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The Artist’s Daughter — Work In Progress, Day 2

On February 11, 2012 By

Here is Day Two of the paint­ing, “The Artist’s Daugh­ter”. The video shows the pro­gres­sion of work through days one and two.

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The Artist’s Daughter — Work In Progress, Day 1

On February 9, 2012 By

Ear­lier this month, I fin­ished a sketch of my daugh­ter Grace. My intent is to work through this paint­ing in a method akin to the school of aca­d­e­mic real­ists cur­rently work­ing in New York and around the world. I’m a big fan of Jacob Collins and his con­tem­po­raries at The Grand Cen­tral Acad­emy and I’d love to spend some time there with guys like Scott Wad­dell and Gray­don Par­rish. In the mean­time, while I con­tem­plate the dream of a sum­mer study­ing in New York with these guys, I’m going to take a crack at work­ing through this method and approach to clas­si­cal painting.

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Big Fish, Little Pond…Little Fish, Big Pond? Which Artist Are You?

On January 31, 2012 By

My artis­tic prac­tice and enquiry inten­tion­ally focusses on rela­tion­ships and resources. I’ve often won­dered about what it would be like if we were all the same sized fish in one giant pond. Chang­ing our per­spec­tive on the size of the pond we are in, or chang­ing our pond can really change how we treat each other and how we per­ceive our art and our­selves. Here’s a story about a artist… um.….“Little Red Fish”.….that was in a pond..yes!…that’s it.…a POND.…

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The “C” Word :: Artists and Resale Right Issues

On November 25, 2011 By

…Did you hear the one about the artist that walked into Wal­mart at Christ­mas and found her images on a ladies sweatshirt…unlicensed? Yah, that was me. Not fun.

Artists must edu­cate them­selves on copy­right leg­is­la­tion and con­tinue to advo­cate at local, provin­cial and fed­eral lev­els for ade­quate mea­sures of enforce­ment. Fair is fair, and it is so impor­tant that all artists be involved on a reg­u­lar basis with the leg­isla­tive issues that affect them and their fam­i­lies. Join CARFAC and the VAAA (for those in Alberta) and sup­port the asso­ci­a­tions that act on your behalf and carry your voice to those leg­isla­tive groups. Check out the links at the end of this post and join up. You can deduct those pro­fes­sional fees from your tax­able income…if you have one.

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The Art of The Wait: Wise Practices in Tipi Setup & Life

On August 10, 2011 By

Every year, we travel out to Sik­sika Nation for the August pow wow with our tipi. It’s like going home. Old friends, and a famil­iar­ity with the land, the wind, the sun and the moon all con­tribute to a feel­ing of well-being as we begin to set camp, days before the actual event. This year is a bit dif­fer­ent, with film­ing for the CAMP project involved.

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Undercurrents: Red Canoe Series Ends for 2011

On August 4, 2011 By

Tan­ton retires the Under­cur­rents:: Red Canoe Series for 2011 in hon­our of the pass­ing of Algo­nquin Elder William Commanda.

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TEDxCalgary — Janice Tanton :: The Language of the Creator

On July 30, 2011 By

Jan­ice Tanton’s 2011 TEDx­Cal­gary Talk on The Lan­guage of The Cre­ator. Focused on mean­ing­ful per­sonal, fam­ily, com­mu­nity and orga­ni­za­tional build­ing through cre­ative lan­guage of the arts, this heart­felt, per­sonal artist’s talk seeks to inspire you to con­sider human ways of being together.

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Opening Video Welcome — TEDxCalgary 2011

On June 7, 2011 By

Here is the won­der­ful video open­ing for TEDx­Cal­gary 2011!

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Re-gifting a Robin’s Reminder

On May 7, 2011 By

An early morn­ing re-gifting of a robin’s song in the mountains…

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