holy wow - things are a-poppin' around here!

i am happy to announce that i am the new art curator at the manx pub - i am thrilled to bits to have this opportunity to learn and organize and immerse myself yet again in more art. i've just helped to take down the art show of shannon armishaw. get a load of her work - precious (in the good way) and melancholic.  the theme of these particular works is paris;  she incorporates photo-transferred images and painted impressions of parisian buildings and layers them with mylar sketches and lace inserts. they are canvasses, shadow boxes and smaller vintage-framed pieces - a real mix of media unified by rosy colours and loose, hazy brush-strokes.

'Changed Shape and Fragmented' by shannon armishaw

'The Buildings Bright' by shannon armishaw

'Shape Shifted in the City' by shannon armishaw

'The Secrets Made It Easy' by shannon armishaw

paris was obviously the epicentre of some awakening and herein she pays tribute to this event, asking us to fill in our own blanks. look at the palette! amazing.

i am anxious to see shannon's past works, a series of portraits, in person. again she layers the paint and texture with mylar and custom-made shadow boxes.  check out her site! shannonarmishaw.wordpress.com

the way i do it is just the way i do it

2011.
it's going to take at least a month before i figure out how to replace that last zero with an extra one.
so much potential for this one, really feeling that amazing 'snakes in the belly' sensation that might be a blend of anxiety, hope, excitement and joy.
oh, what is to come?

we spent much of the holidays with my best little boy and he brought me so much focus - inspiring me to just sink into my deep maternal love (never thought i had it) and forget all other incidentals, all the weird niggly stuff that gets normally under my skin. he's still at a precious age whereby he can still hang with his mama and isn't too cool to cuddle and hold hands. for this i am grateful.
i see the signs of time passing (the boy's increasing shoe sizes, ever more of my silver hairs, josh's creaking bones) but i don't feel it whizzing by.
is it inattention on my part or is it just that i am here now, in the moment?

2011: release more baggage, stuff that i carry around that is no longer useful to me and try to replace it with new treasures that will allow for more calm, more balance, more now.


i'm building a still, to slow down the time

cyclelogik   my favourite bikeshop (and where i cut my teeth in the world of small business) is having another christmas art show!  should be a time - the past few have been doozies;  art, music, libations and laughs.

it was at this event two years back that i first showed my art!  this year my pal, matt ouimet will be performing live with his Super Awesome Club; it's funk and it's funky.  there will also be more musical surprises and amazing art on the walls.  hope i see many folks there.  give art for christmas - show everyone the love!

here are the details:


WHEN
December 3rd, 2010 @ 8PM

FEATURING
Over 40 artists
Food by Essence Catering
Tunes by MR//GREG and Super Awesome Club
 
SPONSORED BY
Mark LaFontaine of RE/MAX
Beau's All Natural Brewing Company

cyclelogik:  a grand place for a party!

cyclelogik boys in full effect:  ian and trae

super awesome club in full effect: steve and matt

cyclelogik in full effect:  alistair

cyclelogik in full effect:  justin

sometimes in life you are presented with special people who are just so clever and warm and radiant and lovely that it's worth trudging through all the other folks who show their dark shadows.  my dear friend, jennnifer cavanagh or jennycav as we call her is one of those such women.

 she is saucy and spicy, one whose mere presence makes me feel smarter and happier. 
sadly, she lives in london, england so i don't get so see her very often.  but luckily for us, she has a website where we can read her musings on art, events, music and gastronomie in ol' london town - from a fantastic canadian ex-pat perspective.

www.jennycavanagh.com

READ her!  please and thank you.
 

i wish i could go to lady samurai school.

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