ART OF THE DAY

IN PRAISE OF SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS 2009
36x 36 Acrylic on Canvas

These are always fun paintings to make. The title comes from my upbringing without strong religious ties. I got many of my values (don't lie, cheat, steal; sharing is good; be kind; don't make fun of people who are differnt) from Saturday morning cartoons. There are so many religious paintings that prasie some religious based figure head, I thought I'd make one of my own.

ART OF THE DAY

COAST 2009
36 x 60 Acrylic on Canvas

ART OF THE DAY

THE MEAN REDS 2009
24 x 24 Acrylic on canvas

ART OF THE DAY

AUTUMN IN TORONTO 2009

24x24 Acrylic on canvas

I have come to accept that in painting, I go through stages. With each stage I have an emotional response to the work being made. There are days when I'd like to abort, run away and hide from it, ignore it and do the dishes or laundry or work on something else, but after a while I accept that this might be the worst thing I've ever made. It might be an ugly baby, but it's a baby and needs to be birthed eventually. So, on days like these, I give myself some space, push on and eventually something evolves from the clump. I take more joy in this stage now, and hear in my head, 'this too shall pass.'

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PALAZZO VECCHIO, FLORENCE
18"x18" Acrylic on Canvas 2009

ART OF THE DAY

PALAZZO VECCHIO,FLORENCE
18"x18" Acrylic on Canvas 2009

ART OF THE DAY

VINEYARD 36" x 48" Acrylic on canvas 2009

ART OF THE DAY

BIRCH 48"x48" Acrylic on canvas, 2009

I worked on BIRCH between other projects. It was originally set to have a colour palette with darker colours, but as things went on more and more white covered the surface. Working generally with bright colours, this piece was challenging in that it has so little colour in it and again, with acrylics the dry colour was never the same as the wet colour. Lastly, being able to see where I was painting was challenging at first so I started with a dark blue canvas so I could see where the white was going. The surface also has a rise to it so some squares actually stand out from the surface catching light when lit from one side.