Sunday 5 May 2024

Reviving old Canvases: Inflation’s Silver Lining and Artistic Reinvention


2023, The Grande Theatre Democracy


2019-2021, The Legislature has no dome, unity.
Painted between 2019 to 2021, the Legislature stands domeless, a state of disunity reminiscent of the tale ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes.’ The flowers adorning the bottom and the cross were contributions from numerous individuals invited to add to my painting. This collaborative artwork commenced on April 15, 2019, behind Herman Poulin’s statue ‘The Service Through Christ,’ adjacent to the Legislature’s main entrance, coinciding with the Notre Dame fire.

Mary Simon and the Orange Flower.


2016, Fort McMurray, The Beast.


2024, Moulin Rouge, Can Can.

April, 22, 2024, Moulin Rouge Can Can, painted on the backside of 2021, Rare White Bird, YouTube Cut-Up: I’ve taken recent and archived citizen-free news stories and interlaced them with various sounds and visuals to create this YouTube. This process transforms the news into art, crafting a fresh narrative akin to the cut-up technique (or ‘découpé’ in French). The original method involves dissecting and reassembling written text to create a new text and, consequently, a new sound and image experience. The roots of this concept can be traced back to the Dadaists of the 1920s, but it was writer William S. Burroughs who brought it to the forefront in the 1950s and early 1960s. My understanding and application of the cut-up technique were learned within the walls of the old Art Gallery, AGA.


2024, Red Rose, Justice.

YouTube: Worship of Blood, Spit and Tears Cut-Up


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