Art Show at the Gladstone Hotel

On Monday, a small group of artists set up Ethereal Existence at the Gladstone Hotel at 1214 Queen Street West. It went up reasonably quickly, and will be open until the 22nd of January. The gallery hours are from 12:00 until 5:00PM, in the second floor hall. I have 5 prints being shown, and my two most recently completed were spoken for at the opening. However, there are still 3 original prints of each available.

The first print is titled Unloading and measures 12 by 18 inches. Etching, aquatint, mezzotint and burnisher on BFK Rives. The second is Scaffolding/Dangerous Games, 12 by 18 inches, etching, aquatint, mezzotint and burnisher on BFK Rives. We had an excellent turnout at the opening reception on January 12, and thanks to everyone who could make it out. Thanks also goes out to Claire Scherzinger, who organized the show and got all the artists together. Great work. Alex out.

Self-Portrait zines

I found it interesting, using an incredibly labour intensive method, in this case mezzotint, to create something that would be reproduced in photocopied form. I mezzotinted and burnished one plate, and then cut it to give me the four separate pieces.

Here I Am.

Another project for Alternative Media and Techniques about human relationships. I hope you like it.

MarblingT

This is an example of an etching technique called marbling. This project is still in progress.

Scaffolding print

Trains

This is a small selection of the 11 prints that I sewed together into an accordion fold book for Alternative Media and Techniques. They're line etchings with a bit of monoprint and watercolour on top. I'm not a fan of some of the watercolour, and may at a later date try to wash some of it off.

It must seem like rather a slap in the face for my first post in a month to be just process work. I understand. However, I also hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive me. I've got other stuff on the go, I swear, some of it nearly finished. Hopefully by the end of the week there will be more to show you! For now, SEA MONSTER!