Around and around #2

Commissioned Piece

Around and around #2

Oil on canvas

18" x 18"

2012

"Something for Your Mantel"

Logo by Marc O'Brien

Hey everyone, please come check out the installation that I have been working on with Marc O'Brien and Sarah McCaw at the Big on Bloor Festival this Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd from 1-9pm.

Project Statement:

"Something for Your Mantel"

Being asked so many times, “Why can’t you paint pretty pictures?” Artists Erin Loree, Marc O'Brien and Sarah Elizabeth McCaw toy with the notion of what their “ugly” work would look like in “grandmother’s house”.

"Something for Your Mantel" is an installation that assumes a ghost image of a warm and familiar home and dips it in the sleek but often sterile aesthetic of a gallery space. The works featured in the installation will encourage the viewer to consider who makes art and where it belongs.

The free-standing structure will be exhibited on July 21st and 22nd at the Big on Bloor Festival (between Dufferin and Lansdowne). The project is being created on behalf of the OCADU Alumni Association. We are incredibly thankful for their support!

Check out our facebook group for progress shots and other updates!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/385748481490695/

And visit the facebook event for more info:

https://www.facebook.com/events/499222060094384/ 

Some progress photos! 

Thanks to Miklos Legrady for the last three shots! 

 Drift off

Oil on canvas

8" x 6"

2012

Settling in

Oil on canvas

8" x 6"

2012

 Labyrinth

Oil on canvas

10" x 8"

2012

 

Wash away

Oil on canvas

10" x 12"

2012

 

 From inside out

Oil on canvas

10" x 8"

2012

Too much too soon

Oil on canvas

10" x 8"

2012

 

Not quite enough

Oil on canvas

10" x 8"

2012

From one thing to another

Oil on canvas

5' x 3'

A preview of some new works in The Next Generation exhibition at Canadian Fine Arts Gallery this Thursday.

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/279684122130518/?notif_t=plan_user_joined

 Around and around

10" x 8"

Oil on canvas
2012

Opened up

10" x 8"

Oil on canvas
2012

Updates!

Hello everyone! I wanted to give you all a little bit of an update on what's been happening lately...

We all finally made it to the end of our Thesis year and had an amazing time at the OCADU Grad Ex... And upon finishing my fifth (and final) year at OCAD University, I was honored to be awarded the graduating Drawing and Painting Medal.

Grad Ex opening night with president Sara Diamond and the 2012 OCADU Medal Winners :)

What an amazing way to end my time at OCAD and to begin my life outside of it. And I'm excited to say that I do have a few adventures lined up for the near future...

I'll be exhibiting new work in The Next Generation at Canadian Fine Arts Gallery from June 14th-24th with fellow OCADU grads: Stella Cade, Shanna Van Maurik, Keita Morimoto, along with Christie Lau and Sarah Ammons.

The opening reception is next Thursday, June 14th from 6-9pm at 577 Mount Pleasant Rd.
Come check out the work!

I'm also very excited be subletting wonderful artist, Rachel Macfarlane's studio in downtown Toronto while she is away in Ireland this summer. I move in this week and can finally get back to a regular painting schedule! 

At the end of the summer, I'll be boarding a plane to Peru to begin a residency in San Roque De Cumbaza (in the Northern Highland Amazon Jungle!) at the Sachaqa Art Center. I'll be working on my own body of work and continuing to learn Spanish while living in an eco-friendly environment and embracing an understanding of traditional indigenous art styles and techniques.

You can learn more about the art center on the website: http://www.sachaqacentrodearte.com/

I'm going to try to update this blog on a much more regular basis from now on... so stay tuned!

Grad Ex

OPENING NIGHT: Thursday, May 3, 6:30 to 11 p.m. (all are welcome!)

Thursday May 3, 2012 to Sunday May 6, 2012

More info at: http://apache.ocad.ca/events_calendar/eventdetail.php?id=3530

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/220337874726742/

Sooner or later

Oil on canvas

5' x 3'
2012

An intricate state of things
Oil on canvas
5' x 3'
2012

Metanoia
Oil on canvas
5' x 3'
2012

Sooner or later (details)

Metanoia (details)

An intricate state of things (details)

Purge (details)

ABATEMENT

Liza Lacroix and Erin Loree

April 2-7
Creatures Creating
627 Queen Street West

Closing Reception: April 5, 7pm-1am

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/403188666359292/?notif_t=plan_user_joined

To see more of Liza's work: lizalacroix.tumblr.com

2' x 2'

Purge
Oil on canvas
5' x 4'
2012

11" x 14"

Upcoming exhibitions!

Hey everyone, I'm participating in a couple exhibitions next week:

The Artist Project - at Queen Elizabeth Building, Exhibition Place in Toronto. I've been accepted as an Untapped Emerging Artist, along with Keita Morimoto from OCADU, and OCADU alumni Shanna Van Maurik and Elly Smallwood.

I will be exhibiting in booth U-11.

SHOW DATES:

Thursday, March 1^st to Sunday, March 4^th, 2012

SHOW HOURS:

Thursday: 7PM – 10PM (Opening Night, 19+ Event)*

Friday: 12PM – 9PM

Saturday: 11AM – 9PM

Sunday: 11AM – 6PM

*A portion of Opening Night ticket sales will be donated to the Canadian Art Foundation.

I'll also be exhibiting in the group show As Soon As Possible with other OCADU students.

LOCATION: 165 Geary Ave.
Opening Reception: Thursday March 1st 7:00pm-11:00pm
Show Runs: March 2 -March 23 Visits by Appointment Only

Artists:

* Callen Schaub
* Stella Cade
* Tong and Fil
* Christina Mazzulla
* Mike Hwang
* Keita Morimoto
* Erin Loree
* Blake Jackson
* Katey Simerson
* Chris Perez
* Jillian Claeys
* Phu Bui
* Hillary Despina Hatzipetrakos
* Chen Cao

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