attended the ottawa school of art fundraiser j’adart! last night at the karsh-masson gallery
met some lovely osa instructors
won a basket of candy in the silent auction
dinner for a week!!
and for a good cause
bathtub lady was fun also
…but i couldn’t stay long. had a hockey game to watch. (good work boys. go sens go!)
heARTbeatgal
long island city – oil and collage 14″ x 11″
on my next visit to NY there will be a stop at MoMA PS1 in long island city
until i get there this will have to do
…must get there soon
heARTbeatgal
egon needed another lady
a medium-sized miss for the series
for an upcoming show
egon’s miss – collage, mixed media 18″ x 24″
heARTbeatgal
thirty days after nuit blanche ottawa 2012
the sticks have been wandering…
i am utterly delighted when a snap rolls in
and adore the humour most have
i knew the message would be positive
fingers crossed for more
thinking already of my next public collaboration
fun
heARTbeatgal
click here to see all of the snaps thus far
ten days
they are finished and all dressed
ready to set off on their journeys
for the eight days to come, i will introduce each of our “walk with me” #NBO12 sticks
i am excited for the start of their adventure
the concept has lived in me for some time now
the intention of the project is to allow the night to shape a collaborative inter-active piece in celebration of connectedness, both within ourselves and with those among us. inviting others to actively collaborate taps into the energy of what is most beautiful in life, self-love, connection, self-expression, fun, creation, community
join the flickr group to follow the action starting during Nuit Blanche Ottawa september 22
the group is the canvas for the project. as photos of the journeys are uploaded and shared, the snaps will start to paint a, some, picture
watch the collage take shape
(she hopes! fingers crossed!)
i wonder where we will go?
heARTbeatgal
not so long ago, the postman delivered a package of scraps from australia
for my part in collage artist Joel Lambeth’s collaborative project “carry the one” i turn to my ladies
using only the bits of paper supplied (and a smidgen of paint) on the tiny canvas
my nudes have become a series (…with three more pieces on the way)
scraps of paper from around the world, this time it is Edgar for whom i bow deeply
la petite d’edgar – collage and acrylic 5″x 7″
after the bath – Edgar Degas
now off to the post office to mail the piece back to australia
travel well, doll
best of luck Joel!
thank you for the collaboration
heARTbeatgal
while in montreal on saturday i stole this snap at the Tom Wesselmann retrospective at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
(i later learned that photos were allowed. ha!)
Tom Wesselmann Smoker No. 1, on show at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
the show is a good one
his early work spoke loudly to me
starting with collage then moving to the female nude
with nods to the greats
i feel a kindred spirit
his later steel-cut work is impressive, but i like the nudes
i found great, yet subtle, humour throughout
the documentation accompanying the art was also of great interest to me
i take to pop art one artist at a time
my gratitude to Mr. Wesselmann for his body of work and the inspiration it provided
heARTbeatgal
collaborative project for the upcoming Nuit Blanche Ottawa 2012
artist Robert Brazeau’s tableaux
” enter the most decadent era of the 20th century – the 1920’s.
new york, paris, chicago
the dandies, the independently wealthy , the artists of their age
a decade of aesthetics, social debauchery, excess ”
” the style, the characters and the ambiance are to be re-created, not observed
experienced, not observed”
during NBO12, visual artist and photographer Robert Brazeau will, through his lens, capture a 21st century response to this magnificent era and environment
heARTbeatgal and illustrator/cartoonist/orator Otis P Gould III hope to add to the authenticity, as characters to be found in the speakeasy crowd
professional models and enthusiasts of the period Lola Lovestory, Derek Ruston and Marley Lewington will bring their interpretation of the style, glamour and attitude of the era
the experiment completes as Social’s customers and NBO12 participants are lured into the environment, encouraged to release their inhibitions, immerse themselves in the experience of the often excessive and artistic social culture of the 1920’s
hBg is making a call to the universe, and more specifically those with a fetish for the era, to come collaborate with us the evening of September 22, 2012 at Social restaurant
it’s gonna be fuuun!
hGb
p.s. come visit me in Minto Park on Elgin this Saturday 9-5 for the Urban Art Show
TheheARTbeatgal 