“weird little world” & “great weird world”
11x14 in
38.5x23.5 in
acrylics on wood & canvas
two pieces that work together while representing its own idea concepts. neither is right or wrong, more superior than the other, and both are valid and important.
both share a similar pattern that resembles an overview of earth and both share a seemingly random use of colours but the purpose differs.
currently on display at nefelibata arts and crafts in saskatoon
(in community we trust in this…)
“great weird world”
38.5 x 23.5 in
acrylic on canvas
this is about the power that’s in a diverse community, whether near or far. weird in this context is a good thing—this city, country, and world is not supposed to have everyone look the same or be “normal.”
there is no normal. weird is a good thing. diversity and authenticity is a good thing.
in this case the use of a mix of types of colours—some dark, some pastel/light, some neon—as intentional to portray the idea that we can be a mix of anything and still all belong.
lastly, when i couldn’t decide if this should be vertical or horizontal because both worked, i thought, “why not give people the option?” let’s call it accessibility. i signed it diagonally in the corner and called it a day.
$700 / available
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(welcome to my…)
“weird little world”
11 x 14 in
acrylic on wood
i always feel like i’m in my weird little world, isolated from the rest of the world despite sometimes great effort to connect. I’m comfortable being alone in my weird little world, though, so sometimes it’s just easier not to bother leaving. It’s safe here, after all.
only recently have i felt like maybe, if i’m careful, letting others into my weird little world might not be so bad. and then I happened to watch good will hunting one night (i had never seen it and I’m not sure why) one night completely randomly and realized that this famous quote I’d always known of—“we get to choose who we let into our weird little worlds”—came from it.
making art and sharing it has become one way i let people into my weird little world and it might be the only way i know how to. and so, I guess that’s what this means: take comfort in your weird little world but don’t be afraid to let people into it sometimes—sharing is connection, after all.
$150 / available
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For this, I was trying to use up some paint I already had and so the colours feel a bit random and maybe…weird. Some are neon and vibrant, some pastel, some dark and that’s what the weird little world can feel like: random and sometimes hard to make sense of or explain.
The topographic earth pattern I started doing a couple years ago and is something I doodle a lot. I’d like to say "it comes from my weird little world.
a few process shots (of both):
