It’s official, my new illustration website is now up and running at AIMEEVANDRIMMELEN.COM! I chose to use the open source portfolio program indexhibit for it’s simplicity and viewing capabilities and I’m loving it so far. I welcome feedback (especially from the pros) so don’t be shy to send some my way. I’m making this up as I go along you know…
I also have a new Etsy shop up with prints, originals and even some of my drumskins for sale.
Are you as excited to see the movie rendition of Where the Wild Things Are as I am? In celebration, Headquarters boutique & gallery is hosting group show WILD THINGS, where 30 artists (myself included) interpret the classic children’s book. It’s up for the month of October @ 1649 rue Amherst (open m-w 12-6, t-f 12-8, sat 11-6, sun closed).
Definitely one of my favourite books growing up, the illustration I submitted is inspired by light on water and sailing off into the night. Ten 11×17″ prints are available for sale, including the one in the show (framed).
“… and an ocean tumbled by with a private boat for Max and he sailed off through night and day and in and out of weeks and almost over a year to where the wild things are.”
Here’s a cover illustration I just finished for the paperback edition of Growing Up Online: Young people and digital technologies, edited by Concordia University proffs Sandra Weber and Shanly Dixon, published by Palgrave-Macmillan. I’m excited to get my copy because I find subject matter really interesting—especially as a former anthropology student.
“In this cutting-edge anthology, contributors examine the diverse ways in which girls and young women across a variety of ethnic, socio-economic, and national backgrounds are incorporating and making sense of digital technology in their everyday lives.”
(Not sure if the printed cover will keep this exact design, but it’s the concept I put forward.)
I forgot to mention (or just forgot period…) that I’m selling a new series of prints this weekend, a.k.a. earlier today, and all day tomorrow, at the Puces Pop art fair. If you came by today, great seeing you! If you haven’t yet, come tomorrow! There’s a lot of great stuff for sale, the cream of the crop, pick of the litter, etc. I have my prints at great prices too. Steals of a deals.
11 a.m. – 7 p.m. @ l’Église St-Michel (St Viateur & St-Urbain)
Also thanks to everyone who came to the SPECTACLE! vernissage on Thursday, it was a blast. I’ll be posting some pics very soon, and don’t forget that the show’s up for the whole month.
Bonne weekend!
POP Montreal has just posted its 2009 Art POP line up and it’s shaping up to be a great festival. And if you’re like me and you need to make a schedule or you’ll just end up going to your friends’ shows, you can now do so online here. Too cool for school.
p.s. the above image is a preview from our show SPECTACLE!, a 9×9 foot quilt made out of rock t-shirts by Marielyne Tarabulsy
I work from time to time at Casa del Popolo, a much respected music and arts venue in Montreal that has occupied a pivotal spot supporting and inspiring the city’s grassroots music, arts and diy scenes since opening in 2000. When I was in New York earlier this summer I kept thinking about Montreal, the constant overlapping of music and art scenes, the creative collaborative energy, the never ending output of amazing work despite almost universal shoestring budgets.
This show, featuring art by 10 talented women associated with Casa, showcases an important microcosm of a larger movement. It’s a celebration of art, music and community. Come see what we do when we’re not pouring beers.
Where: Galerie Frame & Canvas, 220 Bernard O. (across from Drawn & Quarterly) | When: Oct. 1 – 31, 2009 | Vernissage Thursday Oct. 1, 6-9 p.m.
For more info drop me a line! avd {at} aimeevandrimmelen {dot} com
This image is inspired by a photo I took of a friend looking strong while testing capes at the magical Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co earlier this summer. This + the image below and a couple more appear in the most recent edition of SNAP! Magazine. The above quote is by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
This is in our cabin. I love this old fabric lampshade with it’s tassled rim. I tried to give a sense of the light coming through the dark fabric. Has anyone noticed that no matter where you are in Canada, old cottages and cabins smell the same? Some kind of combination of wood, water, smoke, decomposition, sunscreen, bug spray… Pretty nice.
barn owls | 15 x 20″ | pen & ink on watercolour paper
When I joke that “owls are so 2005″ it seems that whoever I’m talking to has the same reaction: “Shut up, I love owls, I’ve always loved owls, and I will always love owls.” Of course I agree, I’m just trying to be cool. These barn owls were done as a wedding gift for my good friends Christi and Yves who got hitched on the beautiful New Brunswick coast last Saturday. Félicitations! Here’s to owls, plaid, and all the other great things we’ll never get sick of no matter how trendy … (except maybe ray bans).
