Globe and Mail Project: #7, APPLE UNVEILES iPOD DESKTOP

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Undeterred by brutal weather conditions, eager holiday shoppers

came out in droves for the advanced release

of the new iPhone Desktop,

featuring big screen and large, easy-turn knobs.

This is day 7 of 90 days of collage, dedicated to all those who still haven't done their Christmas shopping.

Globe and Mail Project: #6, ENDANGERED ANIMALS OR HERITAGE SITES, CITY MUST CHOOSE

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Couple flees as extremely rare white rhino

devestates another endangered heritage site.

"It's either the rhinos or the heritage sites", said one city official,

"we can't save them both".

So begins week 2 of my current project, 90 days of collage from the Globe and mail. Check in daily (Monday to Saturday) for collages made with clippings from each day's paper.

Globe and Mail Project: #5, POOR MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT BLAMED ON SPECTACLES

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Suddenly the Board of Directors understood

the lacklustre support of the membership.

The Steward had confused the rose coloured glasses

with the spectacles of grim reality.

I am recieving The Globe and Mail for free for 90 days and am endeavoring to post one collage a day using images from the paper. This should be day 6, but my paper did not arrive on friday, so this is to replace my alternate programming from the previous day 5 post.

Globe and Mail: 90 Days of Collage, Day 5--Rain date!

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Chance of Showers

You know, I've been really psyched for this project. Alas, today the Globe and Mail did not arrive on my doorstep. I phoned the circulation number and the kindly robotic gentleman informed me that my subscription account would be credited one day, so 90 days of collage will continue, rain, snow, sleet or hail. It just may not be 90 consecutive days.

So to deal with my nervous energy and to fulfill my self-imposed task of one collage a day, I give you Chance of showers, another cereal-box collage which I completed today. It reflects the state of limbo one enters when putting too much faith in the weatherman.

Two consecutive days of elephant collages, you may well ask? Pure coincidence.

The Globe and Mail Project: #3, INVERTEBRATE ENTHUSIASTS GLIMPSE PRARIE OCTOPUS

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After hours of heightened anticipation, throngs of

invertebrate enthusiasts were rewarded by a fleeting

glimpse of the illusive and beautiful prairie octopus.

Illustration Friday: Hatch

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Hullo, Houston?

We seem to have landed on...

Quebec?

Hullo? Hullo?...

Mighty cold out here.

A bit of seasonal nostalgia for my heritage in the Eastern Townships of Quebec and time spent there during the "space race" era.

Globe and Mail Project: #2, STREET RACING FIDDLERS SPEED TOWARD CITY

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Acting on an anonymous tip, Police set up blockade as street-racing fiddlers speed toward city limits.

Illustration Friday: Crunchy

collage and paint on orange crate

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When the Nutcracker arrived at the office Christmas party,

the usually affable Mr. Peanut headed for the nearest exit.

There was something about that Nutcracker guy...

I have to say that this week's IF topic, Crunchy, left me a little cold, but Mr. Peanut had been staring at me from the recycling box, and K had taken our youngest to The Nutcracker on the weekend, so as the French say, voila!?

Illustration Friday: Entangled

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collage and paint on cereal box

Undeniably fashionable, his hair-do was, nonetheless, ill-suited to his job

as Press-Operator

While this is, perhaps, not the best representation of this weeks IF topic: entangled, the potential for entanglement is implicit.

101 Frames, Sat. Dec. 5, 2009

Here is my contribution to this year's fundraiser for Gallery 101, 101 Frames. Here is all the pertinent info.


GALLERY 101FRAMES- SILENT ART AUCTION AND PARTY - THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS PRIDE
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 7pm
Preview: December 3rd and 4th from 12pm – 9 pm 301 Bank Street Art Auction/Party: Saturday, December 5, 2008. Doors open at 7pm. Tickets: $10 at Gallery 101 or Mags & Fags or $15 at the door

PRIDE
On Saturday, December 5th, 2009, Gallery 101 will host the second of seven years of THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS. Each year artists interpret a different deadly sin. This year, G101 invited artists to make art that engages with the boldest sin in the bunch: PRIDE. We certainly want to show our PRIDE, and why not? This year, Gallery 101 is celebrating its 30th Anniversary of supporting Ottawa’s arts community, and we feel the need to brag, to boast, and to get a little narcissistic.

But that’s not the only way we are spicing it up. Other sinfully delightful features of this year’s event will be the best performance art, arrogant door prizes (including some very glorious big ticket items), and grand appetizers, all set to some choice tunes by the sauciest djs in a PRIDE-inspired setting. So come on out and show us you have PRIDE (for the arts) in Ottawa, indulge in a night of arts and culture, and support your local non-profit artist-run centre.

Proceeds from the auction help Gallery 101 maintain its services to artists and the community. This event is supported and made possible by our local artists, volunteers and friends. Special thanks to our sponsors Allen's Flowers, Bossarts - Beauty in Balance, Capital Xtra, Collected Works Bookstore, Giraffe The African Store, Hartman's Your Independent Grocer, Jack Of All Trades Design, La Bottega Nicastro Fine Food Shop, LaPointe's Seafood Grill Café, McAuslan Brewery, Mags & Fags, MediaStyle, Metro newspaper, Mikaza Home Modern Furniture, Patrick Gordan Framing, Pelee Island Winery, Pizza Shark, Pure Gelato, Schoeler & Heaton Architects Inc., Spins & Needles, The Scone Witch, The Village, The Works Gourmet Burger Bistro, Venus Envy, Vittoria Trattoria.

All frames generoulsy donated by FRAMES BY ROCKWELL. Gallery 101 greatly appreciates your support, which contributes to the long-term, financial stability and well being of the gallery.