So, this is where most of my work happens. It’s a 19th century coal cellar in a building in the relatively abandoned downtown area of Brandon Manitoba. I moved here almost two years ago following a woman, and to get away from Vancouver’s extortionate rates for studio space, among other things. I also have family from here, and that was engaging to me, to see this place my mother had talked about, to see the grave of my grandmother. There isn’t a ‘lot to do’ here, in tems of nightlife, and this has been a reason to stay as well, there are few distractions, and I have been able to focus. I’ve been working seriously at my painting for over ten years, and I haven’t really wanted to ‘put it out there’, as I wasn’t satisfied with what I was producing, the energies I was conveying. And I think that’s a good thing, as I had no desire to add to the Aegean glut of boring art. Theres no accounting for taste, of course, but one has to be accountable for one’s own, and mine would not let me really ‘push’ my work until it was ready. The invisible man would know what I’m talking about. I hope you find some connection with it.
P
