Ottawa Art Event Tonight, and new paintings

Event: Today at 6:30 - 8:30pm
Location: Wall Space Gallery, 358 Richmond Road, Ottawa
What: "Talent Untapped" - (see link below)

Hi Everyone,

I know this is really short notice, but Wall Space Gallery in Ottawa is putting on an event for my co-exhibitor Paul Wing, who is a subject of a documentary film, and I believe they are previewing the film tonight. Check Wall Space's Facebook Event page for more details. I will be attending the event too and it would be great to see you if you're able to make it.

I'd also like to say thanks to everyone who stopped by this past Saturday, it was nice to see you all again and chat about art and whatever else. I'd also like to thank everyone at Wall Space for doing such a great job putting on the show.

New Paintings: I've just finished two more paintings. (detail pic above) I've posted them on my website and I'm going to bring them to the gallery today. As well, in case you missed it last time, I've also posted an online preview of some of the paintings in the show.

As always, I post a lot of work in progress pictures of the paintings on my Instagram and Twitter (see links below). And if you can't make to the show, I'll also be posting images from the gallery.

Thanks so much for reading, and looking forward to seeing you at the show!
cheers,
Marcel

Ottawa show opens today!

I'll be there at Wall Space Gallery from 1-4pm, hope to see you there!

Here are some of the paintings,

Cheers,

Marcel

 

 

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Undertexting - show details

 

When: February 2015, opening Saturday February 7, 2-4pm

Where: The Elaine Fleck Gallery, 888 queen St w, Toronto

Hi Everyone,

(Note: this is the same as an email I just sent to my mailing list)

I'd just like to say that I have a show coming up in Toronto featuring the new painting style that I've been developing over the past year or so. The name I'm going with for this new style, and this show, is 'undertexting'. This will be the first time this new style of work will be seen in public.

As I mentioned in my previous email, rebuilding my artistic process has turned out to be a lot harder than I thought it would be. I'm happy to say though, that I'm finally getting some results that justify the hard work, uncertainty, and the potential for a serious artistic disaster. Maybe I'm being overly dramatic, but sometimes in the middle of a long process like that when you don't know if it's going to work out on the other side and you have no idea if you know what you're doing, it definitely feels like an impending disaster of your own making. Fortunately I seem to have avoided that disaster thing.

(If the following text is underlined, I don't know why that is, just that this Blogsy editor is kinda buggy)

One other thought that I had about the work, is that more of my comic-book making roots are showing through in these pieces and I'm finding that the comic book elements are giving me a much larger scope for artistic exploration. This is great and I feel like there's suddenly a whole new continent of images to explore. And part of me is wondering why I didn't do this earlier. Ah well, I could probably explain why, but I should be finishing some paintings right now instead of figuring that out. (A longer description of the new style is in my previous email.)

So considering all that, I'm really very pleased to be able to share some new images with you that I've included in this email, and I sincerely hope you can make it to the opening on February 7th to enjoy some art and some conversation.

Thanks so much for reading,
cheers,
Marcel

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Undertexting - Show coming up in February

It'll be at the Elaine Fleck Gallery in Toronto, and it'll be all new paintings done in my new 'undertexting' style. (I don't know if that's the name for it or not, but it's what I'm going with for now)

I've been working hard to force myself out of my creative comfort zone to develop this, and I'm finally starting to get results:

 

New undertexting piece on the easel -40x48 mixed media

Here is a work in progress where I've just finished pasting the text:

I've been asked about why I've changed my style so much, but I'll have to write a post about that later because right now I need to get more painting done for this show.

Cheers, marcel

 

 

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autumn art update/notes on a new painting style

This is a copy of the email I just sent out to my mailing list. (My mailing list sign up page for those who are interested. )

grassy hill, mixed media, 24x32

Hi Everyone,

Wow, it's been a while since I've sent an update. It's not that I haven't been painting, it's that I've been working hard on developing a new style of painting, so I haven't really had any finished pieces to show publicly for a while. That's finally changed, as I've managed to finish some that I'm happy enough with to post online.

I've had a lot of ideas floating around in my head as far as new ways (well, new to me, at least) for quite a while, and I finally decided I was going to have to try to work through them. I've been working on trying to learn from many of the fantastic comic book artists and illustrators and painters who are posting their work online, while still maintaining a style that's really my own. It hasn't been easy, but as you can see from the detail photo of 'grassy hill' above, it's finally been starting to come together.

I'm now randomly pasting ripped up photocopies of pages from my favourite books as an underpainting layer, and I've dispensed with the really heavy blobby painting that I had been doing previously, replacing it with thinner layers that still reveal the text underneath. 

I haven't really figured out a good name for this style yet, but hopefully I come up with one before my new show, which is slated for February.

That's right, I'll be having a show at the Elaine Fleck Gallery in Toronto in February, and it will be all new paintings in this new style! (Holy crap, I sure hope some of them turn out! (eep))

I'll be sending out updates more frequently this fall with new paintings and news about the show. 

Thanks so much for reading,
cheers,
Marcel

Art show in Toronto is up, new painting arrived safely

At the Elaine Fleck Gallery on Queen St. W. , they've told me the show looks great, so I think I'll ask them to send me some photos and I can post them here.

The new painting "rain boots" made it safely, which was a big relief because the paint was still pretty soft when I shipped it. Also, the person at my local post office didn't seem to know what he was doing, so I was a little anxious that he may not have processed it correctly. And then it would get lost in a warehouse somewhere or something like that. But fortunately that didn't happen.  

cheers,

marcel

March Art Show Hi Everyone, The Elaine Fleck Gallery in Toronto will be showing my paintings again for the month of March. The gallery's normal hours are Wednesday to Sunday, 12-5pm, and the opening will be this Saturday from 2-4pm. Unfortunately I'll be unable to make it to the opening this time around, but hopefully I'll be able to see some of you again next time. If you can't make it to the show, I've included the new painting "rain boots" in this email, and you can view the other pieces that will be in the show online. "rain boots" - oil on plywood, 28"x36" - (still on the easel in this photo) the latest painting  that I just shipped to the gallery for the show. So many have told me the paintings look so much better in person than they do online, so hopefully you'll be able to go have a look at them in person. One day I'll upgrade my site, but I should say hopefully I'll find time to upgrade my website because I'm usually too busy trying to finish the actual paintings.  April Charity Auction   I've donated a painting to the Buy Art Not Kids charity auction in Toronto. The live auction take place on April 4th. Check out their site for more info and to see the great art that will be available. Here's my donation piece: "from the blue line"/"the shooter" - oil on plywood - 24"x24" cheers, Marcel

Paintings to re-appear in Toronto

Hey Everybody, I'd like to announce that I will be having a show in Toronto along with Maggie Broda for the month of march. I'm currently working on a brand new painting for this show. (No pressure on that painting. Ha. ha. ... eep.)

The opening is set for Saturday March 1. 2-4pm. I'm not sure yet if I'll be able to attend, but if you're in Toronto, you'll be able to check out some of my recent paintings. And the new one, if it turns out and I don't burn it first.

You can follow me via @marcel_g on twitter or via marcel-g-art.tumblr.com for more updates, and even better, you can sign up for my mailing list, which I use to occasionally spam people's inboxes with announcements about upcoming shows. 

cheers,
marcel

New paintings from my Toronto show now online

on my website. I've collected the paintings in the show under the following link: Elaine Fleck Gallery - November 2013

The show is still up for another week or so in case you're in Toronto and would like to go see the paintings in person. The paintings do look so much better in person than they do online.

When my friends came to the opening they were all commenting about how they loved the texture in the paintings and how they were surprised to see it because it doesn't show up in the online photos. I'm not sure how to capture the texture better, but maybe it's something I'll have to work on.

Edna - 22x30

You're Invited: Art Opening. New Paintings. Refreshments!

When: Thursday Nov. 7, 6-9pm
Where: The Elaine Fleck Gallery, 888 Queen W., Toronto

Stop by to see some brand new probably still wet paintings and some refreshments if you have a chance. Let me know ahead of time if you can ( @marcel_g or email ), and I’ll add you to the guest list.

Here's a link to one of the new paintings, Big Wide World:

Big Wide World

cheers,
Marcel

Announcement: Marcel Guldemond art show, this November, in Toronto

Hello Everyone,

I hope you’ve all had a nice summer. I can’t speak for anyone else, but for me summer always seems to be over much too quickly. This one was nice and we did take the kids outside as much as we could, but it’s always over before it actually feels like it was a summer. One thing I did do was clean up and re-organized my studio, and I’m hopeful that the reorganization will allow me to be a little more productive. 

 

Which is something I’m going to need because I have another show coming up this November at the Elaine Fleck Gallery in Toronto. The opening will be Thursday November 7th, at 6pm. More details here: http://www.elainefleckgallery.com/events.html

 

Special thanks to my employers at Fluid Media Inc. for being so flexible and allowing me to take some time away from work to get my paintings ready for the show. 

 

work in progress photo of a style I'm experimenting with: putting a painting into a comic book type panel as a kind of inset, with a more abstract background around it.

November seems far away, but it really isn’t, and I’m already getting wound up about whether this next set of paintings will compare well with my previous shows. 

 

Check in on my my blog or on twitter  to see how the painting’s going and if it is indeed matching up. The robot in the top image will be there, and I'm planning on some big story book type landscapes, but I can't really say yet what the final results are going to be. Stay tuned!

Cheers, 
Marcel 

Reminder: opening for "you've been here before" is today

Hope to see you there!

Westfest is happening at the same time, so lots of things for the kids too.

Today 2-4pm Details here:

you've been here before


Cheers,
Marcel

Ottawa Show has a name: "you've been here before"

It's at Wall Space Gallery in June, and I'm showing with Toronto artist Brian Harvey

Excited about it, now I just hope I get enough paintings done!


Cheers,
Marcel

Toronto Show reminder

It's up now at the Elaine Fleck Gallery on Queen West. The opening is this Saturday from 2-4 and I'll be there. Would love to see you if you have a chance to drop by and say hello.


Cheers,
Marcel

Shows! Coming up!

Yes, that's right everyone, I have some shows coming up!

December is the month that everyone does their big group shows, and this year is no different:

-In Ottawa, I’ll have some pieces in the Holiday Sweat-ER - Cyclelogik's 5th Annual Holday Art Show - the opening is December 7th. It looks like there are a lot of really good artists in this show, so if you’re in Ottawa, it’ll be worth checking out.

-If you’re in Toronto, I’ll have this coastal painting in the Elaine Fleck Gallery’s December show called “Presents”

January I’ll be having a show at the Elaine Fleck Gallery in Toronto. I’m very excited about this one and I’ll be debuting the brand new paintings that I’ve been hard at work at for the last several months. (The image at the top is one of the paintings in progress.) The paintings are looking really good, so I hope you can make it out to see them. The opening will most likely be January 10th.  I’ll post the info to my website and blog once I can confirm the actual date for that.

June 2013 I’ll have a show at Wall Space Gallery in Ottawa. If you’ve been to Wall Space you’ll know what a great gallery it is, so I’m really happy to be showing there next year. I’ll post details about the show once we’ve figured them out.

As always, if you'd like to follow me on a more day to day basis: on twitter and Google+

Cheers, 
Marcel 

The show is up

Here they are, this is the first Ottawa showing for most of them. I'll post again soon about it. Now I just have to run home and print some labels.







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Hanging my show at Raw Sugar

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TAP Toronto - Unloaded

That was probably the easiest load-in I've ever had.

Now it's time to hang the lights.



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Wind, blimps, farm, twilight

Hey everyone, I've uploaded my newest paintings to my website:

"November farm twilight":

"Windy shore blimp service":

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