Yes, even HE had a 'day' job

"Your pictures would have been finished a long time ago if I were not forced every day to do something to earn money."

- Edgar Degas in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Faure, contemporary art collector, 1877.


Multiple streams of revenue = Multiple job titles/roles/hats = Busy, Busy, Busy

The Market-O-Matic (1.0) Fine Arts Version

An autogenerated tongue-in-cheek artist statement maker. Just press the button to 'crank out the crap'.

It's all too easy to get bogged down with 'statements' and 'research premises' as a by-product of the grant application process.

Distill, distill, distill ...

How to feel miserable as an artist

Source: Keri Smith

GPRC 3rd Annual Arts Symposium

GPRC's 3rd Annual Arts Symposium was held on Thursday, March 15, 2007 and I was one of four artists invited to speak at the event which took place in Grande Prairie, Alberta. There's something wonderfully crisp about northern air and how it seems to transform the sun and sky.

The theme of this year's symposium was 'Crossing Boundaries' and it was an honour to participate alongside the other artists: poet/writer, Dymphny Dronyk; kinetic sculptor, Katie Ohe; and painter/filmmaker, Ryan Sluggett.

Later, we took a tour of the historic soon-to-be expanded Prairie Art Gallery courtesy of curator, Robert Steven. [Edited 07/09/2007: Though those plans are now in doubt - 4 days later its roof collapsed.]

As well, the evening activities also afforded us the chance to spend time with local artist, Peter von Tiesenhausen, at his self-constructed home in Demmitt, AB - probably the only artist I've ever heard to have successfully copyrighted the land. An inspiring experience!