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My First Album Cover

2011-02-23T10:22:00.000-08:00

I carved separate portraits of all five members of the Hamilton band (and old friends of mine) The Reason. Jeremy Widerman, graphic designer extraordinaire, compiled them together to create the album cover's fluid layout. He has since left the band, which is hilarious because his face is literally ingrained on the cover (bottom left).

The album came out in August 2010. I haven't heard it yet.

let's work it out

2010-05-23T16:28:00.000-07:00

tv carnage season six premiere
sunday may 23, 2010 11pm

pen on paper!
may 2010

j mascis

2010-03-24T13:05:00.000-07:00

j mascis

12"X12"

knotty pine

sept. '09

bukowski

2010-01-22T16:32:00.000-08:00

my first carving of the new year.

12"X24"

wood carving on knotty pine

commission for jeremiah buchan

happy ending

2009-10-26T17:23:00.001-07:00

huron + ian blurton = happy endings

crayola scented markers

oct. 2009

hand drawns

2009-10-14T22:55:00.000-07:00

fall classic tour 2009

2009-09-26T14:36:00.000-07:00

just finished a poster for arkells' national canadian tour called the fall classic. coming soon to a town near you:

pen, marker, tape, eraser, scissors

september 26th 2009.

special thank you to sasha, jessica and jackie katz.

without their help, it would have taken a lot longer to finish this project.

swimming great lakes

2009-09-01T21:01:00.000-07:00

i just finished the poster for the great lake swimmer's polaris nominated album lost channels.

thank you so much for your help:

victoria alstein

tori tizzard

josh st. denis

you are wonderful helpers/carvers/lovers

good bye love

2009-07-10T16:50:00.000-07:00

my dear friend sarah bought my beloved david lynch carving last weekend to give to her barely deserving boyfriend, my boy friend, mr. dallas walzak.

it warms my heart to both get some shekels and keep it in the family...

knotty pine art show

2009-06-05T08:44:00.000-07:00

my first solo show

"Knotty Pine"

Friday June 12, 2009.

As a part of the monthly James North Art Crawl.

The Assembly

(the old sonic unyon store)

22 Wilson Street

Hamilton, ON

Garage door opens at 7pm

jon rae fletch part ii

2009-06-03T08:04:00.000-07:00

jon rae fletch part i

2009-06-02T08:07:00.000-07:00

i know i haven't posted in over a month. it isn't because i wasn't doing any new art, it's because it took me a while to finish this:

don't panic, the text is backwards because this carving is turning into a poster.

(see next post)

humpdy drunkdy

2009-04-30T13:40:00.000-07:00

my friend kevin and i started a weekly at che on wednesday nights. it's called humpdy drunkdy and this is the poster i made for it:

Neman

2009-04-13T08:19:00.000-07:00

Neman Herman Dune

12"X18"

wood carving

knotty pine

2009

Dr. Kent from start to finish

2009-02-18T08:47:00.000-08:00

Dr. Kent

wood carving

2'X4' (plywood)

2009

winter lovin' 2.0

2009-02-10T10:19:00.000-08:00

i sent the finished product to dylan and he did something spectacular to it and sent it back.

waaaaay better

winter lovin'

2009-02-10T08:09:00.000-08:00

hand drawn poster

made for dylan hudecki

pencil crayon, marker, acrylic on paper

11"X17"

uncle orme

2009-01-19T11:13:00.000-08:00

dum dum du dummm (wedding march)

2009-01-13T08:26:00.001-08:00

This Saturday my friend Megan is marrying the SCREAMER from alexisonfire.

They've left me in charge of doing their portrait and making their wedding thank you cards.

I did quite a few different variations of them:

MEGAN

GEORGE

DOUBLE SHOT

this is the final product. sorry that you can't see it. it's just me trying to take a photo of the card, being scannerless and annoying.

the orange border is meant to mimic their wedding invitations

steve and sam

2008-12-22T12:32:00.001-08:00

Bad Wet Dream

2008-12-01T06:24:00.000-08:00

chawaiian michelle

2008-11-20T11:04:00.000-08:00

treble clef trophy

2008-11-17T14:10:00.001-08:00

I went to the Hamilton Music Industry Awards on Saturday with my dad, grandmother, and sister. It was the most hilarious awards I've ever been to. The awards' host, Tom Wilson, was brilliantly funny. So funny that my dad went to his concert after the show just because he was so entertaining.

When my category was announced, I was so nervous. I have the worst stage fright, and in the small chance that my name would be called, thinking about delivering an acceptance speech made me want to barf.

But of course, my name was called, and I trotted up to the podium and accepted the award. By the end of my 10 second speech, my voice started to warble and so I decided to stop talking.

I'm just glad my dad made me take a shot of johnny walker red before leaving the house.

hamilton music (industry) awards

2008-11-12T09:39:00.000-08:00

This Saturday is the Hamilton Music Industry Awards, and I've never been before.

This year is different, however, since I've been nominated for Best Poster Artist of the Year.

HAHAHA

WISH ME LUCK

Poster Artist of the Year
• Matt Jelly
• Becky Katz
• Jeremy Kemeny
• Darlene MacNeil
• Billy Pozeg

my art on television

2008-11-08T12:06:00.000-08:00

Tonight the Polaris Music Prize gala will be broadcasted on cityTV at 7pm local time. Look for the presentation of Caribou and you will see a purple version of my poster given to him from Polaris founder, Steve Jordan.

Rogers Presents The Polaris Music Prize

Sat. Nov. 8 on Citytv

"Not Your Average Music Award Show!"

Broadcast Schedule is as follows:

Citytv Toronto, Sat Nov 8th @ 7:00 PM ET

Citytv Winnipeg, Sat Nov 8th @ 7:00 PM CT

Citytv Calgary, Sat Nov 8th @ 7:00 PM MT

Citytv Edmonton, Sat Nov 8th @7:00 PM MT

Citytv Vancouver, Sat Nov 8th @ 7:00 PM PT

Join Citytv for an hour of exciting and eclectic Canadian music as talented artists compete for the coveted 2008 Polaris Music Prize. Tune in for 10 diverse and must-see performances building up to the announcement of this year's $20,000 Polaris Music Prize.

u.s. election day

2008-11-04T20:18:00.000-08:00

herman dune tradesies

2008-11-03T14:41:00.000-08:00

Last Wednesday, I had the great privilege of seeing Herman Dune for the second time in one month at the Horseshoe in Toronto. Their set wasn't as long as last time but it was just as good.

Being the Herman Dune freak that I am, I brought along two copies of a poster I made for their last album, GIANT, to give to them, as a weird fanatical gift.

"Giant"

lino-cut relief print

2005

And in return, not only did they both embrace me with all their french love, David (yaya) gave me their new album. And needless to say, it's brilliant.

(click on this and find out why they so damn gooooood)

I was going to bring the carving I did of yaya, but then I decided to wait because perhaps they're not quite ready to know how big of a fan I actually am.

"Dun't Schloof"

wood carving on particle board

2007

going going... gone

2008-11-03T12:30:00.000-08:00

under the bridge

2008-10-29T13:39:00.000-07:00

Here are my designs for the (no longer 2008) 2009 Mural Project for the Hamilton Youth Arts Network.

Macnab Street Pedestrian Underpass

colour palette

west wall

north wall

(east wall was designed by laura zajacz, my mural design partner)

*there exists no north wall

Originally the mural should have been done by now but we are scheduled to start painting next spring. (grrr...)

halloween countdown

2008-10-27T13:04:00.000-07:00

bats i drew for my friend's website

Klara Pölzl

2008-10-21T14:53:00.000-07:00

"Motherhood Isn't For Everyone"

Klara Pölzl Hitler died at the young age of 47 from breast cancer.

She was a victim of domestic abuse, not at the hand of her maniacal son, Adolf,

but by her shitty husband Alois.

Maybe if she were still around when her son metamorphosed into an appalling 'human being,' she could have reminded him not to slaughter 9 to 11 million other human beings.

Dundasian Polaris Pride

2008-10-01T12:34:00.001-07:00

On Monday night, Caribou took home the honours of the $20,000 Polaris Prize jackpot.

I taxed these photos from the polaris site, since i can't find my camera cord to put my photos onto the computer.

Here is Dan Snaith accepting his custom-made poster.

A poster I slaved over.

A poster I bled over.

I think he liked it.

Caribou Wins!

Caribou wins BIG!

My photos will come eventually.

They are way blurrier, way grittier, way shittier.

i see your true colours

2008-09-10T07:37:00.000-07:00

here's what the poster is supposed to look like.

polaris music prize

2008-08-25T10:48:00.000-07:00

after sneaking into the unveiling of the top ten shortlist for the 2008 polaris music prize on july 8th, i learned that hometown hero dan snaith was nominated for the $20 000 award.

though only one of the nominees wins the cash prize, all ten receive custom made posters by an artist of their hometown.

and because caribou and i are both from dundas, ontario, i was selected to make his poster.

and here it is...

(whoa! the colours totally changed when i uploaded it... i don't know why, do you?)

also, thank you to the following people for helping me with this fucking sweet poster:

michelle williams

steve marck

nick lawson

john sicilia

matthew mcinnis

dave kuruc

and

jeremy kemeny

GO TEAM!!

striving for world peas

2008-07-31T08:26:00.000-07:00

My lovely, loving, love of a cousin, Jaclyn Lindsey Katz, compiled a vegetarian cookbook last spring and asked me to make its cover. All proceeds go to a different charity that she originally told me because apparently the Graheem Foundation doesn't want just anybody's money... dicks.

you should read about it here: ____________.

hand drawns

2008-07-30T16:08:00.000-07:00

here are a bunch of my hand drawn posters for various concerts, bands, sisters, etc.

the inflation kills cd fundraiser

underground, hamilton

friday february 11, 2005.

aeroplane pageant

underground, hamilton

saturday march 19, 2005.

open-toed shoe party

casbah, hamilton

thursday may 12th, 2005.

nick lachey's unauthorized

tell the divers endorsement

2006

sasha lee turns 20

with jewish legend and the slip

casbah, hamilton

may 19th, 2007.

becky vs. photoshop

2008-07-27T17:16:00.000-07:00

here are some posters i've slapped together when

i lost my keys to the print shop

...oh and when i say 'slapped together'

i mean spent more than 3 hours on them.

a snorthern borus

2008-07-25T17:08:00.001-07:00

a northern chorus

the rest

absent sound

the riderless

poster

april 06

(this is the reject)

(this is the accept)

r.i.p. a.n.c.

ps. get off my back scheve

poster cv

2008-07-09T07:53:00.000-07:00

my art show at mcmaster university

lino cut

sandro perri at pepper jack's

wood cut

mother mother at casbah

lino cut, reduction

rondo zine

lino cut

Mac Arts Benefit Concert at casbah

wood cut

Jewish Legend at my house

giant sintra cut

36"X48"

Wintersleep at underground

lino cut

Born Ruffians at casbah

giant sintra cut

26"X42"

the archaeologists found... nothing

2008-07-08T21:38:00.000-07:00

so it's been almost three months since my last post.

probably because i graduated, went to israel, and lost my internet connection.

now that it's back, and i'm back,

here we go again.

florida was interesting.

i learned what it's like to be on an archaeological dig,

and that speeding through pennsylvania won't go unnoticed.

i learned that archaeologists tend not to like artist partnerships with national geographic,

and a lot of them are old...

nonetheless, the trip was hilarious and enjoyable, despite the fact that national geographic may not be quite ready for the next step in our relationship.

Florida-bound

2008-04-18T13:57:00.000-07:00

In three days I will be going to Florida with Victoria and Jana on a Geological Expedition with McMaster professor, Dr. Jack Rink.

(i took this photograph on our last night in Florida--no jokes here)

Read about the excavation here.

That's all she wrote...

2008-04-10T19:13:00.001-07:00

CLIPS FROM THESIS

(how boring, i know. i put it on this blog for my professors to grade me, but please feel free to SKIP, i would)

Silkscreen poster artist Leia Bell studied photography and printmaking at University of Utah, frequented rock shows at a local venue, fell in love with the owner, began making promotional posters for his shows, and gradually established her poster empire. It quite closely resembles a fantasy I once had. I met her in Austin at the biannual poster show titled Flatstock. I traded her one of my reduction prints for one of her silkscreen prints:

There are literally hundreds of artists at this show, but I was drawn to her booth for reasons uncertain. Perhaps it is her use of vibrant colours, simple composition, literality, quirky font, flat depth, or her stylization of the human figure. Many, if not all, of these traits are referenced in my body of posters. For example, in my reduction block Raising the Fawn, these traits are what make this poster successful.

Last year I shared with the class my fantasy of finding a partner to start a band, printmaking company, and family with. It was my way of wanting to echo the dream team that is Seripop, a printmaking company from Montreal made up of bandmates and spouses Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau. They have become infamous for creating stunning silk screens that are illegible, which is oxymoronic considering the purpose of a poster acts as a means of communication to spread information to its viewers. Despite their shitty band and their illegible posters, my thirst to emulate their lifestyle has not yet been quenched. My fantasy prompted me to run a personal ad in Hamilton’s Alternative Weekly, View. Though hotmail caught on to my dating game and shut me down.

my first pepper jack's poster

2008-04-10T19:09:00.000-07:00

Commissioned by Ken at PJC to do this poster for the Sandro Perri show last March.

Getting paid for a poster might just very well be the greatest feeling ever.

snow what?

2008-04-10T17:04:00.000-07:00

despite the treacherous snowstorm, the launch of our show was excellent.

my poor aunt drove in from toronto. the normally 45 minute drive took her over 4 hours.

she said it was worth it though. not only did the show look amazing, it was also a fucking blast!

Leap Year Art Show

2008-04-10T16:57:00.000-07:00

For mine, Victoria, and Jessica's joint art show, I made a lino-cut poster to promote it.

But with just a few days before the show, we decided that it wasn't enough and we needed some sort of video or commercial promotion. Which is why we decided to do this:

MAGIC

the nanc process

2008-04-10T16:32:00.000-07:00

in my house we have this round coffee table that i took apart, flipped over and painted black. i had significant plans for a circular piece of wood because up till this point, i was going steady with polygons.

i justified the destruction of the coffee table by carving a portrait of my late mother into it.

i wish i could say that i love it, but i don't.

i documented the progress, now i just have to figure out where i went wrong.

phone sex

2008-04-10T16:18:00.001-07:00

quick funny story about this carving.

i found an endearing photo of this girl on the internet and felt the need to carve her:

so i was carving her at work, like i usually would, and an old old friend walked by and paused:

"I KNOW THAT GIRL!" he said

-no you don't, i found this photo on the internet randomly.

-no i do, i totally do, let me show you...

[this old friend is from kindergarten and i don't see him that often so i don't really keep up with his sex life, until now...]

he whipped out his phone and showed me a photo of this naked woman who looks like this anonymous girl i carved. it was so totally obvious that it wasn't her, i just think he wanted to prove to me that he was getting some.

all the terminators...

2008-04-10T16:13:00.000-07:00

. . . they should be running for governor:

...and you will come to live with me in california

ABSORB

2008-04-10T15:40:00.000-07:00

2007 was the second year for the annual Absorb Event Art Show at Pepper Jack's in Hamilton.

For my submission, I sent in my carvings which apparently secured me a spot in the show.

Lynch Light

2008-04-10T15:35:00.001-07:00

This creepy photograph of David Lynch inspired me to not only carve his face, but to add a tad more dynamic to the composition:

Nate the Great vs Helen Lenny

2008-04-10T15:05:00.000-07:00

As the holiday season of 2007 approached, I began to think of ways I could give really great presents on a really low budget.

I found an old photo of my deceased grandfather and carved it for a Chanukah present for my grandmother, who I refer to as Buby.

Every Christmas we go to my Aunt Bink's farm to play snow football, ride snowmobiles & horses, drink rum & eggnog, and swap presents in a secret santa gift exchange. This year I had Aunt Bink (my mother's sister) as my recipient which is why I decided to carve a portrait of her mother (my other grandmother) who passed away when my mother was 10.

Both carvings were very well received, however, Buby was quite critical of her husband's eyes: "something isn't right" she said.

rank in

2008-04-10T14:53:00.000-07:00

I found a clever photo of crime writer Ian Rankin that made him look like a jaggeresque mega babe.

I decided to carve him, but rather than doing him justice, I interpreted the photo to make him a titch more weathered yet wise.

goo mosh

2008-04-10T14:31:00.000-07:00

I looked frantically through my photos one day when I was desperate for a new face to carve.

I came across one I took of my friend Kevin (goomosh) that caught my immediate attention. Not only because I think he would look good in wood, but also it was just a poetically innocent photo of him--a side of Kevin not many people get to see.

David Herman Dune

2008-04-09T12:44:00.000-07:00

I found this shitty piece of particle board outside this car garage down the street.

Turns out, the shitty board wasn't so easy to carve.

But hey, it was free wood. Hard, but free.

Dun't Schloof

Particle Board

17"X17"

2007

I submitted this carving to Red Head Gallery in Toronto for an exhibition titled "Insomnia."

It was accepted and was on display over two weeks, including for NUIT BLANCHE.

mexican preteen

2008-04-09T12:25:00.000-07:00

When I got back to school in September after the summer of 2007, my professors were really into the Gonzales carving.

I was motivated to make more and the search began for my next face.

My first carving

2008-04-08T15:38:00.000-07:00

Last summer my ravishing lovers in Montreal invited me to be apart of an art show they were exhibiting at their gallery called My Hero.

The show was to be called "For the Disposal of Feminine products"

It was exclusively for women, 40 of us to be exact.

We all received the same sized piece of square foot wood,

and we were all to do on it what we pleased.

Since my primary focus was printmaking at this point, I fumbled for a plan.

Then it dawned on me that I could make a woodcut block, and just not print it.

So I painted the shitty board black and got on a train to Montreal with my carving tools with a printed photo of the French musician Gonzales.

And then I began to carve...

I wasn't fully finished upon my arrival, but I managed to get it done in time for the vernissage the next night.

And what a night it was!

BLOGGY style

2008-04-08T15:35:00.000-07:00

This blog is dedicated to my art.

For a while now, I've been wanting to give my work an online home.

so this is, this is going to be it.