Riverdale Art Walk June 5&6 2010

This year I had the privilege of sharing a space during RAW 2010 with my friend and great Artist Susan Wallace.

Opening Night Rouge Gallery

OPENING NIGHT ROUGE GALLERY:

Me and Nicole Downing

Flying High

8" x 16"

Acrylic on Canvas

Box Kite

Acrylic on Canvas

RAW 2009

So it has been a while since I have updated my blog.

The Riverdale Art Walk has come and gone and was a great success. Opening up my Studio and hom to the world was a bit of a challenge but at the end of the day it was a great experience.

The show focused mainly on my new works 'Flying High' which were really well recieved.

Here are a few pics:

June 6&7 Riverdale Art Walk

2 days 100 of Toronto Artists!

I am participating in the summer art walk.  In its 11th year over 10,000 people spend this beautiful weekend to wander Queen east and enjoy Galleries, and artist open studio tours.  I a participating showing my latest series of work 'Flight' as well as a selection of my abstracts 'Seeing Red' chinese ink on paper.  

It fun and great way to enjoy the afternoon hope to see you!!

Runway # 6

Runway #6
16" x 8" Acrylic on Canvas

New Drawings - Planes and Wagons

'Red Rocket'

8" x 10" Graphite on Paper






"Drafting Plan"

8" x 10" Graphite on Paper

Flight - New Paintings

The Idea of Flight

As a boy...as all small boys, I dreamed of Airplanes, motorcycles, cars, trucks and boats...they were a passion...and they still are.

They represent Speed, Adventure, Excitment and Freedom!!

I have started to paint with a goal of capturing those dreams of childhood simplistity. Fun, whimsical and adventure. I found inspiration in the simplest of childhood toys...the paper airplane. Learning to fold a piece of paper into an airplane is almost a right of passage for all little boys. Furiously folding paper torn from binders and notebooks...trying to make the plane fly longer and faster then the other kids.

Inspired by this simplest of toys and memories of tossing these paper creations into the sky and watching them soar through the sky I have started capturing them on canvas.

Initial Study

16" x 8"

Flight #1 (In progress)

24" x 36"

Flight (Detail)

24" x 36"