Friday, November 01, 2013

A Vampire Story for Halloween @ The Beautiful and the Damned


direct link: A Vampire Story.

Looks like this video received a 'naughty' rating. Delighted!! (And it ain't the outfit. lol)

One of my stories about a vampire, told on Halloween 2013 at The Beautiful and The Damned, a poetry event in Toronto, Canada, hosted this month by Lizzie Violet.

Many thanks to John Oughton (one of the features of the evening, terrific poetry on time, memory, Honest Ed's and many other surrealities) for kindly videoing my open mic.

Looks like I now have a 4th performance piece to add to my growing repertoire (of now 4 pieces, with their own rudimentary choreographies, costumes, mannerisms, the speech patterns of poetry and prose clusters) . :)

Also, this is the first time I have worn a corset in my life. Don't ask. It wasn't uncomfortable.

I did forgot one of the main punch lines, but we won't mention that. Sheesh.


The Beautiful and The Damned Halloween 2014 -photo of the hostess of ceremonies, Lizzie Violet (taken by moi).


The Beautiful and The Damned Halloween 2014 -photo of moi, with thanks to Lizzie Violet who posted it on Facebook.


The Beautiful and The Damned Halloween 2014 — with Lizzie Violet, Brenda Clews, Philip Cairns and Heather Babcock,  at The Central in Toronto. Photo posted by Lizzie in her Facebook album for the evening.


The Beautiful and The Damned — with an enmasked John Oughton reading at The Central. Photo in Lizzie's Facebook album of the night on Facebook.


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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Sketches @ Life Drawing Sessions




Paris posing at the Art Bar sketching group @ The Gladstone Hotel 23Oct2013, by Brenda Clews, 15" x 11", charcoal, conte crayon, water pastels, 130lb archival paper.
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Sketches @ Life Drawing Sessions




Paris Black posing at the Art Bar sketching group @ The Gladstone Hotel 23Oct2013, by Brenda Clews, 15" x 11", charcoal, conte crayon, water pastels, 130lb archival paper.
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Figure Sculpture, Week 5


Forgot my 'art glasses' - blended tri-focals that enable me to see the model clearly and up close. So I used some off-the-shelf readers that are always in my purse. I saw outlines more clearly without details. This resulted in a serious re-working of the figure. When I viewed the series of iPhone 4 shots I took, I wasn't happy with the results and hence am only showing you one, with a photo filter added. Lol.

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Poet Sketch Series: Art Bar



Alex Boyd @The Art Bar @Black Swan Tavern 22 OCT 2013, 11" x 8.5", graphite, charcoal, conte on 130lb paper.
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Poet Sketch Series: Art Bar



Roger Greenwald @The Art Bar @Black Swan Tavern 22 OCT 2013, 11" x 8.5", graphite, charcoal, conte on 130lb paper.

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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Gallery Photos - '5 By 5' Art Show in the Art Bar @The Gladstone Hotel

Here is a slideshow of the pics I've uploaded so far. I'll be adding to this album shortly, but wanted to get it up as time is slipping away.



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Woman with Flowers 7.1

(7th sketch in series, first iteration of this one) Woman with Flowers  Flowers, props  upholding the woman. The flowers, fragrant, imaginar...