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Essays exploring the ideas, influences, and observations that shape the creative process. Reflections on art, making, and the questions that continue to inspire new work.
The following notes have been put together referencing Johannes Itten’s book on colour theory and other books on colour harmonies. The images are sourced from design magazines and a few from Itten’s book “ The Art of Color”. There are two main types of colour. Additive colour is classified as light colour and is projected…
CO-MIX Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario Art Spiegelman Feb 22/15 18,000 years ago someone descends into an opening in the earth that is thought to lead into the internal cavity of the spiritual world he inhabits. Crawling deep inside the cavern the shaman uses earthen pigments to draw on the wall by firelight.…
Spring of 2013 the D’Orsay in Paris mounted an exhibit called L’Ange du Bizarre. A genre of art inspired by the fears and anxieties of turbulent times. Today’s entertainment industry, with ghosts, vampires and zombies draws on this dark work. The artwork exhibited was a facinating depiction of the bizarre and macabre. The following text…
I remember back in art college when I was struggling, not unlike any art student, to develop my work and define myself as an artist. As I was pouring over a Communication Arts Magazine, I saw an ad for a newly published book called The Push Pin Style. It looked good so I sent away for…