Becoming Inspired: New Art

Monday, February 18, 2008

For friends...

On Sunday I spent 9 hours at a friend's place painting this mural on their two-year-old son's bedroom wall. They're expecting a second child in a few months and their son is moving into this room to make way for the new addition. The boy loves Thomas the Tank Engine and wanted this for his room, and with my painting experience and having also painted a mural for my own children's bedroom I was confident I could get the job done.

Amber, the boy's mother, helped me with the mural and we worked well together as a team. Though it was a lot of work and I was quite tired at the end of it all, it was very enjoyable and very satisfying.

I realise what an awesome gift I was able to give them and their son, because there will be years of enjoyment that they will get from the mural. It's amazing how a gift that took nine hours to give can create such a lasting enjoyment.

Those are the gifts that have tremendous value. What's interesting is that is cost me nothing, yet it has a lot more value than any gift we have given them or their son.

Time is valuable, when we value it. When we can do good things with our time and give our time to others we can have a huge effect on them.

What is also interesting is the positive feeling I now have from creating this for them, and the strengthening of our friendship as a result.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Exhibited.

Today, some of my artwork went on display at the Second Cup cafe on 10th Street in the trendy neighbourhood of Kensington in Calgary's inner city. This is exciting because it's the first time I've been displayed at the Second Cup and it has a high traffic count. The works will be up for a month, and I hope to be displayed there in the future as well.

Prices for the works on display are as follows:

Puzzle Pieces (2 x 36"x48") Acrylic on canvas $1495
Skewed Landscape (24"x36") Acrylic on canvas $450
The Kiss (24"x36") Acrylic on canvas $450
The Hand of God (24"x36") Acrylic on canvas $450
Morning Sunrise (24"x36") Mixed media on canvas $550
The Sun and the Tree (24"x36") Acrylic with varnish on canvas $495

Depending on sales, the display will change over the month.

Sunday, September 09, 2007

The Hand That Feeds Us

I've noticed a theme starting to emerge with some of my paintings. This is the fifth painting I have completed that depicts a hand, and I've painted a few with the theme of the environment.

This is a picture of the "Hand That Feeds Us" - the Earth. Within this Earth there are many riches, and the helping hand is always out there for us, but we are chopping it off one small piece at a time, not realizing that we are irreversibly making drastic changes.