At long last... news!

This September in a flurry of overlapping exhibits, I will have work from my Found Drawing series on view at both Simon Fraser University Gallery up on the hill in Burnaby and on the other side of the drink in Deep Cove at the Seymour Art Gallery. Meanwhile, the Surrey Art Gallery will be exhibiting my Carrie Walker series as part of a group show examining the self-portrait. This is the first time the entire series of sixty drawings will be on view. Details for each show...

Opening reception: Saturday, September 8, 2012, 3 - 5pm
Reflexive Animals
Carrie Walker and Heather Passmore
Simon Fraser University Gallery
Academic Quadrangle, Room 3004. 8888 University Drive, Burnaby
September 8 to October 20, 2012
This two person exhibit will include 35 works from my found drawing series.
Note: a print-out of the Reflexive Animals page from the SFU gallery website can be used as a parking pass, just place it on your dashboard.

Opening reception: Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 7 - 9pm
Odd Occurrences: Narrative in the Art of Kristin Bjornerud, Tamara Bond, Tomoyo Ihaya and Carrie Walker
Seymour Art Gallery
4360 Gallant Avenue, North Vancouver
September 6 to October 14, 2012
Artists Talk: September 23, 2pm
Storytelling for adults and children with Naomi Steinberg: September 16, 3pm and October 7, 3pm
This four person show will include 10 works from my found drawing series.

Opening reception: Saturday, September 15, 2012, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
Scenes of Selves, Occasions for Ruses
Surrey Art Gallery
13750  88 Avenue, Surrey
September 15 to December 16, 2012
This group show presents work exploring the limits of self-portraiture. I will be exhibiting for the first time in its entirety all 60 drawings from my Carrie Walker project.

Mulled wine, eggnog, toads!

I will have a few new pieces on view at Trench Gallery this month. Please join me and let's mull over art with some mulled wine. The opening is Saturday, December 10, 2011 from noon to 4pm. The gallery is located at #102 - 148 Alexander St.

18th Annual Art for Life auction

I will have two drawings in the upcoming 18th Annual Art for Life auction. The auction is on Saturday, November 26 from 7pm to 11pm at the Rocky Mountaineer Station at 1755 Cottrell St. Tickets are $90 and include drag queens! art! Bif Naked! canapes! desserts! drinks!

Concerning the labour dispute between Teamsters Local 31 and the Great Canadian Railtour Company there will be no picket lines during this event... click here for more info.

Paper Cats

Okay, at long last, I am officially taking on commissioned cat portraits. I.e.,  your cat meticulously rendered in watercolour on paper where it can not cause any trouble. For more info, please visit... www.papercats.ca. No dogs.

Monomania review in the Georgia Straight...

The Georgia Straight's Robin Laurence had some kind words about my work currently up as part of the Monomania exhibit at Trench Contemporary Art...

Carrie Walker's recent little drawings of exotic animals (a hippo, a gorilla, a snarling African wildcat...), which she has surrealistically imposed upon old, anonymous pencil sketches and watercolours. The found images Walker employs as her grounds are mostly pastoral English landscapes to which she matches her style and medium, hilariously achieving a tension between the original scenes and their highly alien trespassers.

Monomania Exhibit at Trench Gallery

Holy crow, I almost forgot! On right now at Trench Contemporary Art is Monomania: An Organic Archive of the Terminal City Archive from 1949 until Now. A salon style extravaganza of Vancouver-based artists. Read more about the show here. The closing party is on Thursday, August 25, 2011 from 6:30pm til late. Trench is located at #102 -148 Alexander St.

Ocelot Elopes with Baby Budgie

A love affair, a kidnapping, a late night snack?