These images are from a show my friend Brad Barr played at Le Divan Orange. I was sitting in a very very dark corner and couldn’t see what I was drawing, which is great practice I imagine. Filled the rest in later thus avoiding spilling ink like I always do. Here’s the process:
Disclaimer: The musicians you see here are better looking than they appear.
My drawing, “Cemetery Birch with Starlings” is now part of the Red Bird Gallery’s Works on Paper collection. You can see it at 135 Van Horne O.
Contact redbirdstudios@gmail.com if you’d like more information.
My friend Joe Grass just sent me video links to a Lhasa De Sela concert he performed in a while back. As you may know Lhasa died this Jan. 1 2010 after a 21 month battle with breast cancer (she was 37). I highly recommend watching the footage from this beautiful private concert. Joe is using the pedal steele I painted for him.
A beautiful set up, the morning after, featuring a nice oldy goldy Teisco.
…yes that is a 12 foot tall guitar
A couple weeks ago I got the chance to play some music with some wonderful people in a beautiful old country church studio in western NY. I did some sketches, which I’ll post over the next few days.
I’m experimenting lately with how best to colour b&w ink drawings like these. Keeping things simple and within a limited colour palette feels best right now. These are a mix of hand colour and computer. I think once I figure out what I like I’ll hand colour everything but until then I’ll avoid potential destruction by testing via photoshop/illustrator.
I was walking to the studio in the snow today and I realized one of the reasons I love winter so much is the high contrast. Everything is black and white. I like the certainty.
I just noticed there’s a Hasidic boys school down the street with a tiny walled-in fenced-in yard. It’s recess: boys, black coats, shovels and snow. I did a quick sketch when I got inside, so I can remember. Below is another one from Jean-Talon Market a few weekends ago, sitting outside with cold hands and warm tea. Looking forward to more winter sketching in the coming months. (click images to enlarge)
We will be having a 5 à 7 mini vernissage for the Frame & Canvas Christmas Art Sale this Thursday (see below). If you’re in the neighbourhood drop in to meet the artists and sip on some rum & eggnog!
Atelier Frame & Canvas, 220A Bernard W.
(across the street from Drawn & Quarterly)
For more info call: 514.279.8199
