just turn your head a little

Things are feeling a bit hectic right now, as I prepare to install my part of the exhibition at the Leighton Art Centre.  I have prepared ahead some ink drawings, and will balance them with string drawings throughout the gallery, which are unplanned and will be created on the spot.

As you can see, I have opted for tree imagery incorporated with circles.  :)

above: studies, approx. 12x24"

below: finished drawings, 24x40"

These drawings have been made with twigs dipped in ink, on various types of surfaces.  I do love the slightly uncontrolled quality of the line work with this technique.

Here is a link to my latest newsletter, with information about the exhibition and a couple of other things.

Thanks as always for your interest, dear Reader!

turn, turn, turn

I've been able to spend a lot of time painting in the last month.

Several projects on the go, with deadlines coming up soon...

work in progress: based on the Mawson plan

for exhibition with Art Calgary

at Calgary's new Central Public Library

another exploration of Mawson plan

work in progress: Kama oil sticks on Arches oil paper

work in progress: Kama oil sticks on stretched canvas

under and on top of oil paint layers

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And now my studio is turned over to "intallation mode"

Artist Frances Vettergreen and I are collaborating

for upcoming exhibition at the Leighton Art Center

preliminary explorations: ink drawings on paper

The thing with creating installation artworks, for me, is to allow the work to respond to the space.  I don't want to just impose my thing, you know?  The Leighton Art Centre is located in the foothills of Alberta.  Rolling landscape with copses of poplar trees and more densely wooded areas, and also open vistas and wetlands.  Thus, my plan for this exhibition is to create tree-feeling things and river-feeling things.  

I also want to use materials found in those areas, such as twigs dipped in ink to make drawings, as above.  Which by the way will NOT be displayed on the walls.  Curious?  Come out and see!  (or wait for the blog post with photos of finished installation)  :)

I will find ways to also incorporate my circles throughout the work, because circular imagery is so important to me, and relates very much to the landscape in balance.

walking above the river near my home in the evening

daylight hours increasing rapidly

And later this week I'll be doing some workshops 

for the Calgary City Teachers Convention at the Arts Commons.

Life feels very busy and very fun right now.