Old But New

Okay okay, so this is not new material. I did these paintings last year (24" x 30" acrylic on canvas). But there is a reason I'm posting them. They will be featured in the Grimsby Public Art Gallery's Biennial Juried Exhibition, which will run from July 23 - August 22. The jurors, who select the forty participating artists as well as the top awards, included Zhe Gu (Stratford Gallery director), David Taylor (retired director and curator), and artist Tor Lukasik-Foss. It should be an exciting show!

Update: while I'm at it, I should point out that this is not the first time these paintings have been exhibited. As well as appearing in the UWO artLab's Annual Juried Exhibition, where they won the People's Choice Award, they were selected to launch the USC Public Art Gallery Program.

ArtHash

Hello, friends!
I've taken a brief hiatus from the blog while in Alberta for a week and a half. Many of you may have already seen the following, but I answered a few questions for the author of ArtHash, a blog that features artist interviews, exhibition dates and other arts opportunities around the world and web. Take a look!


















ArtHash: Artist Interview: Laura Payne

I hope to have a new finished painting, of which there is a preview on ArtHash, up here soon.

Aaaaand back to painting

So here's a painting I just did specifically for an upcoming juried exhibition (14" x 14" acrylic on canvas). I won't find out if it is accepted until the 18th, so please cross your fingers.

Update: my painting was accepted to the Wowza Effect Juried Exhibition. The show runs from July 1st to August 28th at the Susan Kristjansson Gallery in Sarnia.

Some Video

Yeah, so I keep playing around with the title until I find the least cringe-worthy moniker. Not sure I'm there yet.

Digressing from paint for a second, here is a video I did back in March/April. The footage is derived from a 50s television spot for a recreational tranquilizer. I edited the footage frame by frame in After Effects for the following result. I've just included two clips into one video. The original is about 5 minutes long, there's more of a plot, etc.

I hope to do some more video over the summer, though preferably by shooting my own footage. For those who don't know (or haven't heard me gush about it already), archive.org is an eclectic and comprehensive collection of all types of film and video. You can find all sorts of bizarre footage, like cigarette commercials endorsed by physicians and brutally uncomfortable sex ed videos from the 50s. Tread lightly and pace yourself, navigating this website can eat up years of your life.

To start with...

So I'll keep it brief but this is a landscape I finished last week for a commission (36" x 48" acrylic on canvas). I don't really gravitate toward landscape but it was a nice change and the image meant a lot to him. The customer, a close family friend, incidentally was the photo-documenter of the late Jack Chambers. Find a couple of details below.
















I'd love to just fill a whole canvas up with those rocks. But I'd also hate it.