Artists Survey: The Greenbelt Exhibition.

I got the call yesterday..Phil Anderson told me my work had been selected for The Greenbelt Exhibition.

1313A Queen Street West Toronto Ontario M5K 1L8  416.536.6778  Hours: Wed-Sun 1-6pm

• Reception for the Gallery 1313 Exhibition will be on Feb. 18^th 6:30pm t- 8:30pm  for artists and guests,  8:30pm -10:00 pm for public .
  
• There will also be a panel discussion on Wed Feb. 24th with Christopher Hume of the Toronto Star and other panelists. It is free and you are invited to attend.
• Works will be at Gallery 1313 until Feb. 28th.
• The exhibition will be at the ROM March 3^rd for a gala luncheon and then travel to three other exhibition venues in the Greenbelt until March 28th.

Gallery 1313 is an artist run centre committed to the recognition of excellence in various cultural and artistic expressions. Gallery 1313’s embracing of equality, inclusion and celebration of diversity is affirmed through its broad representation of its membership, affiliations, programming and executive body. Gallery 1313 supports vital contemporary art practices by recognizing the work of emerging and established artists in a variety of mediums.

 

I have Monday to work in the shop

I have been working for a contractor for the past few weeks. It slows down what I have going in the studio but I think I have a few new ideas to explore..I get this Monday to focus on my stuff ,I miss the time in the studio.

I will post images of what's going on soon.

So close but yet so far.

 

Ok this thing is done..... really....... or so I think it is. 

First a large scratch appears in the finish, how that happened I do not know (well I do but I will not point fingers) Ok, so I have to re do the top. 

So I rub out the scratch a bit too much I now see bare wood, really light orange wood . 

Now I have to re-lacquer the top.

Today I spray the dovetail keys with clear and the finish hazes over..guess what I am doing tomorrow. Refinishing the top again 

THIS IS NOT FUN ANYMORE.

New leg ideas for the Blue Stump

before paint the legs will be held off the base of the stump with 1/2 inch aluminum plate

painted the orange is very much fake carrot orange I am thinking a white leg with a orange leg with a single white leg across from the axe pair.

There are walnut dovetail keys in the top of the stump.

I really do not like the date on my images, some times my A480 has a mind of its own.

playing with pattern

its only about 4 X 4      I made a few and gave them a gallery frame, reclaimed fir with a oil finish.

legs for the next stump

Some stuff on the way to The Whitestone CoOp

Each of these pieces has a unique story to tell, where I found the material and the people I meet often shape how these new objects come together.