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Colour Pages #4: Red like Joan
I hold Red in my mind and thoughts rise like bubbles. They’re not what I expect. This decision is rooted in fear. I’m stuck in Repeat. I’m bored. Confined. categorized, manipulated, abused, constricted, driven, exhausted, worried, overstressed, coping. Aren’t we all to some extent. And isn’t this an essential part of the story. Then another thought rises (after […]
When the thunder rolls…
It’s easy to forget that lists are just the paper they’re written on. Sometimes they need to be gathered in a big pile, taken to a place far away from schedule, and burned. What a relief. It’s a feeling akin to sorting through boxes and boxes of things you’ve been storing in case you need […]
#Selfie 16: Demons and veils
As I think I mentioned, each one of these paintings has had it’s own ‘arc’ from concept to completion, which I’m only partly in control of. This one in particular has been a journey I wasn’t expecting. While I drew this I was actively wondering what the empty space at the top of the square […]
I feel compelled …
8:30 pm, on the final day of 2012. I’m on the edge of a tiny old quarry in Canada, witnessing a light-battle between the blazing-hot fire pit and the mostly full moon. It plays out on the foot-deep snow around us – the perfect contrast of indigo and gold. I have no words for this […]