March 12th, 2007
Ben Johnson and I have work in the next group show at Exposure Gallery, titled Persona. The theme for the show is Portraits/Self Portraits, and it opens this Friday March 16th. This will be the last show at Exposure for a few months as they have been forced to relocate from their current space due to a huge rent increase the gallery can’t afford.
I will be gallery sitting on Sunday March 18th, from noon until 5pm if you would like to drop by for a visit - or to entertain me throughout the day. Bring snacks. 
Exposure Gallery
851 Beatty Street
Vancouver, BC
Hours: Thursday to Sunday, noon - 5pm
March 7th, 2007
Sometimes self portraiture can be a wonderful way to redirect my negative feelings into creativity, and in the process, help disolve them. I took the above photo last week after a very stressful day where nothing seemed to be going right. It was very therapeutic to make faces at the camera, trying to convey what I’d been going through all day. I had to laugh at myself for getting so worked up. In the end I felt much better AND I created a diptych matching my funny expression with the tiny part that had been a source of much of my frustration.
Travis sent me this and for awhile now I’ve been meaning to post a link to the work of Chema Madoz. He does beautiful set ups of objects in clever and playful ways, all shot in black & white. There is a good selection of his photos on haha.nu that I’d recommend checking out first.
March 5th, 2007
Putting my show together is not going as smoothly as I’d hoped. It makes me very glad I still have plenty of time left to prepare, and also that the original date I am slated for may be pushed back. I think in the meantime I need to look for other, less involved opportunities to submit my work for exhibition. For my own sense of satisfaction I need more than just this one show - even though it’s a solo - to have on my plate this year. Maybe I am crazy to think so…
