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| In my ideal world, I will have a factory of my own construction, in which my studio would reside and my works would grow and multiply... |
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| In my ideal world, I will have a factory of my own construction, in which my studio would reside and my works would grow and multiply... |
Anger | Showings: 1- September 2003: Mainly acrylic paintings and a few multimedia sculptures. (no pics currently available.) 10% sold. Excellent showing and amazing feedback. 2- September 2007: One-man, one-day show in private gallery. All Ceramic sculptures. 50% sold... Feedback was cautious and kind... mostly from family and friends. 3- September 14th, 2008: 8th Annual Fall for Art Show: I was invited to join an exclusive group of Canadian Artists at a one-day outdoor showing. Turnout and sales were poor, mainly due to terrible weather that day. Feedback was extraordinary. I learned a valuable lesson about setting and the downside of showing too many pieces at one time. Potential upcoming: November 2008: All under $100 show on old port of Montreal, September 2009: The 9th Annual Fall for Art show. Pre-invitation issued. Mario's Fingers 2009 Art Show... should be in May 2009...T.B.A. Working almost exclusively in my own studio...outcome to be seen here, there and everywhere! Education: Drawing: 2 years at Dollard Civic Center Ceramics: 5 years at Visual Arts Center BA from Concordia University Lifetime of reading and studying art, including every other Sunday for about 2 years in El Prado in Madrid, Spain. I am a self-taught art historian and have studied over a thousand art-books in my lifetime, including the hundreds that are in my personal library. History: I have been a part-time artist for over thirty years. Starting with drawing and painting, then moving on to sculpture. In the early days time and finance limited my materials, so I experimented with whatever I could find. This is a great way of training the mind to visualize a project before it starts and then letting the work evolve from the original idea. I believe all my pieces have a life of their own and only slightly resemble my sketches. When I started to take classes, I was able to use better materials and realize what I enjoyed more. I will occasionally visit previously used materials, to see if I feel better about them. A few years ago I started working with Fired Clay. My first attempt was on a wheel and thanks to a wonderful teacher, discovered that I don't like being centered, which is essential for the wheel. I went hand-building like brush to paint. I follow only two directives for myself: Never expect a result and always learn from the experiment. The Japanese have a wonderful view of ceramics. They believe value comes from happy mistakes, the joy of unpredictability, and the ultimate uniqueness of flaws. I have now started working in two additional studios. I have also increased my network of artists and am in the process of founding The Montreal Artists Society - La Societe des Artistes de Montreal. More will come on this group as it grows. I have very often been asked to describe my ceramics. After much thought, I've decided to reveal it as one of my recipes: Take a fresh look at Japanese aesthetics, marinade them in visions of Africa spiced with mysteries of Polynesia. Grill over an intense desire to explore media for an instinctive amount of time. Open your senses and taste my imagination. |
