Entries by Dave

perky smear

you gotta love this guy for sheer unflappable positivity! put into the same position, i can’t guarantee i wouldn’t let my ears droop a little.

yay, Charlotte!

HEY HEY! i’m going to HeroesCon in Charlotte NC this weekend! you gotta come say hi! i’m at table AA 515!

MAYFAIR THEATRE!!

Ottawa’s great Mayfair Theatre is celebrating it’s 80th birthday!! …and now that distributors aren’t shipping film prints anymore, the Mayfair needs to score a $55K digital projector!! so as part of their fundraising initiatives, i’ve contributed two signed books to be auctioned off. both the kid’s “Bagel’s Lucky Hat”, and the grown-up “Bent” have fold-out […]

Peering Over/Looking Back, pt 8 (final).

ah, that last day. just reaping the rewards of all those days and days of figuring and hair-pulling. validation that you DID know what you were doing after all. during the whole process i do my best to keep the well-defined things somewhat obscure, and to keep the diffuse, ill-defined things readable and palpable. it’s […]

Peering Over/Looking Back, pt 7.

here are a couple of shots that were taken during several of the final days on “Peering”. things got a little too dense and saturated -as they often do- so i obscured/lightened quite a few things with some semi-opaque glazes and opaque marks. it’s always good to unsettle areas that are too precious and defined– […]

SIMON SAYS!

this is Simon. he is our neighbour. Simon’s mission is to ensure that there are plenty of British things on the street; him, his accent, the beer he drinks, the bands whose shirts he wears, the cars he buys/re-conditions/drives. CRIKEY, Simon, well done! my boy the 9 yr old rebel! (mama disapproves, but really– kinda […]