This past year in ceramics has been awesome and challenging. Awesome, because I have been able to get back into my ceramics and explore a little. Challenging because I realized that I was more experimental when I had my own studio space and not challenged by the constraints of the school settings. No one has … Continue reading A Bounty of Bowls – Gifts of the kiln gods
Joy & Bliss, Dancing Like They Just Don't Care – The Hollow Ones #21
All together now... lift your hands in the air, like you just don't care! Do I really need to say more? I felt this title in the line drawing I started with. Then the choice of bright yellow dancers in a world of pinks and violets just seemed right. I think I need this feeling … Continue reading Joy & Bliss, Dancing Like They Just Don't Care – The Hollow Ones #21
Gently Swaying To Happiness – The Hollow Ones #19
It's all in the position of the arms. He is gently swaying back and forth and giving off a feeling of bliss. The shortened back arm allows us the additional impression he is moving. The beautiful cerulean bleu all around just makes me feel happy and I feel adds to the joy of the piece. … Continue reading Gently Swaying To Happiness – The Hollow Ones #19
A Little Rain Can’t Hurt Me – The Hollow Ones #18
She has a defiant optimism that is very attractive. It seems to exude from. her and change the world as she passes by. This is why I chose the green behind her. Her whole being is afire with positivity. She leads with it in the colour yellow. More to come...
Hiding From The Panic I’m Sinking Into – The Hollow Ones #17
Because I post date a lot of my stuff, this drawing was drawn on Friday, March 13th, 2020. I wrote theses reflections on the same date. I'm documenting this date, in curiosity of how significant it may be regarding COVID 19. Yesterday, the tension and panic started feeling tangible across the city of Montreal. My … Continue reading Hiding From The Panic I’m Sinking Into – The Hollow Ones #17
And, So What? – The Hollow Ones #15
He/She... They came out of the gate with attitude... roaring out their challenge to an uncaring obscurity the dark night. What could they care? They radiated all the light any answer could fail challenging! Maybe it's the bright pink background. Perhaps it's the way they are standing. Either way, they are all attitude and I … Continue reading And, So What? – The Hollow Ones #15
The Potential of Cultural Appropriation
The Title image is by A.R. Penck: The Start of the Lion Hunt. The photo was taken in 2020, by M. Perron at the Musée des beaux arts de Montréal. From MBAM Introduction As soon as I came across this painting in the MBAM, the debate about cultural appropriation that continuously rages in my head … Continue reading The Potential of Cultural Appropriation
Incongruous Abstractions
The project challenge was to make abstract forms, defines as not resembling anything. The secondary challenges were that they must be hung on a wall, possibly incorporate other materials, potential tally be made with a variety of techniques (coils, slabs, pinch-pots, etc..) and finished with different glazes, engines, and terra sigillata. While, I've had the … Continue reading Incongruous Abstractions
The Widowmaker’s Waltz – The Hollow Ones #14
All the men have been lured to The Death Dance on the promise of beauty. All the women know their roles in this affair, only this is not the usual affair, is it? These women are there to kill. Dressed ready to eliminate the nastiest of men around. Seducing them to their deaths. If any … Continue reading The Widowmaker’s Waltz – The Hollow Ones #14
Taking My Last Breath – The Hollow Ones #13
The ball has only been a reminder of how unloved this figure feels. They yearn to be free of all their pains. The leave The Death Dance, disrobe, and enter the pond in the dead of night. Lights fill their world, in their mind's eye and they contemplate release. They take one final breath and … Continue reading Taking My Last Breath – The Hollow Ones #13
The New Renaissance Mindset 