Gratitude!

I got a chance to give a short speech, giving thanks on behalf of the students at OCAD University last night during the Donor Thank You event. It was a lovely event and I was truly honored to be able to finally express my gratitude for all the emotional and financial support that I have received from the donors and from OCAD U. :)

Thanks to Jess Cimo for the photo.

Safe under covers

Oil on canvas

29" x 24"

2013

Pathways

Home away from home

Shifting Self

My new piece, "Shifting Self", that will be given to Gary Slaight, the 2013 recipient of the Business for the Arts prestigeous Edmund C. Bovey award for a lifetime of philanthropy in the arts. 

To read more about Gary Slaight and the award:
http://www.businessforthearts.org/awards/edmund-c-bovey-award/gary-slaight-winner-of-the-2013-the-edmund-c-bovey-award/

Akin Collective - Colouring Book

Akin Collective has decided to put together a fine art book in the style of a colouring book that will be distributed at MOCCA, Articulations (the art supply store), and hopefully Art Metropole (the art book store). It will be printed and ready for the Open Studio + Sale which will likely be the second weekend of December. I will post more details as they come! 

http://akincollective.blogspot.ca/

Each artist had to figure out a way to convey his or her preferred subject matter and aesthetic values in an image that is only black and white and is conducive to being coloured in (ie. has bold lines and empty white sections).

Here is my page that will be included among many, many others :)

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