What are you waiting for?

These hands are saying "Here's the details. Be there."

The painting is one of a series of multi-cultural tattoos done by Erica Phillips and are symbolic of her commitment to art. The graphics by staffer Ms Barb Labounta were perfectly to the point.

West Van Grad Show Part 4

Ashley Ruby Szarkowicz produced this colourful jar-dropper called "Beyond the Blueprint". She plans to continue with photography after she graduates and sell prints like this one.

Erica Phillips did these two acrylics as part of a larger series of portraits of self and friends sporting symbolic tattoos. She appeared in earlier blog posts as acire2 but has outed herself to attend ECUAD this fall.

Said the Whale Album Cover Entry

our favourite entry from the "Said the Whale" band's album art contest submitted by acire2 and jax. The winning entry and some other entries can be seen at http://www.saidthewhale.com/

acire2's portfolio part 6

this surfer is done in marker and bleach. the bleach takes away the marker. the model in the dress is the fabulous kater, wearing her own creation "pride" at a fashion show last year. kater's other stuff for that show was awesome too. her creations were available on the net, likely gone by now.

acire2's portfolio part 5

some mushroom thing by acire2 done at the summer institute. and tropical fruit in strong light and shadow. painting with a definite source of light is awesome.

acire2's portfolio part 4

the top one is a 48"x36" acrylic of chandelier crystals based on a close-up photo by her sister Madeleine. the second is a small 5"x7" acrylic acire2 does of pups - this one a purebred yellow lab with a mutated black ear - one of the PADS dogs. acire2 does these to save for art school so contact her at acire2@gmail.com. interestingly, this painting was basically rejected at portfolio day as competent, but not interesting enough. a pure-bred with a mutated ear not interesting?

acire2's portfolio part 3

some monotones - the drawing of the model is in conte and on large drawing newsprint (such an awesome drawing on such crappy paper!) and the next is pen and ink on paper and is about 30"x30". the model session was done at emily's summer institute for teens. the ink is a fantasy scene incorporating images from several sources including a mini dachshund.

acire2's portfolio part 2

ok, a couple more - the young lady sipping from the cup is the famous hannahv of hannahvmusic on youtube - soon to be featured here. The second is an exercise from emily carr's summer institute for teens and is painting and collage. that summer institute is highly recommended. These artworks are big and bold.

acire2's portfolio part 1

ok, its late and we are trying to post a bunch of images of part of a cool portfolio submitted to emily carr. we hear this student got early portfolio acceptance after portfolio day - in part based on these images. the hallway from San Fransisco is about 30x30" and done in pencil crayon. the painting below called "they never change" is large - about 48x60". Keep em coming everyone! canadaschooleh@gmail.com

first artwork

submitted by acire2 from BC. digital photo using lightpainting to create a peace sign and altered with text. near Silva Bay, BC. 3888 x 2522 pixels. do lets give it our first award for being first up: it gets an eh+ from us!