Video Work From 2005 to 2006:

What Defines Greatness
[2005]
Video, 7:15, Colour

Working from a statement by Friedrich Nietzsche that to be great you must be willing to inflict great pain and suffering, and rifting on the idea of the Übermensch; this video presents a heavily altered looping 1930’s cartoon of Superman being pummeled by a laser beam. Sound by Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline.








Sort of like a distilled and hushed version of all the landscape painting Gerhard Richter has done to date….
[2006]
Video, 3:16, Colour

As the title dictates this work is an ironic and meaningful approximation of Gerhard Richter’s landscape works. This work plays off found footage of a small stereotyped German town surrounded by forests. As music swells and the camera moves over the land the image gets progressively blurrier.

Video Work From 2003 to 2004:

     I have recently started a Vimeo account to make available to view some of my video and film work. Here are a sampling of works I made between 2003 and 2004. Others will be posted soon. Enjoy.  




Man/Machine 
[2003]
Video, 5:14, Colour


Using the German electronic band Kraftwerk’s song with the same title as a conceptual starting point this work presents the viewer with close up shots of moving parts of a bike in motion gliding in and out of street lamps during the night on the city of Winnipeg’s residential streets. This video is the first video work I consider part of my artistic practice (mature ?).





City of the Future
[2004]
Video, 6:20, Colour

This single channel video is an attempt at showing an abstraction of urban space. Utilizing atmospheric shots in and around the city of Winnipeg this work aspires to an ideal set by Jack Chambers in his 1970 film “The Hart of London”. Soundtrack is provided by Winnipeg based electronic artist 3x3is9.




It’s Terrible to be a Painter
[2004]
Video, 4:55, Colour

Showing the playback of a rewinding episode of a Bob Ross painting programme this video attempts at a dissection of the medium of video, and takes a melancholic view of the act of painting. Shot in one take.

Paintings 2011 Part 2:

It is enough for me to be truly wretched to have a right to your kindness (The Plow that broke the Plains), oil on wood panel, 48 x 60 inches, 2011

Giles Corey, oil on canvas, 28 x 30 inches, 2011

A Condemned Man's Neck, oil on wood panel, 28 x 30 inches, 2011

Plantation (second version), oil on wood panel, 42 x 42 inches, 2011.

Masala Mixer 2012

I have donated a recent paintng to the Masala Mixer's silent art auction, which is a fundraiser in honour of the Victoria General Hospital's Buhler Cancer Centre. The Masala Mixer is a yearly event sponsored by the East India Company restaurants. They have raised over $60,000 to date and donate 100% of their proceeds to charities across Manitoba, past charities have been the Alzheimer's society of Manitoba and currently the Victoria General Foundation.

If you are interested in owning this (see below) painting and helping a worthy charity, please go to the Masala Mixer's main page and look into purchasing tickets for this coming friday (March 2nd, 2012). At the close of this post I will include the where and when.
   

The Girl from an Old Photograph,  oil on canvas ,20x24 inches.

Event Details:

Masala Mixer VI - Soiree Through the Spice Route
349 York Ave
8:30 PM March 2nd 2012
$30 per ticket
100% proceeds to Victoria General foundation