RECENT & CURRENT
Urban Perception, Natural Reality.
sOLO EXHIBITION AT wHITE wATER gALLERY, dOWNTOWN, nORTH bAY, oNTARIO
nOVEMBER 23RD - dECEMBER 21ST 2024
Urban Perception, Natural Reality, is a collection of artistic works made from a variety of materials and methods, presented with immersive and interactive aspects.
Conflicting environments, difficult feelings, personal lived experiences, social philosophies and sub-cultural identities along with an examination of human civilization, our planet, and outward to the cosmos all inform and inspire these works.
Extractive Sprawl.
Made from burlap, wood, mistint acrylic paint, spray-paint.
Never-ending exponential economic growth rooted in natural resource extraction on a finite planet is the pillar propping up our unsustainable modern civilization. Consider the relationship between urban and natural environments. Consider your relationship to the urban and natural environments.
Word Sculpture: All Things Related.
Made from Plywood and mistint acylic paint.
"Bang Poof Gone"
A whimsical tone to the very serious subject of climate change, highlighting the exceedingly quick pace we are leaving our stable and hospitable climate behind. How did we allow things to go this far?
"Adaptive Top Down Delusion"
Public relations campaigns, advertising, social media algorithms and other targeted manipulative methods, dictate our fears and desires to us. Who benefits?
"Joyous Giggle Frenzy"
Reclaim, empower and defend. Grief and happiness can coexist.
Cellestial Illuminary
Made from salvaged aluminum square tubing, salvaged hinges and handles, salvaged panels, wood pieces left over from the milling process, screws, latches, mistint acrylic paint, spray-paint, burlap and a found object.
Ever find yourself looking up at the stars at night and suddenly all the hang-ups you had just started to melt away. If only for that moment? It's a big universe and so we have all the space we need to be the best humans we can.
Quotes used in Celestial Illuminary by -Carl Sagan, -Neil deGrasse Tyson, -Jim Kaler, -H.P Lovecraft, -C.S. Lewis, - Wayne Dyer
Credit to Alex at White Water Gallery for the awesome promos,Cassi and Mizanni for the photos.
Temple of Acceptance
Made from slabs I milled, salvaged wood, and scrap bicycle rims, this Temple stood at ArtFarm 2024
Participants visited the temple, writing on the walls of it and leaving behind mementos before it was burned in the rain, on the final night of ArtFarm as we all watched on.
photos by Lyss Warmland
SCRAP-HEAD
Scrap-head is a head made from wood-scraps salvaged or left over from other projects.
7'x4'
July 2024
On display at Purple Raven
Wet-Bulb Sleeper-Cell Manifesto
Acrylic on wood. June 2024
"Bang Poof Gone" 6'2" tall 6'2" wide
A whimsical tone to the very serious subject of climate change, highlighting the exceedingly quick pace we are leaving our stable and hospitable climate behind. How did we allow things to go this far?
"Adaptive Top Down Delusion" 6'2" tall 12'4" wide
Public relations campaigns, advertising, social media algorithms and other targeted manipulative methods, dictate our fears and desires to us. Who benefits?
"Joyous Giggle Frenzy" 6'2" tall 9'3" wide
Reclaim, empower and defend. Grief and happiness can coexist.
CELESTIAL ILLUMINARY
May 2024. Acrylic and spray-paint on burlap and rough cut lumber. Metal framed. LED lighting, dusk till dawn. Sound 24hrs a day. Interactive. 20 hinged doors reveal whats behind them when opened by viewer/participant. On Exhibit, sideburn may 16-20 2024 stone mills, ontario. on exhibit artfarm September 21-22 2024. North-east ontario.
Even from a distance it is hard to ignore this 56 foot in diameter installation consisting of 5 each 18 foot long 10 foot wide 8 foot tall pyramid like structures arranged in the pattern of a 5 pointed star. Once in its inner open space, wooden panels arranged in a circular like structure with cosmic sounds emanating from it, invite you to open the 20 different hinged doors to see whats behind them. Opening up a door will expose spray-paint and stencil art, and words of intergalactic wisdom, knowledge and philosophy in the theme of the cosmos. At night, LED lights turn on, illumining each pyramid from within as well as the surrounding areas and casting interesting shadows. Everything is powered by a mobile solar power system.
This was made possible in part by a grant from SideBurn. Thanks!
Quotes used in Celestial Illuminary by -Carl Sagan, -Neil deGrasse Tyson, -Jim Kaler, -H.P Lovecraft, -C.S. Lewis, - Wayne Dyer
February 2024.
"Bang Poof Gone" puts a whimsical tone to the very serious subject of climate change, highlighting the exceedingly quick pace we are leaving our stable and hospitable climate behind.
Acrylic on wood. 57"x76"x4"
Each letter 1'7" square 4" deep
Empower
Growth
Experiments in abstract
February 2024
Sculpture: "Anyways" Acrylic, sand, wood, copper, 36"x24"x24"
Painting: "Mechanism" Acrylic, burlap, wood. 19"x32"
On exhibit for the 15th Contemporary Art Juried Exhibition at the Musuem of Norhtern History in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. April 6th to May 4th 2024
January 2024. A 3D question mark? I have been wanting to make large 3D letters/symbols for a while and finally got to it. This is a 1'6" square. Paint on wood. Looking forward to making more and larger ones that will really make a statement !
November 2023 I gave the unfinished woodshed we built, a dose of creative carpentry using salvaged plywood and triangle boards I milled from logs. Also included some found objects.
Fall of 2023 included 2 works, both appearing at ART FARM.
"The 7 Grief People", (wood with paint 6'x4' each), were placed in a semi-circle with a paint station in the center, allowing participants to paint on the figures in whatever way they choose. Each figure has a wood heart with a word carved into it describing the stage of grief it represents. I was inspired to create this piece by the realization that so many of us are likely in one stage or another of grief when it comes to facing the realities of climate change. My intention is to help participants and viewers familiarize and normalize interacting with these stages of grief with the hope of bringing some peace as it has for me dealing with this process. It has also allowed me to show empathy and understanding to those who might be in another stage than I am currently in.
"The Temple", made from small trees that had been cut for clearing a garden space, and evergreen bows, included a bench, markers and wood pieces for participants to write on and place in the temple. Inspired by The Temple at Burning Man, my intention is to create space for people to contemplate, rest, reflect, seek spiritual connection, mourn, find solace, meditate, and hold ceremonies or rituals. This was shown for one day only at the first annual ART FARM event. We burned the temple at sunset but it will show up again in another form at ART FARM 2024 and the years to follow.
