Latest painting finished at long last

I've finally got it to a point where it's 'finished'. Who knows, I may come back to it at some point. But currently this is where it stands. 20" by 24", oil on canvas.

Acrylic transfers: a workshop for Ancaster's Stage 2

Currently I'm working at Theatre Ancaster, with their Stage Two program. I'm leading a little workshop involving a whole bunch of acrylic experimentation techniques. It's been a lot of fun, and so far kids are enjoying it! Here's an image of one of my demos done in preparation for the workshop.

Show set up in the Blue Dog

Last week I set up my show at the Blue Dog Coffee Roasters; here are a few photos of the mounted exhibition. In addition to viewing the blog, I highly recommend checking it out, and possibly enjoying a delicious beverage as you do so.

Many thanks go out to Marie Fanjoy for allowing me to show my work, and for her help with hanging the show. Keep on rocking.

Another pencil drawing is in order. I've just been practicing drawing from photographs.
Larger projects may begin surfacing within the near future. We shall see.

Summer days are upon us...

This means work, and lots of it. Sometimes, however, I manage to fit in a little artwork in the process.

I am ashamed. So long without updates! No amount of apologies will suffice. But perhaps new work will help to ease the pain of such a slight.

This is just a simple collage I was messing around with the other day. It's been a while since I've worked with collage, so this was a nice little throwback.

My new, and probably a little ambitious, idea is to try to "draw" every day this summer. When I put draw inside those lovely little quotation marks I simply mean I'm trying to sketch, paint, collage, or do something vaguely artsy every day. So far, since making this goal, I have only missed two days. Ideally I will also blog some of the better results, assuming they aren't too painful. Stay tuned, and I'll keep you posted.

Over and out.

Bad Alex. Bad.