- Akimblog Hamilton now online
After what feels like a long absence, I had a great time getting back into Akimblog with another Hamilton report that has now been posted for your reading pleasure. Included in this month’s round-up are quite a few stand-outs from James North this month - Jeff Nye at Hamilton Artists Inc., From the Ground Up […]
- The Fisher King & Other Mythologies at Gallery on 4
After a crunch-tastic holiday season and some fantastic high-speed framing from the good people at Earls Court Gallery (seriously Bob, I owe you one), I’m pleased to report that The Fisher King & Other Mythologies is now installed for your viewing pleasure at the Hamilton Public Library’s Gallery on 4. After the past several years […]
- ‘A Vanishing of Bees’ at upArt Contemporary Art Fair
Obviously, blogging has not happened around here with anything like my old-time regularity, but at least this time I’m packing a double-barrelled shotgun’s worth of excuses. In addition to the usual demands of the day (and often night) job, I have been investing all free time possible in the studio preparing for my installation at […]
- Idle hands and other essays
I won’t be writing a review of this month’s James North Art Crawl as per my usual practice for the simple reason that I wasn’t in attendance at last Friday’s event. Between the combination of exhibitions being carried over from March and others for which I have already attended openings in the weeks since then, […]
- James North Art Crawl: February
I’m tempted to apologize for the lateness of this month’s James North Art Crawl post, but the larger part of me - the part that believes form should follow content hooking up with the part of me made of spite - can’t help but find it fitting that my sluggish pace of blogging follows upon […]
- James North Art Crawl: January
Considering that I was unable to review the last three Art Crawls, I can thoroughly sympathize with the spirit of hibernation that seemed to prevail during this month’s iteration of what is now a fully established fact of the Hamilton art scene. Perhaps that over-familiar routine is breeding complacent content and fatigue; more likely, my […]
- Top Five Hamilton Hits of 2010
As I’ve done now for the past two years, I’m taking advantage of the lull afforded by the end of the holiday season and a lingering cold to reflect back upon the best of what Hamilton’s art scene had to offer in 2010.
While tracing back through the year’s exhibitions and events, I was gratified to […]
- The Beard
While I was taking an afternoon tea break and reading new Art21 Guest Blogger Victoria Gannon’s introductory post from California, I had something of a mental stutter when my steady downward scroll hit upon this image in the writer’s survey of soon-to-be-featured artists.
Gina Tuzzi, Silver and Gold (2000), 2009. Acrylic on paper. (Source: art21.org)
It’s spectacular […]
- An Early Winter
Unnaturally dense fogs last Friday night prevented me from taking my usual tour of the James North Art Crawl, which has made the task of catching up on new exhibitions along the street a matter of small measures between much-needed hours in the studio. Thankfully, one of the more irregular installations for this month’s Crawl […]
- New works added to Visual Portfolio
While the work itself remains in transit limbo from Hamilton to Leeds, I’ve taken a moment to add the drawings that will be featured in my exhibition at the Leeds College of Art & Design to the Visual Portfolio portion of this website.
The Delights of Porcelain, from Age of Enlightenment, 2009-2010. Watercolour pencil on book […]
