PORTRAIT

I have a portrait up at work. My understanding is that it will be up there
for a month. So I guess it will be up for October. It's of Andrew who is
the most recent recipient of the Superperson Of The Month award.

375 University Ave.
M5G 2J5
416 598 4818

It's been up for a week already so I probably won't get an official
opening with snacks and all that but I'm opening the store tommorrow
so that's some kind of opening. If you happen to check it out, bring
me a snack, I'm usually pretty hungry at work.

live N pro$per

-L.

Charity Art Auction I'm In

These are the two pieces you can get for donating your
$$$$$$ to the Centre For Addiction And Mental Health:

Coffee & Donuts:



Flakes:



It's a win-win situation.

THE CARTMICHAEL

Artmichael Gallery's Nuit Blanche
Equinox Harvest Dance was a smash.
Show included work by represented
artists including a ground breaking
performance piece by the illustrious
John Barry of himself sleeping on his
couch. Unfourtunately I left before that
so I didn't get a good a picture of it. But
in my opinion the show stopper was
the Cartmichael (also by John Barry)
shown here:








Work by Brent Loftus:



Artmichael Gallery cheques to be prizes:



The gallery's kitchen:

Clover Patch

When I was 8 I found a four leaf clover with my mom in our

backyard. I've been feeling pretty lucky since then. I also

included my buddy Jim in the painting. He's the leprechaun

wearing the sunglasses and playing the harmonica. He also

often goes on and on about his Irish ancestry so I thought

it suiting.

STUFF

Today was a kickass day because after I got off
work my # 1 patron took me out for
dumplings. MMMMMMMMMmmmmm.
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One beef I have about my own blog is that
although there is a lot of art on it, there's not as
much STUFF which is confusing because it's titled,
"art AND STUFF." So here's some stuff I dug up:
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I've been reading this book my brother lent
me on the history of color. It's about where
color's come from, before people could go
and walk out to the local art store to buy them.
Ultramarine blue is dug up from stones from
Afghanistan, and ochre is from the rocky cliffs
of Australia. It also tells the stories of people
who have gone through great lengths of
preserverance and scandoulous times JUST to
get their grubby hands on a particular color
and everything that it represents.

Like Red:
Red comes from these beetle-like bugs
called cochineals. Although my favorite
color often changes, my first true love was
the red of raw beef and my love for it will
forever remain unchanged. Because all my
love for the other colors stem from the first.

This is my beloved book:



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Also I found this pretty spider web on my kitchen
sill a couple days ago. It's beeautiful:

Queen West Art Crawl

Hello folks. Autumn's on the horizon and I'll
be hauling my newest and greatest to the show.
Hope to see you there.
Rain or shine.

Peace be with you.