Dear friend, dear reader
Hello, greetings.
I'm gonna try something a little different and add a little diary part to my website here, so people can understand a little bit more what it's like to be me.
I've been doing art for a long time. I've always loved doing art. I believe in art. I believe art is important. But I've also gotten a real job recently, and I feel good about that. It's a job I like to do. I work in a treatment center that helps people get healthier. If I'm really honest, it's probably my favorite job I've ever had, but I still wanna make art, and I still wanna make music, and one day I'd really like to write.
So I'm trying to figure out that balance. I've been doing a lot of research about how to do the career side of art too, because I'd like to have it as something I can keep doing, something that can sustain itself, and something people enjoy, and I can keep exploring new ways of making art. One of my favorite part of art is the final stage when people actually see it and interact with it and experience the art.
I'm getting older, and I'm trying to get wiser, and this is just all a part of it, right? Growing. And it's been really sweet. I went to a residency in Saskatoon that the CCF hosted called “Confluence”, at PAVED art studios. There a bunch of us artists created ideas and got inspired by each other, working elbow to elbow we got effected by osmosis just by being around each other. I met some really great artists there, especially St Jean Sebastien Gauthier and my old Pal from summer camp(Camp Voyageur) Michel Gignac, and Raphaële Frigon(who photographed me, see my About section.)
There I was introduced to a new medium, linocut printing. It took all week for me to finally try. I went to the museum in Saskatoon, the , for an opening night, and it was amazing. Then I wandered around the museum(Remai Modern), for a art opening(Laakkuluk Williamson and Jamie Griffins - Sikuvoq, sikuerpoq/When the ice holds when it breaks) and saw some heartbreakingly beautiful indigenous art, some of them made by stone printing. After the talk I wandered around the museum up an up the stairs and I found the Picasso room. “The Picasso room?” I asked myself. I was like, what’s the Picasso room? And then lo and behold there they had linocut prints( the same thing St Jean-Sebastien was trying to get me to try all week). I was like, oh, this is what everyone's telling me about. So I ran back the studio and got to work.
So I went back to the studio that night and I cut my first lino. The next day I printed at the opening. I've been really inspired since.
I made a second lino cut series. The first one I pretty much gave them all away. Then I made a second edition of that one, and then I made my second lino cut, and it's of the guitar player. I really, really like it. I've made a series of 12. We'll see if I do more series, but the first edition is of 12. At the opening night for our confluence show the following day I did some live prints and gifted the original series(12/12) to guests, but I kept one for myself.
Since then I made my second lincut The guitar player which I am smitten with. The first edition will be a 12/12 as well.
When I create I kind of wait for the sweet spot when I just feel like creating. It's not like washing dishes where I can just force myself to create. I wait for that moment when it overflows out of me. I try not to plan too much. I envy artists that plan a lot because I'm just not really a planner.
I'm more about channeling, getting in the moment. I almost become like a psychic medium and just channel the piece into existence. I have to get out of my way. Later I do the thinking and the interpreting.
This guitar player, I'm really, really happy about it. I feel like this is the beginning of a beautiful journey.
You take care. You really take care of yourself now. Self-care is so important. I think I have to work on realizing I kind of have everything I need. If I leave it to my greed, I'll never be satisfied. But if I start realizing how much I have and operate from that mindset, I think my life will be a lot more lush and enjoyable.
Take care, dear friend, dear reader.
A Dieu.
Hello, greetings.
I'm gonna try something a little different and add a little diary part to my website here, so people can understand a little bit more what it's like to be me.
I've been doing art for a long time. I've always loved doing art. I believe in art. I believe art is important. But I've also gotten a steady job recently, and I feel good about that. It's a job I like to do. I work in a treatment center that helps people get healthier. If I'm really honest, it's probably my favorite job I've ever had, but I still wanna make art, and I still wanna make music, and one day I'd really like to write.
So I'm trying to figure out that balance. I've been doing a lot of research about how to do the career side of art too, because I'd like to have it as something I can keep doing, something that can sustain itself, and something people enjoy, and I can keep exploring new ways of making art. One of my favorite parts of art is the final stage when people actually see it and interact with it and experience the art.
I'm getting older, and I'm trying to get wiser, and this is just all a part of it, right? Growing. And it's been really sweet. I went to a residency in Saskatoon that the CCF hosted called “Confluence”, at PAVED art studios. There a bunch of us artists created ideas and got inspired by each other, working elbow to elbow we got effected by osmosis just by hanging around each other. I met some really great artists there, especially St Jean Sebastien Gauthier. I was also reunited with my old Pal from summer camp(Camp Voyageur shout out) Michel Gignac, as well as Raphaële Frigon(who photographed me, see my About section.)
There I was introduced to a new medium, linocut printing. It took all week for me to finally try. I went to the museum in Saskatoon(Remai Modern), for an art opening(Laakkuluk Williamson and Jamie Griffins - Sikuvoq, sikuerpoq/When the ice holds when it breaks) and saw some heartbreakingly beautiful indigenous art, some of them made by stone printing. After the talk I wandered around the museum up an up the stairs and I found the Picasso room. “The Picasso room?” I asked myself. I was like, what’s the Picasso room? And then lo and behold there they had linocut prints( the same thing St Jean-Sebastien was trying to get me to try all week) made by the man himself. I was like, oh, this is what everyone's telling me about. So I ran back the studio and got to work.
When I got back to the studio that night,I cut my first lino. The next day I printed at the opening and gave them all away. I believe what we give we receive. But I can’t give it all away forever. I've been really inspired ever since.
Since then I made my second lincut The guitar player which I am smitten with. The first edition will be a 12/12 as well.
When I create I kind of wait for the sweet spot when I just feel like creating. It's not like washing dishes where I can just force myself to do it. I wait for that moment when it overflows out of me. I try not to plan too much. I envy artists that plan a lot because I'm just not really a planner.
I'm more about channeling, getting in the moment. I almost become like a psychic medium and just channel the piece into existence. I have to get out of my way. Later I do the thinking and the interpreting.
This guitar player, I'm really, really happy about it. I feel like this is the beginning of a beautiful journey.
You take care. You really take care of yourself now. Self-care is so important. I think I have to work on realizing I kind of have everything I need. If I leave it to my greed, I'll never be satisfied. But if I start realizing how much I have and operate from that mindset, I think my life will be a lot more lush and enjoyable.
Take care, dear friend, dear reader.
A Dieu.