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