Postcard Collages

I have been working on some new collage pieces involving imagery from postcards. I'm interested in the cheesy, idealized ways that places are represented in postcards and other souvenir items. With these collages, I am trying to exaggerate the cheap "magic" of postcards by conglomerating them into absurd scenes. These are some in progress shots in my studio.

Possible Sightings 2

I have been shooting some images that could potentially be a continuation of my Sightings project. Examining what the images look like when people are staring into the sky, but there is nothing there, as opposed to the previous work, where campy UFOs are in the sky. Not sure about it yet, still think it needs another element added.

Slideluck Vancouver

Work from my Sightings series will be exhibited this weekend in the Slideluck Vancouver Show, which is part of Capture Photo Festival. Please check it out if you're in town!

http://slideluck.com/vancouver-ii/

SLIDELUCK Vancouver II
Sunday | November 3rd | 2013
6:00 PM Doors | 6:30 PM Potluck | 7:30 PM Slideshow | After party until 10:30 PM
Performance Works | 1218 Cartwright St. | Granville Island

UAAC Poster Session

I have some work up at The Banff Centre this week. University Art Association of Canada Poster Session. Interesting Concept.

The Ominous City Hall

Latest addition to my Urban Mirages series, the Big Brother-esque city hall building in Toronto. I thought puke yellow was a good colour for the sky?

Proem Exhibition

MFA and PhD student show at York University:

Proem

Visual Arts MFA/PHD Exhibition
September 4 - 13, 2013
Closing Reception: Wednesday September 11, 4:00 - 6:00 pm

Proem: preamble, preface, introduction, prelude, forward. This exhibition ushers in the new school year by showcasing artwork from returning and incoming MFA and PhD students, in York University’s Graduate Program in Visual Arts. Featuring drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, print and time-based media, Proem celebrates the unique accomplishments of York graduate student artists, and introduces their work to the York community and beyond.

Participating artists: Gord Bond, Katie Bruce, Teresa Carlesimo, Amanda Clyne, Ashley Culver, Mary Grisey, Scott Harber, Zoë Heyn-Jones, Mike Hoolboom, Rebecca Houston, Amélie Jérôme, Christie Kirchner, Michelle MacKinnon, Ella Morton, Milena Roglic, Christos Pantieras, Anna Sarchami, Alejandro Tamayo, Frances Thomas, Amy Wong.

Gales and Special Projects Galleries,
Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts,
York University

www.yorku.ca/finearts

Totems

A new addition to my Urban Mirages series. Tourists staring at the Totem Poles in Stanley Park.