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Grumpy hyena-type kitty creature drawn by an anonymous internet user... (yay!)
I like Sketch Swap a lot better than TV and also quite a bit better than most art shows. (Thank you Rob). Once your drawing is complete you don't get to see it again, which is infuriating and weirdly addictive and says something about art and narcissism. And its freeing too, I've done about 30 sketches so far, and I loved them all. You deposit your sketch, and then you get to watch somebody else's art appear before your eyes. The lines of the drawings show up in the order that they were made, so you get to really see how people draw, which is fascinating, even (or especially) when its just yet another giant eyeball (complete with veins!) (cool).
two good art shows coming up in Toronto...
Sandra Rechico Road Maps
akau
September 9 to October 14, 2006
Opening Friday September 8, 7:00 pm
1186 Queen Street West, Toronto, between the Drake
and Gladstone Hotels, entrance on Northcote Avenue
and...
Libby Hague Martian Odyssey: Home away from home
Loop
September 9-30, 2006
Opening Saturday September 9, 2:00-5:00 pm
1174 Queen Street West, Toronto, (East of Dufferin)
Karl Mattson is one of the artists we met in the Muskwa-Kechika. On our way we got to see this sculpture he made that is installed at mile zero of the Alaska Highway in Dawson Creek. The Dawson Creek website has a funky Flash animation spinning 360° around the metal surveyor dude.
The Muskwa-Kechika Artist Exploration Camp was incredible. I have lots of images, but I'm not ready to show them here, cause I'm brewing up art projects and its all raw material. We saw a lot of mountains. We saw caribou, moose, osprey, a tree that was rubbed smooth by a wolverine, loons, and a forest fire burn. We saw alpine meadows and muskeg and rivers and lakes. The people were smart and engaged and interesting and we had good conversations about war, wilderness, and art. Once we've all had some time, I will put up a page with images and comments from the group.
We met this little doggie on our trip. His name is Buddy and he's pretty blind and deaf. Sometimes he falls into fence post holes and Tante Nettie has to go into the meadow and rescue him. She wouldn't let us bring Buddy home for L.M., but she did let us take his picture.
This is my last post, Sally returns on Monday, and I am going to be very busy house-training the adorable baby panda with the soulful eyes that she & GVB are bringing for me from the wilds of Northern B.C.
(and I don't need to know how they managed to separate it from the momma panda ...I don't really see that as MY moral problem)
Another thing I'll find unacceptable is if they try to fob off some stupid polar bear cub on me by painting black circles around its eyes. That is total bullshit! I will be able to tell the difference!
(I'll still be in the comment section, changing the subject or making inane responses to whatever Sally happens to post)
b/t/w a special shout-out to Sandra Rechico who sent me a new flower puppy everyday so that I could learn about death, but quite frankly, the quality has been slipping lately.
