Converging Conversations

Pomegranate and... Green Pepper?

2009-09-27T19:55:00.001-07:00

Here is a pomegranate and a green pepper drawn in red. I know, I'm smarmy. These are both pretty small, more intimate pieces. I'm trying to explore more inking approaches and have been drawing a lot of my favorite fruits and vegetables lately, probably in connection with my becoming a vegetarian. This is in response to Terri's foliage type piece again.

Unknown Soldier

2009-09-27T18:03:00.001-07:00

Title: Unknown Soldier
Year: 2009
Media: Digital (Photoshop)
Size: 8x10" (Portrait)
Price: $50.00 (Framed Digital Print)

Based on Scott K's piece with the canadian soldier.

Feathers from Roxanne Wang!

2009-09-26T23:40:00.001-07:00

Red Masked Parrots and A Wood Duck from Roxanne Wang in response to all of the landscape and animal related pieces thus far!

Mountainscape

2009-09-26T23:26:00.000-07:00

From Spencer, this piece is in response to Dennis' Badlands piece. I love rocky landscapes and all of the strange geometric shapes they create.

Bought and Paid For

2009-09-26T22:55:00.000-07:00

Here's another piece from Hilary and Tyler Jenkins in response to Spencer's Cowboy pieces, influencing a unique and whimsical style.

Desert Express

2009-09-26T17:25:00.001-07:00

Title: Desert Express
Media: Digital (Photoshop)
Year: 2009
Size: 8x10" (Landscape)
Price: $50.00 (Framed Digital Print)

Inspired by Tyler & Hilary's piece.

Transport

2009-09-26T12:56:00.000-07:00

Title: Transport
Media: Digital (Photoshop)
Year: 2009
Size: 8x10" (Landscape)
Price: $50.00 (Framed Digital Print)

Based on Spencer's cowboy ink drawings.

Work from Scott K

2009-09-26T12:44:00.001-07:00

In response to Spencer's Cowboy Remembrance piece that was based on old ranch hands and farmers that died in the war, here is a war based piece of a soldier in a gas mask making their way through the toxic trenches.

In response to Karyl's starting piece, the mohawk on the helmet was reminiscent of good old Mr. T's mohawk, and thus here is this piece depicting characters from the A-Team!

Spencer's snowy piece reminded Scott of his interest in graphic novel characters and this series of pieces about the Weatherman!

And, a bit looser of a relation, Terri's piece was reminiscent of a green walk through the park, so here is an editorial based illustration of a child and his father walking through the park as the reflection in the water reveals a little bit of what the child sees.

The Bad Lands

2009-09-23T22:09:00.000-07:00

Two amazing landscape illustrations for the show from Dennis Budgen. Dennis has been a professional illustrator and instructor at the Alberta College of Art and Design for many years now.

These are both framed together in this order, one on top of the other, and the 2nd image isn't as good a quality as the first due to the reflections from the glass when I took the photo. Come see it, and all of the amazing work featured on this blog live to remedy that!

The Converging Conversations show will be on Saturday, the 3rd of October at 7PM at the Dawson Creek Art Gallery in Dawson Creek, BC!

Train Tracks

2009-09-23T21:24:00.000-07:00

A piece for the show from Hilary and Tyler Jenkins entitled "Train Tracks"

Shipwrecked.

2009-09-23T21:08:00.001-07:00

In response to Karyl's Castaway piece, here is a shipwrecked watercolor. This is about 5 x 7.

-Spencer

Hunting Boar

2009-09-22T19:15:00.000-07:00

Title: Hunting Boar
Media: Digital (Photoshop)
Year: 2009
Size: 8x10" (Landscape)
Price: $50.00 (Framed Digital Print)

Based on Spencer's boar piece. Boar makes me think of LOST, which lead to me painting a castaway hunting a boar.

Country Musician

2009-09-20T17:47:00.001-07:00

Title: Country Musician
Media: Digital (Photoshop)
Year: 2009
Size: 8x10" (Portrait)
Price: $50.00 (Framed Digital Print)

Another based on Spencer's cowboy pieces.

Tiger & Winter Landscape Feat. Elk

2009-09-20T14:44:00.000-07:00

Another couple done this weekend...

Title: Tiger
Media: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2009
Size: 9x12" (Landscape)
Price: $80.00

This one based on Spencer's sandpaper tiger.

Title: Winter Landscape Feat. Elk
Media: Digital (Photoshop)
Year: 2009
Size: 8x10" (Portrait)
Price: $50.00 (Framed Digital Print)

This one is based on Spencer's snowy ink drawing.

Wolfie Goodness

2009-09-18T22:40:00.000-07:00

Title: Wolfie Goodness (Hypno-Wolf)
Media: Digital (Photoshop)
Year: 2009
Size: 8x10" (Portrait)
Price: $50.00 (Framed Digital Print)

Based on Spencer's ink drawing of a snarling wolf.

Latest Batch From Karyl

2009-09-18T19:09:00.000-07:00

Title: Character Design #1
Media: Oil on Canvas
Size: 9x12" (Portrait)
Year: 2009
Price: $80.00

A character based on Terri's tree piece.

Title: Tree At The End Of The World
Media: Oil on Masonite
Year: 2009
Size: 11x14" (Portrait)
Price: $150.00

Another one based on Terri's Tree piece.

Title: Dead Eye
Media: Oil on Masonite
Year: 2009
Size: 11x14" (Landscape)
Price: $125.00

A piece based on Spencer's western illustrations.

Title: Patrolling Outpost 12
Media: Oil on Masonite
Year: 2009
Size: 11x14" (Portrait)
Price: $125.00

Based on Terri's recent greyscale abstract piece.

Tiger eyes

2009-09-14T20:10:00.001-07:00

Based on Terri's latest piece, all I could think of was a Tiger peering through the greenery!And this little guy reminded me of Karyl's piece from a while ago.
And this last one was inspired in the same way as the Tiger piece off of Terri's greenery one. All of these are framed in IKEA frames. The tiger in an orange one, and the other two in black ones. Also, the tiger is ink on sandpaper.

2009-08-27T15:00:00.000-07:00

Sorry this image is small, but it was either small or overly gigantic. Anyway, Spencer's snowy piece reminded me of this water reflection silkscreen I created.

Reaction to Terri's latest piece

2009-08-22T20:30:00.001-07:00

The tones in Terri's piece reminded me of snow, and thus here is a snowy piece! This is tiny, and framed in a small IKEA black frame.

Reaction to Spencer's latest piece

2009-08-12T15:09:00.000-07:00

For whatever reason I could not change the orientation of this picture. It is suppose to be viewed horizontally... sorry everyone, but you'll have to use your imaginations.

Spencer's abstract segmented drawings reminded me of this painting I did a few months back, which is a segment of a picture and follows the same long and narrow landscape shape as his drawings, as well is also rather abstract.

Terri Le Gear's starting piece + ones that followed it

2009-07-30T20:26:00.000-07:00

Here is Terri Le Gear's starting pieces for the show (a tryptich) and the ones that followed it:

From Karyl:

Title: Reunion
Media: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2008
Size: 18x24" (Landscape)
Price: $275.00

Terri's triptych reminded me of brains, so I made a piece about a human man's brain being put into a robot... who then reunites with his significant other.

From Spencer Goldade:

"Despite how visceral Terri's pieces were, they reminded me of mountainscapes for some reason, so I made this..."

In reply to the mountainscape, Karyl Gilbertson created the following:

"Based on Spenny's landscape, I created a portrait of a character that might live there..."

Title: Desert Girl
Media: Digital (Photoshop)
Year: 2009
Size: 8x10" (Portrait)
Price: $50.00 (Framed Digital Print)

Based on the girl, and the mountainscape, Spencer created a black and white catacomb piece:

Based on the catacombs by Spencer, Karyl created this piece:

Title: Horse Demon
Media: Digital (Photoshop)
Year: 2009
Size: 8x10" (Landscape)
Price: $50.00 (Framed Digital Print)

And, although it was a demonic looking horse in Karyl's last piece, it reminded Spencer of the wild west and he created these four black and white pieces:

Karyl Gilbertson's starting piece "Spartan Still Life"

2009-07-30T20:25:00.000-07:00

Here is Karyl Gilbertson's starting piece for the show:

Title: Spartan Still Life
Media: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2008
Size: 16x20" (Landscape)
Price: $225.00

Spencer's Starting Piece + those that it inspired thus far

2009-07-30T20:14:00.000-07:00

Hello,

This blog will serve as a digital showcase and copy to many of the pieces to be shown in the Converging Conversations October 2009 show.

To begin, here is the piece I created and the pieces thus far that other people created after viewing it:

My piece:
Cowboy Remembrance
A piece remembering cowboys and ranch hands that fought in the war

piece that came afterward, by Karyl Gilbertson:

Title: At The End Of The Labyrinth

Media: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2008
Size: 16x20" (Portrait)
Price: $225.00

The Skinny

2009-07-30T20:02:00.000-07:00

The show is called Converging Conversations and its slated for October 3rd to November 8th, at the Dawson Creek Art Gallery.

Everything in the show is based upon something else in the show. Everyone involved makes one starting artwork that has a strong conceptual or story base, and every subsequent artwork after that is based on any of those original series of pieces. We need between 40 and 60, and its going to be fun and interesting!

Quoted from the DC Art Gallery Website:

"Everything influences everything else; every story is inspired by another story, every effect has its cause. Spencer Goldade has invited fellow artists to feed directly off that concept. Each artist will create one initial piece for this exhibit, strongly based in concept and narrative. All of the artists will then only create works that use each other's beginning pieces as a starting point. They are open to take the concept presented by their colleague and completely stretch it, even taking it in an entirely different direction. When the path they've taken isn't necessarily clear, artists will provide a short description or rationale outlining what they thought of the original piece and how it inspired them to create the final work. All the artists will be encouraged to explore different mediums to express their ideas. Perhaps a poem or a sculpture will inspire an artist to create a painting, or vice versa."