“Touched by Fire” Gallery Show

This coming Saturday, November 15th in the great city of Toronto at the Gladstone Hotel, I will be apart of a gallery show called…”TOUCHED BY FIRE.” It’s a show for artists with mood disorders, for I has the ADHD. Here’s a link to read more about it:

Touched by Fire Gallery Show

Wish I could go but I have a wedding to go to and I’m unable to attend. Dry. BUT, keep reading to see the piece I framed and entered.

*For all of those who want to know why there has been a lack of updates, keep reading.*

There it is, the brown thrush and MMMMH HMMM! Does it ever look good.

I have to say it’s been a while, maybe a month or two but hey…thems the breaks. I’ve been busy with work these days and haven’t really updated my site but don’t worry, I haven’t retired from doing the video blogs…don’t you worry buck-a-roo.

Things that have been keeping me busy:

• Learning to make my own frames.

Thats RIGHT, I have been. I went to a garage sale and picked up a neat-o table router and I’ve been practicing making frames myself instead of outsourcing them to be done. Too expensive around here, that and all of my family is handy in wood working so I’ve been picking their brains and reading books about archival quality materials. Really interesting to learn about actually.

• “What book would you recommend reading about framing and what not?”

Well, I dunno really. The library in my area only has the most recent books from the 1980s but hell, framing hasn’t changed that much. In regards to the process of putting a frame together. NOT the process of materials used, that has changed by leaps and bounds with all these archival acid free tapes and boards to preserve your work over 200 years.

BUT! The only book I read was by someone named “MANLY BANISTER.” Doesn’t that sound like someone you can trust? I think so.

For the artists out there reading this, I recommend going out and buying a “PH Testing Pen” It’s really worth it when buying materials and you can’t tell if it’s acid free or not. The pen reacts and turns purple if it’s acid free, but if it turns clear it means it’s really acidic.

• Working on new Material

THATS ALSO FACTUAL. When I get in these “FUNKS” so to speak…of not drawing a lot, I spent time writing and focusing on other parts of my craft that could use work. Gotta keep all my bases covered you know.

That would be everything for now. I’ll update when I update so in the mean time…check out my flickr site for more shots of my framed work AND ALSO, Head to that Gallery if you’re in the Toronto area and tell me how well the show turned out. AND JUST TO TRY OUT THE NEW FEATURES ON WORDPRESS…I made a poll. GET INVOLVED.