(almost) perfect symmetry

St. Martin's Crypt

(Trafalgar Sq, London, 2010)

St. Paul's Cathedral

(from Millennium Bridge, 2010)

The Hunterian Collection

(Royal College of Surgeons, London, 2010)

...you might never ring again

hello friends.

this is a small collection of screen shots...

(that i've snuck of you...)

skype date

2010

clockwise top left: melissa, jay, erica, and nana and papa (cheers!)

...the 4x5 blue horse

i forget what emily, sara and i named him.

this is george's horse.

posing in fox harbour, nova scotia.

i shot this with a 4x5 view cam.

in a horse paddock.

me and the 4x5 were not BFF, and will never be BFF.

the blue horse

2009

4x5 400ISO colour negative

digital contact print

the studio that started it all...

this is a photo montage of my first year studio space.

(some of the pictures are glitchy, my old macbook had a snack)

i almost gave up painting forever before this class.

i'm kinda glad i didn't.

first year studio

2005

clockwise from top left: portrait of nancy (watercolour), portrait of julia (watercolour), my supplies, another portrait of julia (watercolour and letterpress type), portrait of becky (watercolour), portrait of becky with lobsters (oil on canvas), portrait of manon (centre, watercolour).

i see london, i see france...the animated version!

if you have a good memory (or if you scroll down a post or two), you will recall that i made an animation with 400 DSLR photos of my friend claire. this is the result...

it's still without sound unfortunately. i am incredibly incompetent when it comes to video editing apparently. i've made many attempts with no success...so, use your imaginations for now.

i see london, i see france

2009


p.s I also just noticed that youtube cut off the last few frames. 
damn, i suck at technology. i'll keep working on this. 

a feeble attempt at a business card

someone hire me now please.

happy birthday Lucy!

in progress

(i used a facebook photo -borrowed from Julia)

Lucy Royal Academy Gregory Peck

watercolour and foil on arches watercolour paper

2010

more of the really big portrait obsession

i never draw boys

i think this drawing of mark might be the only boy i've drawn by choice

(detail)

mark

graphite, conte, and india ink on fabriano

2008

this is kristin

kristin with an i this time. in her pajamas

erica helped me colour

kristin

graphite, india ink, crayola wax crayon on fabriano

2008

avaricious

avaricious dressing room

a sewing project made for the BFA Graduate Exhibiton 

at the Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB 2008

(detail)

t'was quite ambitious

i'd never sewn a garment before

i made all my own patterns

(i got lessons from the talented Amanda Fauteux)

i dyed, silk screened and embroidered the textiles by hand

there was a common theme: 

every garment featured facts pertaining to the make poverty history campaign and the millennium development goals set forth by the united nations lithographed inside pockets, and on labels.

avaricious

installation view

2008

dresses, neckties, handbags - all my own patterns

dresses - hand dyed (with coffee and rit), embroidered and silkscreened fronts, lithographed labels

clutch purses - ink jet printed decoration, lithographed labels, ribbons and buttons

neckties - silkscreened and hand sewn (with a little help from my friends)

A wallpaper - handprinted four colour linoleum block prints on fabriano

really big drawings

i once made some really big drawings

four by four feet

here is kristen, in progress

i made these at baxter house

our studio that it rained in, a few times

this now hangs in mike and kevin's house

in it's final state though, of course

kristen

graphite, conte and india ink on fabriano

2008

silverpoint

so, back in the good ole days...

2005 to be exact

i became obsessed with silverpoint

(drawing with silver on a finely prepared surface)

all because of mr. krygsman's drawing class

green glasses

(not it's final state)

silverpoint on gessoed panel

2009

laundry line

silverpoint on gessoed panel

2009

matt & nat

silverpoint on gessoed panel

2009

it's a bit of an elusive medium to photograph, 

and i am extremely terrible at remembering to document my work, so my apologies for the poor image quality.

i see london, i see france...

i see claire's bright green underpants!

brave lady, eh?

there was more of a purpose to this project.

one besides contact sheets...

of the bravest of Claires in green underpants anyway.

i made an animation with these images.

it will be posted promptly. 

after another battle with youtube and a slow internet connection

after almost 400 shots...

she finds her clothes, and makes a hasty exit from the studio

i see london, i see france

digital contact sheets

2009

button me up

so...this one time, i bought a button maker

and made hundreds of buttons.

here is a sampling.

2009

super8 hotel

probably shot on the coldest day of the year.

fort beausejour, new brunswick.

you and onions

2009

super 8 hotel video entry

8mm film transferred digitally

starring: Zach Gough and Jess Rydwansky

music: Meiko, You and Onions

bank holiday monday.

it's been one month since we were here.

sacre coeur, paris

2010, 35mm lomography fisheye