My friend Andrew Chin documented the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival last week in Whistler. One of the events was State of the Art, a big art show at the Whistler Conference Center. I did a live painting performance on Friday, April 20. This painting was auctioned off this past weekend and raised over $400 for charity :) I'm stoked to hear that result!

My current project is the creation of 100 pieces of sushi to be exhibited at the Yaletown Roundhouse Community Center on May 16, for one day/night only here in Vancouver. I'm really excited now that a number of these are complete. I've still got about 80 to do but I'm making them fast, and can't wait to see them all on display in a big grid!

Here are the first 14 finished pieces:

New Sushi Painting Series

I am participating in a group show at the Roundhouse Community Centre on May 16. My concept for the piece is 100 small paintings of sushi, each one 6” x 6”, laid out in a 10x10 grid. I have made these paintings previously and I enjoyed them, so I am really stoked about making this many of them.

I work in batches. This is the initial ink drawings for the first 10. I will paint these together, then finish them together, and move on to the next set. I will be scanning them and posting an in-progress grid as the work progresses!

I plan to sell the panels individually for $20 a piece. 

Some New Pieces in Progress

I have an upcoming show at a coffee shop in my neck of the woods (Kitsilano, Vancouver) starting next month. Actually, I have several shows happening soon. This is the first though.

It's a more casual show, and I've been experimenting with my technique a lot and creating lots of bright pieces with acrylics. The colours are really coming through and I'm liking them more than with oils.

Here are the pieces, in progress (they're all at least half done):

I'll be participating in this group show at Gallery Fukai next month, some amazing talent going in there: http://ping.fm/SCixG

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Step by Step Process for Loxodonta Africana

So last night was my opening at Lut. The show was a huge success, there was easily over 100 people that came through the doors. It was very packed at one point!!

Since the response to my newest piece Loxodonta Africana was so big, I figured I'd compile all of the in progress pictures that I took while making him at the studio and post them in order. Some are fuzzy, straight from my phone.

He was, by far, the majority favourite at the show. Only a couple of people noted other pieces as their faves instead of him :)