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Another week, another shirt design. Hopefully one day one of these will get printed! I'm a pretty big fan of this one myself, so fingers crossed. If you could take a minute to vote for it, I would really appreciate it.

Score this design: "Alphabet," to help it get printed on Threadless!

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Big show of Montreal artists opens this Thursday!

130 Montreal artists, 300 works. All on 12" x 12" supports. Should be pretty interesting. I am kicking myself for not getting photos of my 2 pieces, because I am pretty proud of them. Hopefully I will get down to the gallery this week and can snap a photo or 2.

It opens this Thursday from 5 pm onwards. Should be a good party!

The show is at 410 St. Pierre, in the Old Port (next to Olive and Gourmando).

www.galeriezoneorange.com for more info.

Recent Studio Shots

I looked around my studio last week and -eep!- there were 15 unfinished paintings being worked on. Okay: time to buckle down and finish some! Here are a few shots of what's going on. And since then, for the record, I have indeed managed to finish 2, with a good, clear direction on 2 more. Another 2 are so close to being done I really have no excuse - it's just final details at this point. So hopefully in the next couple weeks I will have some nice new works hanging in my home, instead of cluttering up my already crowded workspace.

Putin is hiding behind Jacques Brel.

This baby is being turned into the new issue of Papirmasse:

Part of a new painting:

This sucker is DONE!

Old drawing, new shot of it. For sale, $40 (email kirstenmccrea -at- gmail.com). See the full shot here.

Leftover colours on the palette become angry bear.

Thanks for looking!

Signature

Just messin' around with my name, for various reasons. I think I like the green one best, with the yellow in close second.

New Sketch

My favourite artist told me that if I want to be better, I should sketch one person from the newspaper every day. Good advice! So here is the first - Rootin' Tootin' Putin.

I haven't managed to do one sketch a day (I HATE sketching. HATE IT!!!), but I really am trying to get better at drawing and am trying my damndest to follow through on his advice. I really do think that sketching is the way to go, and that my paintings would get finished faster if I had a plan before diving into them, but aargh, it feels like it takes so much time. Anyone else out there feel as I do towards sketching, or are you all madly in love with it?

Expozine - Don't Miss It!

Papirmasse September Issue. Mmmmm fold outs...

Papirmasse and myself, Kirsten McCrea, have a table at this years Expozine! Can't wait to roll on in and check out all the amazing books and paper goods. This is definitely one of Montreal's do not miss events.

Expozine, Montreal’s annual small press, comic and zine fair, will take place on Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15, 2009, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 5035 St-Dominique (Église Saint-Enfant Jésus, between St-Joseph and Laurier, near Laurier Métro). Free admission.

The opening party, featuring readings and live music, will take place Friday, November 13, at Sky Blue Door, 5403B St. Laurent (side door), 7 – 11 p.m., free admission.

This incredible event brings together nearly 300 creators of all kinds of printed matter – from books to zines to posters and graphic novels – in both English and French. In the past eight years, Expozine has become one of North America’s largest small press fairs, attracting thousands of visitors as well as exhibitors from as far as France, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, Vancouver and Quebec City!

Come discover a universe of publications and printed works that is hard to find anywhere, much less all in the same room! It’s also a rare opportunity to meet hundreds of young and emerging authors, publishers and artists, and see what the winners of last year’s Expozine Alternative Press Awards are up to.

This year for the first time there will also be a program of discussions and readings running throughout the event, as well as an opening party on Friday, November 13 (details to be announced). Not to be missed!

Expozine is made possible through the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des Arts de Montréal.