Thinking of Hundertwasser

Here is my most recent work:

Thinking of Hundertwasser

Mixed media on canvas

90cm x 60cm x 5 cm, 2024, $1100

AVAILABLE

 

Taking inspiration from planting trees

This piece takes inspiration from Jadav Payeng, also known as the "Forest Man" in Majuli, India. Since the late 1970s he has planted trees to create a forest that is twice the size of Central Park. I highly recommend the documentary Forest Man. It talks about his life and project in great detail.

Forest Man, mixed media on panel, 30cm x 30cm x 5cm, 2022, AVAILABLE

Reworked piece entitled, 16 random numbers between 0 and 9

 

16 random numbers between 0 and 9, mixed media on canvas, 16" x 12" x 2", 2022, AVAILABLE through Canvas Gallery.

I recently reworked this piece by bringing out some of the geometric shapes in lower levels of the painting. Here is the earlier version. I think the piece is now stronger.

Collective Experience: 25 years of Propeller Gallery

 

My piece, Copan, is currently on display at Propeller's 25th anniversary exhibition. I was a member there in 2008 and 2009.

New piece on mylar

Copan, oil and graphite on mylar, 20" x 20", 2021. (Frame size: 31" x 30"). SOLD through Canvas Gallery.

For this piece I thought back to the first archaeological site that I visited in July 1989: Copan. This site in Western Honduras really moved me. The text running in the background relates to the site. The numbers were taken from an online random number generator.

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Recently we had a Kentucky Coffee Tree planted out front. It is a beautiful tree. As I did this painting, the tree was on my mind. I love to watch how plants/trees grow over time.

Kentucky Coffee Tree, mixed media on canvas, 16" x 12", 2021. $440. SOLD through Canvas Gallery.

MLK

MLK, mixed media on panel, 40" x 40" x 2", 2021, SOLD through Canvas Gallery.

I used a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. that talks about making difficult decisions. The quote runs in the background, although is somewhat obscured by the numbers.

This has been at times a difficult year where I have had to make decisions that were neither popular, nor safe, nor politic. Painting this piece helped me through these difficult times. Mixing paint and putting colours together takes my mind off the other stuff.

Standing up for what you believe in even if you are alone

Standing up for what you believe in even if you are alone, mixed media on canvas, 16” x 12” x 2”, 2020, $425. SOLD through Canvas Gallery.

This quote (and title of this painting) comes from Sophie Scholl, an activist who died very young during WW2. As I navigated a couple of difficult weeks at work, I managed to create this piece.

222 Mill Road

This piece was part of my most recent show at Gallery 1313.

222 Mill Road, mixed media on panel, 13" x 15" x 2", 2013 and 2019. SOLD

9 random numbers between 0 and 9

The following piece will also be featured at Gallery 1313, from October 23rd through Nov 3rd.

"9 random numbers between 0 and 9", mixed media on panel, 12" x 9", 2019. SOLD

16 random numbers featured on ArtBomb

I am very pleased to share that my piece 16 random numbers between 0 and 9 is being featured today on ArtBomb.

16 random numbers between 0 and 9

16 random numbers between 0 and 9, mixed media on canvas, 16" x 12", 2019, $375. Available through Canvas Gallery.

This piece I did first as a portrait in 2003. I reworked it 3 times in 2004, 2013 and finally in 2019. I feel the piece is finally finished. This will also be featured in an exhibition that I will be having at Gallery 1313 from October 23 through Nov 6.

168 letters drawn at random

168 letters drawn at random, oil and acrylic on canvas, 48" x 42" x 2", 2013 and 2019, $2400. AVAILABLE through Canvas Gallery

I reworked this piece that I painted in 2013. This will also be featured in an exhibition that I will be having at Gallery 1313 from October 23 through Nov 6.

Summer 2018 - New painting

These are several new pieces that I started working on during the school year that I finally had time to finish off.

Bayview and Eglinton, 2018, acrylic on panel, 15 cm x 15 cm, 2018, SOLD

Dundas West and Bloor, 2018, acrylic on panel, 15 cm x 15 cm, 2018, SOLD

Lansdowne and College, 2018, acrylic on panel, 15 cm x 15 cm, 2018, SOLD

Pi to 79 decimal places

Here is a piece I have been working on over the summer. It is titled, Pi to 79 decimal places. I started laying down the numbers and when I got to 79, I felt the piece was finished. However, as with Pi, I could easily have kept on going.

Specs:
Pi to 79 decimal places
Mixed media on canvas
150 cm x 120 cm, 2016

SOLD

Two new city inspired pieces available through ArtBomb

Here are 2 of my most recent paintings. They will soon be available through Artbomb. Artbomb is a daily auction of contemporary art.

SOLD

Showing new work at the Affordable Art Fair, Mexico City, October 17 - 20, 2013

I will be showing new work at the Affordable Art Fair, Mexico City with Galeria ArtDealers a gallery from San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The fair runs from October 17 through October 20.
Nuevo León. México

New mixed media painting at To Go Foodbar

New painting at To Go Foodbar, 1133 Yonge Street, Toronto. I have 17 new pieces up at this cafe in the heart of Rosedale.

Image: Cars buried in a Russian snow storm, oil on panel, 9" x 22", 2013

To Go Foodbar is open Monday to Friday from 7 am to 4:30 pm, Saturday from 8 am to 3 pm and Sunday from 9 am to 2 pm.

There's Math in Art

These 3 paintings are a continuation of the project, "What does a quart of paint look like?" In the first piece I stencilled out the contents of a 200ml tube of Winton Ivory Black--starting with 1, 2, 3 and so on until I ran out of paint at number 27. The second piece I stencilled a 200ml tube of Titanium White 25 times and in the third piece I emptied the contents of a can of Montana Gold, 1 number at a time until the can died at number 109. In this series, the content and look of the painting are decided by the quantity of paint in the container being used.