c. 1970-71 videotape, transferred from reel to reel ... · polyclens and rag removal / 1/ silver /...
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The Intention of this tape… c. 1970-71
Videotape, transferred from reel to reel
Collection: Art Gallery of Ontario; courtesy of V-Tape, Toronto
The Black Paintings 1973-1975
150 alternating layers of transparent colour
Acrylic on Canvas
48”x 48”
Works from this series are in the collections of:
Vancouver Art Gallery, Glenbow Museum, Art Gallery of Alberta,
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Appleton Museum of Art
Installation view, The Black Paintings 1973-75”
exhibition at Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge , Alberta, 1982
Side view:
Ultramarine Blue and Indigo
Orange”1973
acrylic on canvas
1) GLOSS ENAMEL 2) GRAPHITE 3) GLOSS BLACK
SPRAY PAINT GLOSS OVER, GLOSS AROUND MOVING INTO
THE MIDDLE MARCH 1976
On masonite 24 x 24 in.
Art Gallery of Alberta Collection
Wet Sandpaper Remova” 1975
Acrylic, latex and enamel spray on masonite
24” x 24”
Collection of the Artist
Steel Wool and Water Removal / first coat - black enamel / second coat - white spray enamel /
back to black without damaging black / March 1976 March 1976
enamel paint on masonite
60.9 x 61 cm
Gift of John Spalding, Bobcaygeon, Ontario, 1991
National Gallery of Canada (no. 36012)
Polyclens and Rag Removal / 1/ silver / 2/ grey / 3/ varathane green / remove evidence of green
without revealing silver / June 1/76 1 June 1976
acrylic and enamel paint on masonite
60.6 x 60.6 cm
Gift of John Spalding, Bobcaygeon, Ontario, 1991
National Gallery of Canada (no. 36010)
Sandpaper block Revision 1976
(of a 1972 painting by Jeffrey Spalding)
Canvas 18 x 18in.
Pollystrippa and Putty Knife Revision 1976
(of a 1972 painting by Jeffrey Spalding)
Canvas 18 x 18 in.
The Diary Paintings 1975- to present,
“One secret colour per day for the month of…”
acrylic, latex, and gesso on various supports, canvas, masonite, plexiglas,
also painted directly on walls
size variable between 10” x 10” and 60” x 60”, and wall-size
One Secret colour per day for the month of April 1978 1978
acrylic on canvas, mounted on plywood
122.4 x 123.2 x 2.8 cm
Gift of Annette Gerlinger, Edmonton, 1993
National Gallery of Canada (no. 37228.1-2)
One Secret Colour “Per Day for the Month of November 1977
Acrylic on Canvas
18” x 18”
Collection University of Lethbridge
Diary Painting: One Secret Colour Per Day 1978
Acrylic on canvas
96cm x 96 cm
Art Gallery of Alberta Collection,
Diary painting ; Secret Colours 2010
Above side edge detail
Diary painting in
installation upon a
coloured wall/
repainted with the
same wall colour
Neues Bild- Rotunda,
Winnipeg
2009 and ongoing
The four walls in an
octagonal rotunda are
painted daily by roller
University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg
Detail of edge
Pink and Black 1979-1980
Latex, acrylic, Gel Medium and
Varathane on Canvas
163 cm x 122 cm
Collection Mendel Art Gallery,
Saskatoon
Cold Shower March 1981
Acrylic and gel medium on Canvas
60” x 48”
Niagara c.1983
Acrylic and Gel Medium on linen
approx 9ft. by 6½ ft.
Collection: Calgary Water Management Centre
Night Fall” 1984
oil on canvas
198 x 395 cm/ 6 ½ ft x 13 ft.
Purchased 1985
National Gallery of Canada (no. 28979)
Dark Source 1986
Oil on Canvas
approx. 100” x 66”
Private Collection,
Vancouver
Dark Union c.1988?
Oil on board
diptych
36” x 160”
Collection of The Art Gallery of Hamilton
Clouds Evolving c.1990
Oil on Canvas
approx. 5 ft. x 21 ft
Collection: Canadian Embassy, Washington
Installation view at Canadian Embassy Washigton
Event (Yellow) c. 1990
oil on Canvas
96 x 66”
private Collection,
Vancouver
Event in the Stream Bimini:
a drunkard’s dream of art’s
perfect resolution” 1989
oil on canvas
approx “ 36” x 24”
Fall//Fire c. 1996
Oil on Canvas
approx 84” x 66”
Collection: Canadian
Consulate, Sydney Australia
On the bridge at midnight throwing snowballs at the moon c 1994
oil on canvas
approx 7 x 10 ft.
Empire of Light 2006
oil on mahogany panels
diptych, each 18” x 80”
Private Collection, Toronto
Channel 2009
oil on oak plywood
24” x 48”
Dark Passage 1993
Oil on Oak
two panels: top 18” x 80”; bottom 30” x 80”
Collection Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Gift of the artist
Passage 2007
oil on Mahogany panel
diptych vertical each 32” x 80”
Tigers of the Fall 2007
oil on mahogany panels
diptych
each 80” x 30”
Twilight Passing 2007
oil on mahogany
30” x 80”
Niagara 1986/1999
oil and spray paint on Canvas
approx. 7’ x 14’
Courtesy of the Artist
From a series of language encoded paintings commenced 1969 to present
Danish Modern 1997
acrylic and metallic lacquer paint on particle board, 23” x 23”
private collection, Tallahassee, Florida
Four Attempts to Reach Paradise 1996
oil on canvas
30” x 30”
collection of the artist
4 L.A. Sunsets
oil on canvas
36” x 36”
Collection Daniel Linsley, Calgary
High Road/ Low Road-: Scottish-Canadian Landscape 1997
Salvage paintings series c. 1985-present:; 16 x 20 in.
Acrylic and metallic spray paint over found junk store landscape painting on canvas
Salvage paintings series c. 1985-to present:
acrylic, metallic and florescent spray paint over found junk store landscape painting
Nursery 1998
Salvage paintings series c. 1985 to present
16 x 20 in.
acrylic and florescent spray paint over found junk store painting on illustration board
Salvage paintings series c. 1985 to present
acrylic , metallic and florescent spray paint over found Black Velvet paintings
Salvage paintings series c. 1985 to present
florescent spray paint over assembly-line furniture store paintings
Marketplace 2009
metallic and florescent spray
paint over found junk store
painting
private collection, Calgary
San Francisco to LA 2009
Spray paint over found junk store black velvet painting
Private Collection, Toronto
Deatil
The Painting Lesson 2009
spray paint on canvas over found junk store abstract triptych
4 Truly Stupid Ideas about Abstraction 2009
oil and spray paint over found junk store abstraction diptych on canvas
diptych each approx. 20” x 16”
private Collection, Lethbridge, Alberta
Beach 2010
Spray paint over found junk store painting
on canvas
Sheep in Forest
2010
Florescent spray paint over
found junk store painting
on canvas