So yah, this is a stretch for publicity, but WHATEV! My friend and photographer Tony Bounsall emailed me to tell me I was mentioned in Chris Tyrell's latest book called Making It! Case studies of Successful Canadian Visual Artists. I thought this a bit premature, 'cause I've only been painting on the ground for about 18 [...]
Shanice Wolters, Carollyne Yardley and paintings I received an email a few weeks ago from a lovely lady named Shanice Wolters, a Journalism and History of Art student at theUniversity of Victoria.She wrote to me, and said, "I became fascinated with your work early last year, and have admired it vastly since. As a [...]
I love the folks at Art Box Victoria, they take care of all my print needs from art cards to giclee reproductions, Victoria, BC And they love Robot Squirrel! They decorated their print shop on Douglas Street as a gigantic giclee reproduction of Robot Squirrel hanging on the wall next to prints by Duncan Regehr, [...]
Check out this link with images at Life As A Human Art! And yes, I get the irony too.
Bart Koubaa, De Brooklynclub, Querido Publishing (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Carollyne Yardley art (published March 2012) I was contacted in September 2011 by Gaia on behalf of  Querido, a Dutch publishing company. One of their authors named Bart Koubaa requested the use of one my paintings titled, Steam Punk Squirrel, to be on the cover of his [...]
I'm a maniac, maniac at the easel. And I'm painting like I've never painted before. Adapted lyrics from the song Maniac, everything feels relative, except that I stay fairly dry while painting. This next painting is in progress with the black and white layer (awaiting colour). It is called Psyche and Cupid (my interpretation). Whether [...]
So obviously I see things a bit differently. And missed my calling as a reporter for the National Examiner (as opposed the Enquirer). My eyes adjust to shape and shadow, and turn people heads into squirrels for goodness sake. So it only made me laugh, while I was reading the newspaper and came [...]
SOLD! A big thank you to the Art Collector and Ellen Manning at the Victoria Emerging Art Gallery for another painting sold today. Geisha Girl is off to her new home! ROMANCE SQUIRREL IS STILL AVAILABLE - CONTACT ELLEN MANNING at the Victoria Emerging Art Gallery
If you know of any emerging artists between the ages of 19-35 years old, pass this on, Deadline is April 01, 2012. I'm on the 2012 Jury Panel for the Victoria Emerging Art Awards, along with the following: Andrea Henning BC Government Executive Director of Arts and Culture Daniel Laskarin MFA, Chair of the Fine [...]
Fresh on the heels of The Dovekeeper, comes this one called Morning Glory. I was going to call it something a bit more rude, but my good friend and photographer Jen Steele, came up with this moniker instead. Much more family friendly.
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