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I’ve been busy

10 Saturday Dec 2011

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Members of the artist co-op I’m in have pooled our pennies and our talents and opened a new gallery in Windsor, Ontario.  Located at 4749 Wyandotte E (just a few doors east of Pillette) in Windsor, Ontario, the brand new Back Room Gallery – an Artists’ Co-op is home to the work of 17 Windsor and area artists and artisans, and we’re growing every day.

You can see a selection of my mandalas there anytime.  The gallery is open Tuesday – Sunday 10-6, Fridays 10-8 for December.  Tuesday – Saturday 10-6 after that.

We went from THIS:

To the gorgeous space featured in the slideshow below,  and we’re not done yet.  Still more art and artists to install!  Come check us out.

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Culture Days and helper designers

05 Wednesday Oct 2011

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On Saturday, I was part of my co-op’s Culture Days event and was able to demonstrate how I make mandalas.  A few visitors became actual mandala designers – sitting with me and making the decisions about which photo to use, how it should be resized and rotated and then finally selecting the specific bit of the picture used.

Some people sure did have a good eye for it.  Here are some of my favourite results.

by Kadilia Adili

from this photo taken by me at Lighthouse Cove 2011

by Felicia Thiessen

From this image taken by accident at Milk Coffee Bar

by Ankar Arkin

From this picture taken of the black light room at the recent Fun House Gallery 

by Merry Ellen Scully

from this photo taken at Port Franks, On.

I hope to do more interactive creating at future events.  This was my favourite art show so far.

Sky Drama Mandala

02 Friday Sep 2011

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This is one of my personal favourite mandalas ever.

The content is meaningful to me – it is a moment of calm on a day filled with waves of violent storms. It is a pause, bringing the relief that remind us how little we really control, despite how well we can fool ourselves otherwise.

He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.  ~Anais Nin

Daydreaming is also a pause.  It can refresh our minds and our spirits and help us be in this moment in an unmeasured way. That’s why this mandala is one of my submissions in the Edge of Wake, an art show about daydreaming going on right now at Milk Coffee Bar (downtown Windsor, ON).

Sky Drama Mandala souce image

Sky Drama Mandala souce image

Sky Drama Mandala - detail.

Sky Drama Mandala - detail. click to enlarge.


Sunset on the Bay Mandala

26 Friday Aug 2011

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If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life. –Rachel Carson

A life-long, indestructible sense of wonder.  What a great wish.

A country drive last weekend had us at Mitchell’s Bay, Ontario, just in time for me to photograph these incredible colours over the bay.

Sunset on the Bay - detail. Click to enlarge.

Sunset on the Bay - detail. Click to enlarge.

Sunset on the Bay Mandala - source image

Sunset on the Bay Mandala - source image

Erieau Mandalas

02 Tuesday Aug 2011

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Erieau 2 Mandala

Erieau Mandala

It was a pleasure to be in Erieau this past weekend for the shade, grass, lake breezes, great volunteer team and some of the nicest attendees we’ve encountered at any show yet.

Today’s mandalas are two different looks of the iconic Erieau lighthouse.  The source images and detail views are below.

Also, this is for one of the visitors to my booth, Hillary, who told me about this song.  Although I’m a fan of Peter, Paul and Mary’s, I’d never heard this one before now.  Here they are, performing the haunting “The Great Mandala”


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Erieau - detail. Click to enlarge

Erieau - detail. Click to enlarge

Erieau Mandala source image

Erieau Mandala source image

Erieau 2 - detail. Click to enlarge

Erieau 2 - detail. Click to enlarge

Erieau 2 source image.

Erieau 2 source image.

Filigree 3 Mandala

07 Thursday Apr 2011

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Filigree 3 Mandala

“To some, ‘steampunk’ is a catchall term, a concept in search of a visual identity. To me, it’s essentially the intersection of technology and romance. – Jake von Slatt

This is the third and final piece I have in the Steampunk show currently at Milk Coffee Bar.  The source image for this mandala is of Chris Ford’s original jewellery.

Filigree 3 Mandala - detail. Click to enlarge

Filigree 3 Mandala - detail. Click to enlarge

Filigree 3 Mandala - source image

Filigree 3 Mandala - source image

Steampunk Watch Mandala

06 Wednesday Apr 2011

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Steampunk Watch Mandala

“Steampunk is…a joyous fantasy of the past, allowing us to revel in a nostalgia for what never was. It is a literary playground for adventure, spectacle, drama, escapism and exploration. But most of all it is fun!”
— George Mann

This mandala is also part of the Steampunk show currently at Milk Coffee Bar.

Steampunk Watch Mandala - detail.

Steampunk Watch Mandala - detail. Click to enlarge.

Steampunk Watch - source image

Steampunk Watch - source image

Steampunk 3

01 Friday Apr 2011

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Steampunk 3 Mandala

The Back Room Gallery Artists’ Co-op have just put up a Steampunk* exhibit at Milk Coffee Bar in Windsor.

*From Wikipedia:  Works of steampunk often feature anachronistictechnology or futuristic innovations as Victorians may have envisioned them; in other words, based on a Victorian perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, art, etc

I almost passed on participating in this show, thinking the essential concepts of mandalas and steampunk were at odds.  Was it really possible to see a mandala from a Victorian technological perspective?  I’m glad I tried.  Preparing for this show has been great at getting me out of my comfort zone.

I created 6 new mandalas and settled on 3 to exhibit.  I’ll post them all here in the next few days.  (My daughter helped me choose which 3 to include and wrote my bio page for the show.  I’ve been calling her my curator.)

The mandala featured in this post – Steampunk 3 – made it into the show.  You can see it now until April 9 in person at Milk.

Steampunk 3 Mandala - source image

Steampunk 3 Mandala - source image

Steampunk 3 Mandala - detail. Click to enlarge

Steampunk 3 Mandala - detail. Click to enlarge

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