I’m now going to be posting here: Marcel’s new blogger blog

I’ve got a few things on the go though: I’m nearly finished a complete rebuild of my website – yay! – I’ve been feeling pretty unproductive while I’ve been working on this one, but it really needed to happen. I’ve rebuilt it so the artwork is searchable and so that it’s much easier for me to upload and edit my artwork, which should make it a much easier to use and enjoyable platform for people who follow my work.

Also, my wife is preggers (first one!) and I’m desperately trying to win the battle with the wallpaper and paint in the nursery. Currently I’m losing. It’s an old house and there was commercial variety vinyl wallpaper on there previously, and a nice layer of 100 year old lead based paint underneath. I’ve resorted to commercial strength glue to attach the blank paintable wallpaper. There’s also the pressing fixits on the house before winter sets in, such as trying to get a new furnace.

And then finally, I have a nice hockey painting commission that I’m working on. I’ll post that image once it’s been delivered.

The show is up, and the gallery did a great job of hanging it. Here are some photos of the show:

Here’s the blurb I submitted to Arts on King for the gallery guide (I can’t remember what the name of it is, unfortunately):

near | far | big | small – paintings by Marcel Guldemond – Mr. BigNose, who knows, had a look and said “Put aside postulations, explorifications, influentialities, and concept-a-thingies, and what we have here is -” … “ – is a super swell collection of canadianic paintings!” interrupted Mr. Happenstance. “Quite right.” said Mr. BigNose.

After writing that, I decided I’d better do some paintings of Mr. Bignose and Mr. Happenstance, so I did and here’s a snapshot of them:

Hi Everyone,

This is a quick reminder that I will be showing paintings at Arts on King in Toronto for the month of September. The gallery is still open, despite the fact that a cab recently jumped the sidewalk and went through the front of the store! (No one was hurt, fortunately) So now they have plywood up in place of some of the windows, but they are still open, which I’m very glad about.

The show is called “near | far | big | small”, and virtually all of the pieces are new for this year, and quite a few are new since my last shows in July, so they’ve never been shown in public before.

The show opens on Saturday, September 5th, and I’ll be at the gallery from 1-4pm. If you’re in the area, please drop by and say hello.

Here’s the contact info:
Arts On King
165 King E
Toronto, ON M5A 1J4
(416) 777-9701

Here’s a snapshot of the corners of a couple of the new paintings:

best,
—
Marcel Guldemond
http://aporia.brainmade.com

The forecast for Haliburton isn’t great, after the weather forecast did it’s Tuesday-Wednesday-reversal. (That’s my theory about how the forecast for an outdoor show will reverse itself between Tues and Wed. It’s held true for the two shows this month :( ) It went from looking like mostly sunny on Tues. to looking like 5 straight days of rain on Wed. Crap.

Well, at least the weather was pretty good for the Muskoka show last weekend, and this might actually get me to try out the battery pack + lights idea for cloudy days at outdoor shows.

I’d like to announce that I’ll have a booth full new paintings for two upcoming outdoor shows this month, as well as a gallery show this September:

The first is the Muskoka Arts and Crafts Summer Show in Bracebridge, Ontario on July 17 – 19, and I’ll be at booth #73 again this year. (http://www.muskokaartsandcrafts.com/Summer_Show/summer_show.htm)

The second is the Haliburton Art and Craft Festival in Haliburton, Ontario the following week, July 24-26. (http://railsendgallery.com/acfestival.php)

And last but not least, I’ll also be showing at the Arts on King gallery in September, which is located at 165 King E in Toronto. The opening will be on September 5th, and I’m planning on being in attendance for that. They’ve got a great little gallery there that seems to always have a lot of great art and artisan work, so I’m really excited to be showing there.

I’ve been making as many new paintings as I can over the last few months to get ready for these shows, so I’ll have a lot of new work. I’ve also been experimenting a bit this year, so there will be a little more variety in sizes, styles and subject matters.

I’ve just posted a couple of photos on my blog here, so you can see what I’ve got coming up.

Hope to see you at one of the shows!
cheers,
Marcel Guldemond
http://aporia.brainmade.com

Here are some smallish pieces in the studio:

And here are some detail photos of a couple of the new pieces:

The Art Gallery of Hamilton’s Art Rental and Sales department will be showing their collection at Mobilia in Burlington. Here’s the link: AGH at Mobilia

They have two of my paintings, and I think it’s pretty cool to know that the AGH is doing such a good job of getting the art in their collection outside the gallery to be seen by a lot of other people who wouldn’t necessarily see it.

(For those of you on my mailing list, you’ve probably seen the two pieces already → Eve – pine lake clouds)

I will have some paintings in the Art Gallery of Hamilton’s Art Sale which happens on April 30 – May 3 (more info here AGH Art Sale)

Here are some images of the new ones:

”’Not now’ said the maple”

“wandering giant”