Newest picture, part of my experimentation. This is a very small picture, 13 x 11 inches. I'm trying to add a sense of magic to landscape. I painted a forest scene and added the fay creature. I may work on her a bit more after the paint dries, but I don't want to get too illustrative, instead I want to kind of keep her rough and ghostly looking.

Life Drawing Class

So lately, my daughter and I have been attending Life Drawing Classes at The Gladstone Hotel, downtown Toronto. I think it's important to make sure that an artist practices their craft almost every day. This is hard for me but with time I think I'll be able to focus in order to make that happen. Tonight, I'm going to work on my painting.

This is one of my favorites.

We had this model who was very dramatic looking nicely accentuated by her jewelry.
I also love the fact that Gladstone sells Lattes in their cafe/bar. So, while you are drawing, you can drink coffee, or have a glass of wine.

That place fills up fast, so it's a good idea to come early.

Work In Progress

I've been feeling a little moody lately. I have had a week off and things have not been working out  as well  as I would  have hoped.  First of all I ended up burning my wrist on Saturday morning.

The election in the US has kind of disturbed me, mostly because it’s something I can’t control. And, once again I’m distracting myself from my creative objectives by focusing on everything  else.

Working for yourself is the hardest thing. You got to motivate yourself even though it seems like you’re at the bottom of a large mountain, and you wonder if you have what it takes to make the climb.

I am full of passion and intensity, and I think that alone is the power to take me to the summit of this journey. Though I fear, I must swallow my fear and tread ever onwards to the top. If no one sees me till I’m dead, it wont matter because I am living the life I want to lead, one that I’ve dreamed of since I was a child picking crayons from a box.

This is my work in progress. But I am that: a work in progress—creative, full of desire, and trepidation.

Got to keep my eyes on the prize: everything else is inconsequential. 

Show!!!

One of my pieces is being shown in this gallery, please come! 

Angel of the Morning

This was something that came up during a morning drawing exercise. Lately, I've been feeling a little burnt out. I guess by burining the candel at both ends. Also I want to try to find my style. I'm gonna paint stuff I love to paint. Weird fantasy stuff is my cup of tea. I also like portraits, I think I'll do that too. I'm kind of in limbo. I need an angel.

What A Medium Sees

I have spent some time being a medium: that is, actually making money talking to dead people. And, to be honest, it's not my favorite thing to do. Recently, The Hermit's Lamp Gallery, has a new show coming up. The theme for this upcoming show is "Ancestors." I was going to do the whole skull still life thing, but then after talking to my friend Kit, who's also an artist, decided I really wanted to do something different.

After finishing school, I've been trying to figure out what I should do. Before, I've been heading to the comfortable place of painting landscapes, but that's not the kind of art that always speaks to me.

You can probably tell I'm influenced by Edward Munch in this painting. I like the haunted feeling of his work. I guess, I wanted to paint something that I'd enjoy hanging up on my wall and looking at from time to time.

This picture is all about my Slavic heritage- The paisley spirit hovers before the dreamer's hand. The audience participates in this- the hand could belong to them. The ghostly figures hover close by and are hidden in the woods. Above a sickle moon can be seen.

What a Medium sees: Oil on Canvas 16x20" for sale $200.00 USD

Paisley is more than just a fashion illustration-it is also all about inheritance-it symbolizes the seed- the beginning of life hidden in a pattern. In a way I am joining life and death together into one.

Awakening-

Bench in ice, on the banks of the Humber River in Toronto, Ontario.

Painting for sale- Oil paint on canvas. size: 22 x 30 "

I read an article that cited that successful artists are ones who constantly let the world know what's going on in their lives. This is the first blog that I've ever created that focuses directly on my art, and my life as an artist. I just am on the verge of graduating from George Brown with my Fine Art painting certificate, and to be frank I'm a little scared. However, I'm just one of those people who keep on moving forward. I've got a room of my own for painting, I have an easel and a drafting table and now, thanks to the graphic arts company around the corner I even have a cubby-hole cabinet  house my drawings. Awesome really. This is the latest picture I painted that's currently listed on Ebay. I'm going to try Craigs list too, like, what do I have to lose?

This picture is the second attempt that I've made painting the same subject. I did do this painting for the square foot show a few years back, but I thought I would try my hand at making a larger painting.

This painting marks the start of my desire to become an artist again. I took the picture March 2005. I was walking my dog around the Humber River in Toronto and noticed that the ice spilled over into the ground in a spectacular manner. The ice sparkled in the bright sunlight. It was then that I knew I wanted to be an fine artist.