Nanny Bea

Bees in dreams signify pleasant and profitable engagements.

Seven Bells

Ceramic tiling

Greendale, Bandit

Cliff Chiang

Ashley Lil, 101 Etching.

The Chariot

A union of opposites, like the black and white steeds. They pull in different directions, but must be made to go together in one direction. Make a decision.

Hat Party

Peek-a-boo. Have Fun!

Shadows and Silhouettes

Cherry Beach, Toronto.

Buck Tooth

The Four Seasons

The Fleeting Moment captured in one.

Lost

A recurring inspiration for my collagraph, lost.

The Beginning of Everything

Stokes Croft, Bristol England. Home away from home.

Art and Culture

Girodet Trioson: Mademoiselle Lange as Danae, 1799 

The famous French actress holds a broken mirror symbolizing signs of her moral decay. While the baby cherub exposes her GENITALS suggesting she is open to anyone. This painting caused enormous scandal and ruined the actress's career.

The Salon

Fichier, Salon du Louvre 1787
The public emerged.

DEADWEIGHT: PRINTING AT HOME.

Everyone check out Deadweight. She's super cool.
DEADWEIGHT: PRINTING AT HOME.

A Secret Lover

François Gérard, Cupid and Psyche, 1798

The Story: Cupid accidentally pricks himself with his arrow and falls in love with Psyche. Whilst being invisible, Cupid is seen gently kisses Psyche which explains her absent look.

The Sleep of Endymion vs George

Anne Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, The Sleep of Endymion, 1791

 The moon goddess, Diana stumbles across Endymion, a mortal who has fallen into endless sleep. She instantly falls in love with him and visit him every night in the form of a moonbeam. 

Rainbows

It appears that I've been chasing rainbows.

Psychological Meaning: Symbolizes good news, hope, redemption and ending of gloom. Associated with the magical quest for the treasure of self-knowledge. The rainbow is a bridge between heaven and earth, between you're earthly self and your higher enlightened self.

Mystical Meaning: The Gypsies say to dream of a brightly coloured rainbow means a happy change is coming. If the colours become dull their will be a deterioration in your circumstances.

Portrait Crush

Mmm...

Cupid's Arrow

relief room.

Minus the trees

Stain Glass

Untrustworthy

toronto bench.

lines caused by pressure

Remember Printmakers: Too much pressure will cause your paper to crease. 

Swiss Channel

Persevered perfectly.

Can you see it?

Page 3

October 17, 2011

Don't Forget

Take your pills.

The Portrait Gallery

grand·er

1. Large and impressive in size, scope, or extent; magnificent

2. a. Rich and sumptuous

b. Of a solemn, stately, or splendid nature.

3.a. Dignified or noble in appearance or effect

b. Noble or admirable in conception or intent

c. Lofty or sublime in character

4. Wonderful or very pleasing: had a grand time.

Trouble at OCADU

Two Fire Alarms were pulled in the last hour of my Friday shift.

Forget Design, Save the Arts!

Magic

Marvel in the Everyday.

Conserve

France

19th century

Wanderer, Caspar David Friedrich, 1818


The Romantic movement validated strong emotion as an authentic source of aesthetic experience.
Harnessing the power of the imagination to envision and to escape reality.
The experience of being overcome by forces that we have no control of.

The Vortex

Turner, Snow Storm, Hannibal And His Army Crossing The Alps. 

vor·tex 

n. pl. vor·tex·es or vor·ti·ces

1. A spiral motion that sucks everything near it toward its center.

2. A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it

3. Any activity, situation, or way of life regarded as irresistibly engulfing

wish it was me

Jean-Honore Fragonard, The Swing, oil on canvas, 1766

Discourses on Art

In 1768 The Royal Academy of Arts, London was founded.

from one to another

Provoke Contemplation

This picturesque beach was used as the backdrop for the Normandy Invasions.  Juno Beach.

The Massage Parlor

Take time out and treat yourself.

the divine

The divine is everywhere. The Vatican.

half empty or half full?

What's in the bottom of your glass?

Wishful Thinking

Make it count.

Star Crossed Lovers

Two baby crabs found in my lovers mussels.

What do you have to loose?

The Trevi Fountain in Rome. Have a penny? Make a wish.

the awe-inspiring

The sublime and its lofty discourse.

How Regal

Stepping out of bounds, at the Queen's Cup, Cartier Polo Match.

Too Late

A sad field of sunflowers look unimpressed in Condom, France.

Pot of Gold

Will you get your happy ending?

Any Regrets?