UVic December exhibition/auction

Thanks to everyone who came out. I know it was kind an Inconveniant time to come for many of you. Unfortunetly the overall numbers weren't as great as they could have been due to the time of year VASA choose to put on an exhibition. The effort was there though. The food was good, the music thank to Magda [sic] was great. The auctioneer was hilarious. I forget what his name was, but he looked like a more pimpin version of Daddy Warbucks. Thanks to mostly family and friends five out of the seven paintings i contributed were sold.

^ a different version of this painting of my grandfather, John Eden Andrews was sold at the auction.

my tribute (image on the left) to Rene Magritte (image on the right). a truly amusing artist. liked visual tricks and puns. definetly had more fun than many of the other surrealists who took themselves so seriously. he was a belgian too, if i'm not mistaken.

the feutus/ ultrasound as christmas image? Kingsly and I are going to display some sort of ultrasound shot for the Place probably this week. It'll be interesting to see how it is recieved. The Advent theme this week is love, so i think it's an appropriate fit. I don't know if we'll use this specific image. This is a painting i did for a silent auction fundraiser a few years ago for a pregnancy center.

"Officer beat down" an old classic. Strangly popular at Adam and Brysons art show parties.

Vriksaka Yaksis, one of the paintings in the UVic december exhibition/auction. A Yaksis is a nature diety. Vriksaka is a tree goddess. This image with clay, dung, acrylic, and rice paste on canvas is an interpretation based on a 12 CE statue from India. This painting got its first bid thanks to Scot and Laura Wood. Thanks guys.

a painting i did as a final project for my Indigenous studies 371 class. each of these four people represent different areas in which Aboriginal people are revitalizing their cultures and ways of learning. left to right: Margerat Cook (Namgis Kwak'Waka Wakw) linguistics, George Littlechild (Northern Cree) artist, Lorna Williams (Lil'wat) educator, Richard Oakes (Mohawk Akwasasne) activist. The women on the far left was known to me as Ada or in Kwak'wala "mother". She was the first grandmother figure in my life as a small child. She also helped revitalize the Kwak'wala language in Alert bay (Namgis territory).
It's not my best work, or should i say i'm not completly satisfied with it. But it has grown on me over the last couple of weeks....

UVic December Exhibition

"A Black Tie Fine Art Auction and Fundraiser"
December 11-16th 12:00-4:00pm is the exhibition viewing, silent bids, and pre-sales
December 16th 7:00-9:30pm is the official opening (with food and booze!). free admission.
and then at 8:00pm the Live Auction starts....

This show is going to make or break VASA's (the Visual arts students assoc.) ablility to put on more exhibitions as a fundraising strategy. It'll be interesting to see how this all unfolds over the next few days. I put seven pieces in the show. It's good because there is a 50/50 split of the profits for each work sold between VASA and the individual artist. I'm hoping to generate some funds as the end of the year is always so tight for cash.... Like i said we'll see how things unfold....

Here is a project i, and a group of tent-setter-uppers did for Nehemiah 8 on Nov 12 at the Place. The first photo comes care of the sharp eye of James Kinglsey.

I'm calling it "hybrid perspectives" for now. It's part of my Anglo-Indian series that i've been developing for school this semester. The premise behind this work is to try and create a mythology based on my Anglo-Indian family history.
For thoses confused, an Anglo-Indian is India's equivilant to the Metis in Canada. We are a community of people derived from European and Indian roots. We are officially recognized as a distinct ethnic group in the Indian Constitution. This work aims at creating a visual language that can portray aspects of Anglo-Indians identity. Hopefully it can also touch on personal, familial, or social issues of hybrid or mestizo peoples... We'll have to see how it evolves throughout the year. Who knows I may change it around completey in a few months. I'm still hammering out these ideas....

below: a telegraph rangoli, and banyan grove

From which we fly, adrift in migratory dreams,
our thoughts flowing like seasonal rhythms.