Thursday, December 4, 2008

2008 Young Painters Show

On Being a Woman
oil and acrylic on panel
2008
This is Alma. She is an unimaginably sweet young woman who I taught drawing and painting to at the Parkdale Community Health Centre.


A Creation Story
oil and acrylic on panel
2008
This is me, starting to have fun with my work again.


Unbearable Loss
oil and acrylic on panel
2008
I had the odd fortune of having Sandra Oh come to my studio (in my then house under construction) to pose for this and one other painting. When I had this idea I wanted her to be the model- I didn't actually think it would happen.... 



Portrait of a Young Artist
oil and acrylic on panel
2008
This is Camille. She is a die hard art student that participated in a youth art project I ran at the Ralph Thornton Centre. 


Stop That Train, I Want to Get Off
oil and acrylic on panel
2008
This is Lisa Messina- dancer/actor/singer/pilates instructor. She feels big and was brave enough to pose for my painting about being dumped for the first time.

These are 5 of the 6 paintings I contributed to the 2008 Young Painters exhibit at the Loch Gallery. The show opened July 5th, the day after my daughter Isabel was born. There were 4 of us showing work. It was my introduction to Geoff Farnsworth's paintings and his stuff is pretty exciting.

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