Lucky Winner

I recently sent out an annoucement about all my upcoming exhibitions. It was a long annoucement so I asked anyone that made it to the end to let me know that they did and I would give a print to one lucky winner.

And the winner is Richard Patten of Ottawa. I will send him a print this week. Congrats.

SPRING PROJECTS AND EXHIBITIONS

April 30 - May 10 - Prairie Sculptors Exhibition
http://moniqueart.com/prairiesculptors/Prairiescultorsassociation.html
Opening Reception – Sunday May 5 – 1:00-4:00 (I will not be in attendance)
The Galleria 15 Innovation Blvd Innovation Place in Saskatoon – University of Saskatchewan- Saskatoon



May 4 to August 25, 2013– Dimensions (Touring Exhibition)
Mackenzie Art Gallery – Regina, Saskatchewan
3475 Albert St, Regina
Opening reception  - June 14, 2013

The Legend of the Red Thread

This is a collaborative piece.  It is a book that visually represents the legend of the Red Thread.
"An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or  circumstances. The thread may  stretch or tangle, but never  break."  - Ancient Chinese Proverb

We created a book that has a red thread moving throughout it. I created the prints in the book by inking a string rather than a block. It was a challenge but as you can see from the picture below it looks really great. Cathryn Miller http://www.sccmembershipdirectory.com/professional-craftperson/miller_cathryn/miller.php  is the other artist that I worked with on the project, she created the amazing book and the box that the book is contained in.

May 3 – June 16 - Jury’s Out
Saskatchewan Craft Council - Affinity Gallery
813 Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon
Closing Reception: Sunday, June 16, from 3:00 - 5:00pm

This piece is part of a series of three that was not picked for the above touring exhibition but will be included in this exhibition in Saskatoon.



May 2 – June 2 - Ink Slab Exhibition – printmaking exhibition
Void Gallery
1006 8 St E, Saskatoon
Opening Reception May 24, I will not be in attendance as I am away
http://moniqueart.com/prints/inkslabgroupexhibtion.html




May 16 - National Printmaking Awards
Palais Royale - Toronto
1601 Lake Shore Blvd W

May 3, 2013 -  June, 28, 2013- Sense of Place
Meewasin Valley Gallery – Saskatoon
402 Third Avenue South
Trint Thomas (photography) http://www.flickr.com/photos/7rint/sets/72157633005663390/
and Monique Martin (sculpture/painting)

An opening reception for this exhibition is not planned.

The piece below is created from road maps of North America and leafing.
It is 60 x 60”, or 1.5 x 1.5 m





Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan - Saskatoon
Limited Edition Playbill is now for sale, only 23 copies available, actually it is less because we have sold some.
http://www.shakespeareonthesaskatchewan.com/sites/default/files/images/playbillinfo.png

The students at my school are also doing a large Shakespeare Project that can be viewed at http://magicofshakespeare.blogspot.ca/  I am very proud of what they have done.



SUMMER EXHIBITIONS – More details on summer exhibitions will come later on


Surface Factor - Sask Terra Group Touring Exhibition
June 3 - 9,
Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan Campus




Rouge Gallery  June 25 –July 6 - Breath
Suite 200-245 3rd Ave S
Monique Martin (paintings/printmaking) and Trint Thomas (photography) http://www.flickr.com/photos/7rint/sets/72157633010930645/



Rouge Gallery
Suite 200-245 3rd Ave S
Red Hot Rouge
July 9 and August 9, 2013

This image is created using a 1941 Engineer’s Handbook. It is a collage of the technical drawings within the book.


Canadian Federation of University Women
Lecture (Women - Agents of Change)
Lecture July 12 http://www.proreg.ca/events/cfuw/2013/2013_booklet_e.pdf

Dangling Carrots and Recent Work by Monique Martin and Cathryn Miller
Void Gallery, Luna and Hill Location
208-3rd Ave South, Saskatoon
Opening Reception July 12, 5-7:00 pm



FALL EXHIBITIONS

Nest- Nest Egg-Empty Nest – Sept/Oct 2013
http://moniqueart.com/nest%20egg/nestnestegg.html
Godfrey Dean Gallery, Yorkton, Saskatchewan


Other Newly Added Upcoming Projects

04 octobre – 24 novembre, 2013 Nest- Nest Egg-Empty Nest  (sculptures/printmaking)
Artist in Residence – Disneyland Paris
http://moniqueart.com/nest%20egg/nestnestegg.html



If you are still with me and haven’t fallen asleep or your wrist is tired from scrolling, send me an email to let me know you made it to the bottom. I will draw one name from those that respond and send a print their way.
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SaskTerra

Last weekend I also had a piece selected for a touring exhibition with Sask Terra. It is part of my Nest-Nest Egg - Empty Nest series.The nests were created using discarded clay. There are 100 in the series.

Dimensions - The Legend of the Red Thread

This weekend I was delighted to have a piece of mine, a collaborative piece, with Cathryn Miller selected for a touring exhibiton. It is a book based on the Legend of the Red Thread.  The book uses printmaking o the interior pages, red thread on spools which links to the book and the entire thing folds up into a nice little box. 

 

 

 

A Frame of Mine

Here is a shout out to my picture framer. He supplies me with all my framing needs, even the short notice things that happen.

A Frame of Mine 

Custom Picture Framing

Saskatoon 

Phil Rapin 

306-652-8009

Book Making

Here are two of the books I have created with Cathryn Miller (book maker). I have done the prints in the books and she has bound them.

 

Seashell Memories

 

 

Dangling Carrots - Fame, Fortune and Happiness

dragonfly prints

 

Samurai warriors would sometimes have images of  dragonflies on their armour. The dragonfly is a symbol of agility, power and victory. 

This prints will be in an exhibition at Void Gallery, Saskatoon, with the Ink Slab Printmaking Group from April 30 -May 10.

 

Agility
Handmarbled paper, ink and die cut vellum on paper

Lincocut reductive technique (4 colour)
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm 

 

Power
Handmarbled paper, ink and die cut vellum on paper

Lincocut reductive technique (4 colour)
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm 

 

Victory
Handmarbled paper, ink and die cut vellum on paper

Lincocut reductive technique (4 colour)
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm 

Endeavor Snowboards - top sheet designs

These are two snowboard top sheet designs that I have submitted to the RedBull topsheet contest. https://www.redbullplaygrounds.com/location/51084910fb63419f6200025c/media/512f735ffb6341aeac00076a 

 http://endeavorsnowboards.com/

 

This is the "Once Upon a Time..." board. Life and all experiences are stories ready to be told at a later time. Life is all about the stories, the happy, the sad, the funny, the ridiculous... Once Upon a Time in the Backcountry... Once Upon a Time in the Terrain Park...Once Upon a Time at the Rail Jam.... Once Upon a Time on a Tree Run... This is a 4 colour reductive technique linocut that is part of a triptych. 

The image is of an old Remington typewriter when snail mail was the only option for getting the word out to others that weren't there to experience the story firsthand.

 

Dangling Carrot: Fame, Fortune and Happiness This piece is a dangling carrot because getting more time on the hill is often a dangling carrot, and for some riders so is fame and fortune. 

 This is a 12 colour/2 block reductive technique linocut on a diecut background that says "Fame, Fortune, Happiness"

Once Upon a Time....

The 3 part print is done. I so enjoyed making this piece. It is an edition of 6.

Once Upon a Time

7.5 x 13" , 19 x 33 cm 

Ink on BFK paper 

Once Upon a Time

Two new prints, there will be three when I am done. This is the beginning and the end. We all are the authors of our own story each day of our lives. The middle print is in the proofing process right now

 

7.5 x 13 inches, 19 x 33 cm, linocut print. 2 colour/1 block

The Legend of the Red Thread

I am currently working on an art book with a fellow artist. We are creating a book about "The Legend of the Red Thread".


"An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstances. The thread may stretch or tangle, but never break."  - Ancient Chinese Proverb

The following images are of the back pages. The book builds up page by page to this heart that is printed with threads. I inked coarse thread to create the detailing around the printed hearts.