
May 30, 2009
Another kick at the Threadless can

Mwahaha!
I got a picture of Stephen Harper, Stupid Hamster Face into an Ottawa newspaper! Take that Stephen - victory is mine!!
May 25, 2009
Wa-HOO! Can-TEEN!
Here are the pictures of my show at Canteen. If the 'Stephen Harper, Stupid Hamster Face' painting sells, I will of course be sad to see it go (it's a personal fave), but I will also know that of all the cities in the world, it is in the right place.
Bright Bear - a new one.

My work alongside some pretty amazinglyawesome art books.
I need to go back just to peruse them!

Wham bam, thank you man - here's the whole shibang. I gave Canteen the very last of my Bearded Lady prints (4). I had no idea I had gotten so low on them, but I guess a few sales and a few gifts here and there, and bam - they're gone! So if you're in Ottawa, grab 'em while they're hot.

Thar she is. The Bearded Lass, in all her glory. Too bad you can't see all the swirly detail in her hair on the ol' internet.

Seripop and zines in the back room.
This was a delightful discovery - my favourite artist, Other, made the coolest sign for a store ever. Lucky store. They had a pretty rad art gallery upstairs too.
And yes - tulip festival. xoxo Ottawa.
May 16, 2009
May 12, 2009
BIG MOFO DRAWING

I just finished this HUGE sucker and damn damn damn it is pretty exciting. It is the FIRST abstract I have ever done, and I feel like I could suddenly take my work in a whole new direction I never knew existed.
I've been feeling guilty lately. I moved back to Montreal 2 months ago with the goal of making art ALL THE TIME (this seems to be a caps lock post), and it took a little longer to get settled in than I had anticipated. I was feeling like I had not accomplished enough. A few paintings are well under way at the studio (plus I actually *have* a studio!), and I have a bunch of stretched canvases, AND I'm still publishing the art subscription, and I did another illustration, AND I got illustration postcards printed and compiled a mailing list - but STILL for some reason I felt like I had done nothing. When I finished this today and took it out to the yard to photograph it, I realized that it's actually quite the accomplishment. It's hanging in my kitchen now and is big and crazy and insanely detailed, and I love it.
New Illustration

A new illustration for Vue Weekly in Edmonton. Edmonton is in Alberta, a province familiar with booms and busts due to its reliance on oil mon
ey. The concept was to depict a millionaire in a soup line, to accompany an article on the emergence of the 'bust' part of the cycle.
Since I always find myself wishing more illustrators showed their process, I'm going to try out showing mine, even though I'm very much a novice compared to the illustrators whose blogs I compulsively read. So here we go: concept sketch

Final sketch (looking at them now I kind of prefer the concept sketch
to the final one. I think I lost some of the spontaneity, and had better composition).
May 10, 2009
ReVIEW: Reversible Book!
The front and back cover of side 1.
Inside: Bruce Lee and Ride 'em Cowboy.
More doodles.
Faces from the Kid Koala drawing sessions in Montreal
this past February, and Goodbye Hands.
Back covers!
Front and back cover of side 2.
Featuring a round-up of my favourite artists (ie. who I steal my ideas from).
Josh Holinaty, Turf One, Produkt, and Other...
...the YPF Collective and David Choe...
... & last but not least Jillian Tamaki and Dietrich Rosteck.
For more information check out www.papirmasse.com.
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May 6, 2009

I sell my stuff monthly at this super cool/weird/eclectic Montreal gallery. Come check it out this Thursday if you're into art openings. I personally think that art is 100% better when viewed in a crowded space surrounded by happy, loud, drunk people. I really, really do.
This month I'm selling a kind of old but really nice nude painting in oil - I rediscovered it when I moved. It's framed and looks pretty good. Also some screenprints and subscriptions to Papirmasse. Last month I sold a monoprint of hearts that I really, really liked. Kind of sad to see it go. Also, it has gone to live in North Carolina, which is cool, but also far away (and kind of weird to think of a small part of myself in NC).
Full details:
SUBTERFUGE
May 6th to May 31st 2009
Opening Thursday May 7th 5hPM to11hPM
USINE 106U
160 Roy E.
514-728-9349
May 6th to May 31st 2009
Opening Thursday May 7th 5hPM to11hPM
USINE 106U
160 Roy E.
514-728-9349
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=97729149815&ref=mf
http://www.myspace.com/usine106u
USINE 106U is glad to invite you the opening of the astounding exhibition SUBTERFUGE presenting the artwork of 29 visual artists: Mark Prent, Eric Braün, Mimi Traillette, Karine Allard, Yves Milet-Desfougères, Jean-Michel Cholette, Daniel Erban , Sweet Grognasse, Majka Kwiatowska, Xavier Landry, Alexandra Cuellar, Scott Ferry, Adam Norris, Kirsten McCrea, Patrick Lamoureux, Luc Poudrier, Serge De Cotret, Winky, Natasha Clayton, Marie-Hélène Cauvin, Jérome Bertrand, Jean Pronovost, Dominique Cantin, Julia Niemczynowska, Antonin St-Jean, Annabelle Nicole, Mathieu Bories, Matthieu Lapointe et Florent Veilleux.
Hallucinogenic paintings, pop-art silkscreens, disquieting sculptures, erotic etchings, original drawings, trash plush toys, surrealist jewelry other fascinating curiosities will massively take over the space.
The exhibition takes place at USINE 106U, 160 Roy E. from May 6th to May 31st 2009, and the opening will be held on Thursday May 7th from 5hPM to 11hPM.
Opening hours are Saturday to Wednesday noon to 6hPM , Thursday & Friday from noon to 9hPM.
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