Last weekend, Ottawa's 2nd Timeraiser was held at the National Art Gallery of Canada. An event which supports local volunteer organizations and artists simultaneously. (To backtrack a bit, earlier this year I had applied to their jury to be a participating artist and was chosen.) I thoroughly enjoyed the event. The atmosphere was quite the mix: music videos on a big screen, music blasting from speakers, islands of walls displaying artworks, many booths with great volunteering representatives, artists, organizers, guests, press, and not to mention it was a catered event;)I must mention that just two days before Timeraiser my friend and local artist opened a beautiful show at the Lee Matasi Gallery called "Colourgraph" - a print making exhibit. The show runs until Nov 24th.
In the next couple weeks I will be participationg in various art fund raising events:
- Holiday Art Sale at the Ottawa school of Art in the Bytown Market and at the Shenkman Centre for the Arts in Orleans (Four four time and Three four time will be up for sale)
- SKETCH at Saw Gallery
- 101 Frames "Pride" at Gallery101.
In terms of new art making, I have recently finished a small series of watercolours - again musically inspired. Abtract in a sense, but most are grounded in some notational reference. I finished these works in Ottawa. It is an adjustment from having a studio space (left) to working in the apartment. Subsiquently my "studio" consists of a yoga mat from the dollar store next to a newspapered covered-carpeted section of the living room floor (parts of my computer desk fit into this master scheme as well). In the end I am happy with the results, here are some samples: (I will post the rest on my website.)
The Breath Mark, 2009
The comma refers to singers to take a breath or to make a slight pause.
Piano Pedals, 2009
Ever notice how cool the release sustain pedal symbol is?
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