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All of the Above - The Exhibition and the Paintings  2017 - 2022

"All of the Above" is the title for both the exhibition itself and the series of paintings completed from 2017 to 2022.  My first solo show since 2009, I am very grateful to the Langley Arts Council for giving me such a large space in the Aldergrove Kinsmen Community Centre and for encouraging me to inlcude some of my much earlier works dating back to the early 2000s.  Both the older and newer works rely heavily on the use of  iconography in the midst of abstraction.   Though the icons in each series are very different, the vibe remains the same.  The series “All of the Above" is a celebration of childhood. Much of a child’s world revolves around discovery, exploration, imagination, and play.   This is how they discover, learn about, and engage with the world around them.   From my experiences raising my four children and seeing the world through their eyes, this series celebrates the joy, hardship, humour, and excitement of being a kid.   Continually evolving since its conception in 2017, the images used in this series all relate in one way or another to these themes.  The included images come from amusement parks (a bumper boat, the “drop of doom”, a picture from a shooting gallery), zoos and parks (a bear, a rope play structure, a gopher), toys (a castle made of blocks, a knight, an inflatable water flamingo, kids playing at the beach) and sports (kids running, a track meet, a street-hockey player, a skateboarder, kids playing pond hockey).   From there, more ambiguous images such as stars, spirals, religious iconography, and plants create environments that speak to fantasy, science fiction, superheroes, and adventure. All of these works are acrylic and screen print on panel ranging in size and price from 12" x 12" ($300) up to 24" x 36" ($1750).    

All of the Above - Earlier Works - 2000-2003

The central focus of my work in the early 2000s (and of my master’s thesis which I finsihed in March, 2000) was the relationship of humans with popular culture and mass media.   Rather than trying to explain this further, I will instead recommend reading any of the works of the late Canadian philosopher and media theorist Marshall McLuhan who coined the term “the medium is the message”.   Do that or just binge watch the original “Matrix” trilogy while listening to the director’s commentary, the Spice Girls and Radiohead all at the same time.    That’s the vibe I was going for.   These large-scale works are all painted on unstretched canvases, some in scroll format, and range in size and price from 56” x 35” ($1550) up to 173” x 67” ($9000) or 132” x 90”  ($9000).  All of these works will be for sale at the exhibition through the Langley Arts Council.      

Hopes and Expectations

I created “Hopes and Expectations” over 2008 and 2009.   A relatively new father at the time, I was wondering what type of a world my wife and I had brought our children into.    This series was about the “hopes and expectations” that my children have of me, of their planet and of their future on this world.   As such, for this series, I chose simple images that speak to the environment, to technology, and to the exploration of childhood:  include dying sunflowers, a walking dog, a power/cellular phone tower, and a young child with a ball.   Sizes range from 24" x 18" ($700 each) to 30" x 24" ($1000 each). 

New World  

This series was created from 2005-2007.   Unlike most series that I complete in a matter of a few intense weeks, this series came together more slowly. It changed, developed and grew numerous times throughout the course of its creation. Although, I didn’t realize it until I was well into producing the series, most of the images I chose speak in one way or another to places that I or my family have lived, or have ancestry from. There are images originating from Scotland, England, Germany and Mexico. For me, much of the emotion that this work conveys speaks to a sense of place and a sense of home (however strange a place “home” may be).  Works in this series are acrylic and screen print on wood panel.  Sizes range from 24" x 18" ($700 each) to 30" x 24" ($1000 each).   

Black Friday

I created this series in 2003 / 2004.    At the time, I was experiencing what can only be described as reverse culture shock.  I had returned to Canada from living in Scotland a few months earlier. Specifically, I had moved to the Lower Mainland of British Columbia where I had grown up and left eight years prior.  I was trying to make peace with this place that felt more foreign to me than had Scotland.  The paintings in this series are more "sketch-like" than the work in my later series.  Works in this series are acrylic and screen print on 20" x 16" canvases and are priced at $250 each.  

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