Les Idiots de Popo

I've been curios about French clown lately, called Pierrots.

So, I got some drywall compound and did this:
Then got some paint, and did this:
Some string, to do this:

and some pouring medium for this:

Et Voila!

"Les Idiots de Popo"

Laxidasical

Once again my beautiful friend, Logan Brie Turner came down for a visit from Alberta. Logan is an amazingly talented artist who has inspired me for years. It is now a tradition that when she visits we do 3 things; watch a classic Disney film, eat vanilla-chocolate twist ice cream cones and make a collaborative art piece.

Using a huge chunk of drywall we painted a gas mask using acrylic paints. The words " The Air Smells Like Sunshine" was actually a quote from an improv show I had been in the previous evening - so we thought it was appropriate to include it.

I love you Logan.

In order to get the full vibe of this piece you should listen to this song while looking:

Becoming Bored

I have been becoming bored lately, so I've been making birds...

or what appear to be birds.

I have been becoming bored lately, so I've been stealing hand fulls of sun.

I am tired of being bored.

Wayzgoose

I met this man at the Wayzgoose Printmaking, Book Binding, Paper Making festival.

He ruled.

Under The Dinner Table

This was a mixed media (pen and ink, acrylic, wire, modeling paste) piece I did for a final art exam. I was given the theme "Betrayal and Chaos" and the words "They had been warned". If you look at this closely it is supposed to have a strong reference to a historical piece of art. Do you know which one!?

This piece was entered into a school board art show ... the entry card says it was done by a grade 9. I certainly hope no grade 9 makes art as twisted as this.

People who die in the desert ...

I have decided to begin experimenting more with painting. Pen and Ink is fine and dandy but I think it's time for me to re-introduce colour back into my life. So this is the first of my new experiments, hopefully there shall be lots more to come!

Hey, I'm Drowning!

I joined art club. I drew a seahorse.

Then I tried to figure out how seahorses have such awesome lips.

To Town

For a Half Mask unit in drama, my class had to construct our own masks using clay and paper mache ( two of the funnest materials). This however, is not the finished product but just the base clay that was left over after I removed the paper layer. I got a bit bored with it so picked up a hammer and went to town - I cannot wait to see how the final mask turns out!

Colonel Mustard, with a candle stick!

Working at the local gallery definitely has it's perks! Perks such as getting to decorate tea lite candle holders for the upcoming auction. As soon as I found out the holder I would be decorating was made of wood, I knew the only thing to do was to burn into it. The design wraps around all sides of the block and was very easy to burn due to the soft Cedar wood.

GSS Improv 2010

This year, the Imrpov team that I am on needed a cartoon design for our tournament shirts. Every year the shirt represents each individual on the team differently ... basically it is all inside jokes from scenes we have done.

On the back you can find humbly nested in a gigantic Afro; a spicy pickle, crazy eyes, a dust bunny, a Christmas ornament, toes, a screaming army woman, and last but not least, a camel.






















Shirts in Action! ( Thanks to Spencer O'Connor Photography for this shot )