Petals Move Like Butterfly Wings
Press play with audio to enjoy this short but lovely animation in the style of a white-line wood engraving generated with Midjourney.
SOVA Students & Studio Visit
Students from the Yukon School of Visual Arts came over for a studio visit. Program director Aubyn O’Grady brought them around as part of a larger tour, dropping in on other creatives who live and work in Dawson City. Lots to talk about for Show & Tell. It must be a bit overwhelming to visit …
Medieval Woodcuts
The European medieval period, spanning roughly from the 5th to the late 15th century, was a time of significant cultural and artistic development, deeply influenced by the Christian Church, feudalism, and the gradual rise of urban centers. Art and culture during this era were primarily religious in nature, serving to educate and inspire devotion among …
Mario Avati
Here’s a watermelon image which can serve as an acknowledgement of the Palestinian genocide. I fell in love with his mezzotint prints when I first laid eyes on Avati’s work. Amazing. Especially his colour work. This process is very demanding where the artist coaxes an image from a prepared rich black ground, usually on a …
‘Head of a Man’ by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
The woodcut Head of a Man by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, created in 1917, is a striking example of German Expressionist art. Schmidt-Rottluff, a key member of the Die Brücke movement, was known for his bold, emotional, and often abstracted depictions of human figures and faces. This particular work is characterized by its stark, angular lines, dramatic contrasts, and …
New 2D Animation
I am exploring my renewed interest in 2D animation. This is based on some footage I made of a macro shot of a spiral notebook. I vectored the clip to make interesting moving shapes. Then, frame by frame I drew in the stick figures to give the whole thing a stop-action jiggly feel to it. …
Video Montage of Paper Shapes & Shadows
Hand Carving in Ebony Wood
I decided that the esthetics of my desk workspace demanded a unique solution for holding my fountain pens rather than a soft cloth on which to lay them.To that end, I remembered my billet of ebony wood I’ve been hoarding for years now and wondered how hard it would be to carve out a shallow …
Estonian Art Show
“Moosehide Slide” is one of my pieces in the show. I was super honoured to be invited to participate in the 2021 Society of Estonian Artists exhibition in Toronto. Even though my roots are Latvian it’s nice to know that members of the Baltic diaspora like to support one another. Of course, it helps that …