House and Home Magazine

My work was recently featured in House & Home magazine. Many thanks to Stacey Smithers for making it look good.

'Other Worlds' installation in Halifax

I'm in Halifax installing the 'Other Worlds' exhibition at Dalhousie Art Gallery.

We just finished thanks to the great help from the team here. Peter Dykuis and Corinna Ghaznavi are the curators of the show, and Peter is also the director of the gallery here. He's been a real support during the final days when the crunch was on.

Peter checking out the install. These are the 'text' walls with the figure in the far background.

Fionnuala Reynolds finishing the building.

 Wes Johnston adjusting the lighting on the figure. Its a tricky job because of the size of the works and the glare but he handled it nicely. Besides gallery assistant, Wes also handles communication and outreach at the gallery.

Robin Metcalf, director of the St. Marys University gallery dropped by to chat and preview the show.

Talking with Sym Corrigan who handles communication and design for the gallery. Sym will design the catalog for the show, I'm looking forwards to it.

Thats Michele Gallant, prepator and registar for the gallery. There was a lot to do and a tight schedule for the install, but we finished with time to spare and it looks fantastic. Many thanks to Michele.

Doyle and myself finishing off the wave.

Lighting the bridge.

The bridge installed.

A view of the text wall and the two smaller architectural pieces.

Another view of the text walls.

A general view of figure, whale and moon.

Wes and Peter discussing the lighting.

These windows look into the gallery and show off the whale nicely.

Another shot from the windows.

Robert Mclaughlin Gallery installation photos

Here are the final installation shots of the RMG "Other Worlds" exhibition. A difficult shoot because of the size of the works but Michael Cullen did a great job. Some nice detail shots that show the texture of the piece.

Available works at the studio show and sale

I'm having a show and sale of my blue and white panel paintings at my studio on Duncan St. I hope you will get a chance to drop by and have a look and a drink. I've recently switched to working on paper, so these will be the last panel paintings for some time. Friday Dec 2  5 - 9pm, Sat & Sun  2 - 6pm. See you there!

Canadian Art online review

Richard Rhodes wrote a very incisive review of the 'Other Worlds' show at the McLaughlin. I'm really impressed, its a great take on the work, have a look here. Richard has a incredibly deep understanding of what is essential to the art experience. He is an absolute treasure in the Canadian art world.

"the images are fixed and formal and sign-like, akin to the hieroglyphs of an Egyptian tomb; in Walker’s case, a planetary tomb seems more relevant. He has made a work where time comes measured in eons and contemporary painting is best seen in the light of cave painting."

Too Tall? at Harbourfront Visual Arts Center

I have some pieces in a architectural group show at titled Too Tall? at Harbourfront Visual Arts Center. I'm honored to be in such great company, the other exhibitors are the architectural firms of RAW Design, architectsAlliance, and Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg. KPMG did the TIFF Bell Lightbox, one of my favourite buildings in Toronto.

Many thanks to everyone at Harbourfront, especially curator Patrick Macaulay, Marlee Choo, Kathrin Hyun, and Carly Waito.

The opening went well, here are some shots and a link to more info.

Opening at the gallery

I'm happy to say that the opening went well.  Corinna Ghaznavi gave a great introduction to the work. I was glad to see that so many people made it to the gallery. Thanks to all who came. The show is up until November 6.  Heres a few photos, there are more up on the McLaughlin facebook page here ...        www.facebook.com/thermg