After working a few years in national gallery settings like the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Art Gallery of Ontario I became frustrated in the inability to touch art works. Brancusi created sculptures that were created with the full intention of being touched by the blind – these are housed behind glass. Through the use of very thick impasto textured paint, inclusion of found objects and street detritus in my art I came to realize I was reacting to this premise in galleries. I allow, even encourage, my work to be touched & experienced through your hands not just eyes. Many of my works are about the physical journey your hand takes whether that is by small men who walk on a journey on the canvas or the viewers personal exploration of the work through rearranging the composition, or looking through a small frame . Altered books are a newer art medium for me and they beg to be flipped through and explored like any good book deserves.
May 2013
Say a Prayer to Process, acrylic, detritus, candles on canvas board $200 for tryptich
Look and Find, Altered book , gold leaf, letraset, plastic glasses, embroidery floss $250
SOLD Butterfly Altered Book , paint, beads book, 12 x 16 $75
PKS# 4 Dark Swamp acrylic on board 12 x16 2010 $150
close up of Manic Fabrications
Moon Side, acrylic on carved plywood on stand , 14 x 14 $1000
Landsat Side , acrylic on carved plywood on stand , 14 x 14 $1000
Really a Landscape
interaction: please touch me- gently
acrylic with natural detritus on stretched canvas
14 x 14 $250
Between Squat & Squander: The Silicon ValleyAcrylic and disks on stretched canvas 18 x18 $250
McKinley Reliquary, Interaction: view Reliquary through the frame provided wooden shadow box, various items, gold leaf nail 6″ x 8″ $150
Men Dangling Below Journey of Blue,Red & Yellow
Journey of Blue, Red & Yellow, interaction: Sir Blue, Sir Red and Sir Yellow all have different questsacrylic on canvas, various detritus, floss, metal men24″ x 26” $400
Have a Ball: Landsat of My head, Acrylic, disks on stretched canvas 18 x18 2004 $250
Part 2: Through my Window Acrylic and detritus, beads on Masonite 12 x 16 2007 $150
Part I: What’s at my feet: OpportunityAcrylic and detritus , beads on Masonite 12 x 16 2007 $150
Humber River Project , acrylic on canvas board, metal 12 x 16 2005 $150
Life in a Red House, acrylic on canvas board, detritus 6 x 6 $150