I Am Your characters in motion.
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Animatione Teste the Firste

Setting up the Canon to shoot every 4 seconds and animating in “real time” (which explains why my hands occasionally appear in the frame when I can’t re-position the characters fast enough) is exciting but nerve-wracking.
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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Here’s a peek at something new I’ve been playing with.
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New Work at L53

I realize I haven’t posted any images of the new, four-figure piece I made for the L53 show. Here’s some for your consideration…
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All Work and No Play

Well, we know what that makes Jody, don’t we?

Today I took a few studio hours and just let myself play with a new piece.

This is what I got:
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Pheasants

With little more than a week left of the Calgary show I have only been able to dredge up this tidbit of promo…
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What Regina had to say about Slim Shady…

Here’s a sampling of comments from the Fifth Parallel Gallery exhibit. Names have been omitted to protect the innocent (and people’s mothers who don’t know that their progeny has sailor-mouth).
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