Best of the Contemporaries Exhibition at the Loch Gallery

I am pleased to have two new paintings included in the Best of the Contemporaries exhibition at the Loch Gallery (16 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto). The shows runs December 11th, 2010 through January 27th, 2011. For more information contact the Toronto Loch Gallery by telephone at 416-964-9050 or email at toronto@lochgallery.com.








"But my heart does not in any way agree with the perception of my eyes," oil on canvas, triptych 3 panels of 10" x 10," 2010








"Lapse," oil on canvas, triptych 3 panels of 10"x 10," 2010

New Year, New Painting

Happy New Year! Here's another new painting I recently did. At first I was going to go into it more, but then I decided I like it the way it is. Hope you do too:)


















Untitled, oil on panel, 8"x 10," 2010

Great Big Smalls Show in Ottawa

I have six paintings included in The Great BIG smalls Show that just opened at Cube Gallery and runs until December 31st. This is the sixth year that Cube Gallery has held this group show of small works in time for the holidays. If you're in Ottawa drop by to see over 300 works by nearly 60 artists.
1285 Wellington W. For questions you can email them at info@donmonet.ca or call them at (613)728-2111.






















Here's a photo from the show (five of my paintings are in a vertical row 2nd from the left).

10 Squared Show at Grid Art Gallery

The 10 Squared show opened just in time for the holidays at Grid Art Gallery in my hometown, Nelson, BC. This is exhibition of work done by thirty artists on 10" x 10" canvases. You can visit the gallery at 351-B Baker Street (Lane Entrance) Nelson B.C. For questions email them at gridartgallery@gmail.com or call them at 1-888-446-9390.

Shayne Brandel and Michael Graham, co-owners of Grid Art Gallery


Eli Profile, oil on canvas, 10" x 10"


Eli in Hoody, oil on canvas, 10" x 10"

Toronto International Art Fair

The Toronto International Art Fair was a big success! Here's a photo of me with Don Monet, the Gallery director of Cube Gallery at their booth at this year's fair.

Eric Fischl Show in Toronto

Last Thursday me and a few friends attended the Eric Fischl exhibition at Barbara Edwards Contemporary (1069 Bathurst St, near Dupont, Toronto). The show runs until November 13, 2010. This is the first time Fischl has exhibited in Toronto since the 1980's. It was wonderful to see his large scale painterly figurative watercolours. At the gallery I also looked through a book that they had of his oil paintings and found this quote by Fischl in it on psychology in his paintings:

“I don’t think my work is so much about opening up wounds. I think it’s about understanding the nature of the wound. I’m not bleeding on the canvas. I, like most people, have suffered traumatic events. The character of a person’s life is determined by the way they deal with those events. I am a creative person and I deal with it creatively.”
- Eric Fischl

Eric Fischl, "Untitled 2010", watercolour on paper, 60"x 40"

Midnight Plein Air

I went out with a friend at midnight one rainy night recently and painted the wet city streets near my new apt here in Toronto. I've wanted to do this for awhile now, but this is the first time I've actually gone out at night to paint a cityscape. It was pretty fun!
















"Wet City Streets at Night," oil on canvas, 4.5 inches x 6.5 inches