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Memorial for a beloved Dog
Carving Kali It’s always a fun and interesting challenge to carve animals. I’m particularly happy with the way that this Belgian Malinois, is taking shape. The breed is like a German Shepard, but much finer. I wanted to design this, so that all of the attention is on her. This is a memorial piece. It…
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Mace of the Republic
Mace of the Republic I’m working on a pretty intense carving. Considering the time, and all that is going on in the world. I feel the weight of this one. Can’t wait to share the finished pieces with the client, and his family. This carving will take about 18hr. in total. Available in my Shop
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Waxing Heart
Waxing Heart This Giant wax heart was a commission, that I just couldn’t make, in the end. This piece is made by layering layer upon layer of melted wax on top of itself, it is a rather labour-intensive process. I love the organic texture of the layers, as they they on top of each other….
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If I were a painter…
I would paint this!
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Maps from Memory
Maps from Memory This is one of my favourites, I just had to share it. At Grad School, late at night in the studio… My fellow grad student, friend (and brilliant artist) Steve Lambert called over the wall to me: “Are you busy?” He had to do a drawing for an upcoming charity auction, and…
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Royal Conservatory Melt
Arts for Social & Environmental Justice Symposium Visual Arts Presenter, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, ON. It was pretty neat to have my pieces melting throughout the Symposium! I placed them around the spaces where the symposium was held, and allowed them to melt, as they do naturally. With this work, I always respond to…
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Thank You Ontario Arts Council!
Thank You Ontario Arts Council! I am very thankful to have received a Mid-Career Project Grant, from the Ontario Arts Council. Early in 2020, I started working with Queenie, a ceramic artist at ClayArt Studios, to learn and create very thin ‘card-like’ porcelain pieces. I will produce many of these individual pieces, which will then…
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Screen printing
I learned how to screen print. To make adult colouring pages, and greeting cards. My intricate drawings seemed to be very well suited to the adult colouring craze. This was a fun project, and it was great to learn screen printing. … I have to say that my favourite part was the screens themselves.
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Missing You
Missing you. Every day, in every way.
