Favourite Word #6: Caravaggio

Caravaggio.  That's all there is to say. 

I've just completed and submitted a piece to Pentimento Fine Art Gallery on Queen East in Toronto.  They're an eclectic gallery with an eye to promoting new talent.  Pentimento Gallery  They've just closed their call for submissions for their upcoming 'Homegirls' show; a request was put out for artists to portray Canadian heroines of their choice.  Emily Carr was mine...she was just so kooky.  And brilliant.  They'll choose thirty pieces from the submissions for their exhibit.  Wish me luck!  To make it even more fun, the winning work from those thirty will adorn the exterior wall of the gallery for one year.  Akimbo, an art and film promotions company, is managing the competition.  Akimbo  

Jay Perry is a young photographer who excels at capturing the human element.  He recently traveled to Haiti and took a series of stunning photographs that remind us that there is still joy in Haiti.  Have a look.  Jay Perry Photography

Yippee-ki-yay!  For all you lovers of that hard-rockin', short-livin' master painter Caravaggio, he's here straight from Italy playing for a limited time only at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.  Chiaroscuro road trip anyone?  Caravaggio

Another avid promoter of new talent is Annie Koyama at Koyama Press.  With a keen eye for emerging writers and artists, Annie has a talent for getting them out there and getting them published!  See how many of her publishees are familiar to you!  Koyama Press  

Next post:  some new work by yours truly...

Favourite Word #5: Pollywog

Pollywog: a way better word than 'tadpole'.  Comes from the Old English words for 'wiggling head'.

James Street North Art Crawl in Hamilton tomorrow!  My first stop will be the Zoo show at Loose Cannon Gallery, showcasing several Sheridan alumni including Dushan Milic, Jacqui Oakley and Jen Hsieh.  Art Crawl July 8

Hamilton Print Studio summer courses and workshops are finally posted...seemed to take SO long!  I have one eye on a basic drypoint workshop, "It's All About the Line" and the other on a week-long introduction to several printmaking techniques.  Which means I'm a little walleyed.

Two artists and classmates at Sheridan whose work I deeply envy are Alex Gorodskoy and Mike Everett.
Alex handles a mean four-colour ballpoint pen, and his work is so colourful and frenetic his webpage should come with a warning for those susceptible to seizures.  Mike Everett goes so far out of the box he's ricocheting around the solar system.  Both of these guys are award-winners and mold-breakers with great websites.
Alex Gorodskoy

Mike Everett