Hello friends! Its been a minute since I blogged. I recently completed a degree in Fine Arts (art history stream) which has taken up most of my spare time. Although I haven’t created as much as I would have liked, I did manage to pull off a successful mini release of winter silhouette watercolours and sold over 25 paintings. I consider that a win!
These days I am just regrouping to embark on some really exciting projects/collabs which you will get some teasers about in the next few weeks and months. I’m looking forward to new challenges. One thing I didn’t get around to posting much about on here was the mural project I completed last August (2020) downtown North Bay and a three part watercolour techniques course I facilitated for Art Fix North Bay in January. I’ll chat about the watercolour course in a separate blog because it really deserves its own post.
Ok, let’s chat about the mural project which was such a wonderful experience. Thanks to Rod Bilz at Remedy Developments and Jaymie Lathem at Creative Industries for the opportunity to work on a 220 sq ft mural to be installed downtown North Bay this summer (2021). As soon as I found out I won the RFP for the 7 panel mural I got straight to work. The inspiration for this piece was easy to nail down - North Bay is a cold place for 6 months of the year and often we are looking to escape south for some warmth. I wanted to create a mural that was a warm and tropical desert oasis, so that’s exactly what I painted. I worked with warm oranges, corals and greens. Like most of my work, I picked 5 to 10 colours to work with, including black and white. I absolutely love how the mural turned out. I went in with a loose idea of composition and feel it surpassed my expectations. I have posted a photo of the mural in my portfolio tab on the website.
Lucky for me my friend Isaac Paul was around and came to shoot some pictures and a video in the first week of the project. He’s an amazing photographer and videographer so check out his work by clicking on the photo below. I hope you all get downtown to check it out when it is ready for viewing. It will be located in the alleyway behind the parking garage downtown off McInyre St. Best of all you can shop at all your fave downtown locations at the same time since its in the heart of this special little city.
Thanks for following along on my website and reading the blog. I really appreciate everyone’s support. Take care of yourselves.
B
Photography by Isaac Paul Images