Bircolage, Collage, Constructivism

Bringing objects, materials, and ideas together is a driving force in my artistic endeavors. Many of these works started out as simple smears of paint on a scrap of paper, or were images or stencils left over from the creation of large, time consuming paintings. Some ideas come together quickly, other lay about in pieces for weeks, months, even years before their companion is found and the work comes together. Each process brings about its own joy as creator. While in the same vein, I have separated this collection into Mixed Media and Collage.

Variations in Landscape, SATELLiTE Project Space, July 17-27, 2024

I am a self-described Bricoleur working in the London Regionalist Tradition, where with over 32 years of professional creativity, this exhibit – Variations in Landscape – explores and pays homage to that history while continuing to move my artistry forward.

In this, I am applying a critical lens to the language and iconography around a signifier – the Canadian Landscape. By deconstructing those signified concepts, I am challenging viewers notion of contemporary social constructions around our understanding of Landscape in all its iterations consistent with my artistry. Additionally, from this investigation a number of palette paintings – created from the left-over paint of these more major works, having become a critical component of my practice – will form a part of this exploration.

The exhibit is accompanied by a critical essay with the focus on provenance and originality. In this case, ‘landscape’ – its history, methodology, and critical understanding, while placing myself and my artwork amongst the history of art making in London, Ontario, Canada. I explore that history through my current practice by applying a critical lens to both my practice and the language and iconography around the Canadian Landscape.

This critical essay draws that historical line from Homer Watson, through the Group of Seven, to the London Regionalists, to finally myself – the next in the lineage of London’s Regionalism as its champion and current purveyor – developing my own form of London’s Regionalism while moving this dialogue forward. This exhibition is the summary of that investigation. The essay will be published in a forthcoming catalogue (2026). The following artworks were included in the exhibition: